Which metal is better: thrash or doom?

Texas Boy · 10-29-2018, 06:35 AM

For me it's doom metal all the way.
I always found thrash metal to be a bit generic and overrated as a subgenre of metal, although I dig some stuff. And doom metal is totally underrated and overlooked and it derserves much more attention from metal fans.

What you say?

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-29-2018, 06:55 AM

I don't listen to any doom metal except Cathedral, so it's gonna have to be thrash.

I agree thrash is overrated and usually generic, but I can't exactly say that doom metal bands tend to light my fire either.

**Frownland** · 10-29-2018, 07:29 AM

Doom because I smoke weed.

OccultHawk · 10-29-2018, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Doom because I smoke weed.

This

But good thrash gives me the weed creepies like crazy

and that’s a good thing

Key · 10-29-2018, 07:59 AM

Both are good and bad in their own way.

**Janszoon** · 10-29-2018, 08:02 AM

I listen to more doom but thrash was the foundation of my entire interest in metal in the first place so it’s hard to pick one.

Blarobbarg · 10-29-2018, 09:45 AM

I love both genres, but I have to go doom. It’s more flexible, and right now there are SO many options for doom albums. They can easily fuse with other genres for something new and exciting. I love thrash, but it doesn’t really do that well.

windsock · 10-29-2018, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Blarobbarg

I love both genres, but I have to go doom. It’s more flexible, and right now there are SO many options for doom albums. They can easily fuse with other genres for something new and exciting. I love thrash, but it doesn’t really do that well.

Actually kinda my sentiments. Nicely worded.

Blarobbarg · 10-29-2018, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by windsock

Actually kinda my sentiments. Nicely worded.

Thanks.

From blackened doom to funeral doom to sludge metal to drone metal to stoner to whatever Om is... doom can go in a million different directions, and each of those directions has something interesting and groundbreaking.

Thrash, while enjoyable, doesn't do that. Thrash is thrash. Sure, it can work in a little black metal, a little death metal, or maybe hardcore punk... but the lines get blurry. At what point is thrash metal no longer thrash metal? Usually when it gets hardcore breakdowns, or screechy vocals and tremolo picking, or death metal vocals. It's narrow.

Here are some examples of doom doing different things very well.

Unitron · 10-29-2018, 09:38 PM

I guess for me, music doesn't have to be creative to be enjoyable. As long as there's energy and a certain amount of excitement in the performance, as in the music sounds like it comes from the heart, I think it has merit. I'd take an amateurish self-released thrash album with heart over a big experimental but boring album any day.

For example, Airdash sounds a lot like Anthrax with an 80's Testament production sound, but the way they play makes it not matter at all. Plus, I see nothing to be upset about seeing as I love Anthrax and Testament. I still absolutely love this album. It's energetic and exciting, more so then many experimental metal albums I've heard:

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10-29-2018, 06:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Texas Boy Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 187	Which metal is better: thrash or doom? For me it's doom metal all the way. I always found thrash metal to be a bit generic and overrated as a subgenre of metal, although I dig some stuff. And doom metal is totally underrated and overlooked and it derserves much more attention from metal fans. What you say?

10-29-2018, 07:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Doom because I smoke weed. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I listen to more doom but thrash was the foundation of my entire interest in metal in the first place so it’s hard to pick one. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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Unitron Paragraph President Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Burning Star Posts: 837	I guess for me, music doesn't have to be creative to be enjoyable. As long as there's energy and a certain amount of excitement in the performance, as in the music sounds like it comes from the heart, I think it has merit. I'd take an amateurish self-released thrash album with heart over a big experimental but boring album any day. For example, Airdash sounds a lot like Anthrax with an 80's Testament production sound, but the way they play makes it not matter at all. Plus, I see nothing to be upset about seeing as I love Anthrax and Testament. I still absolutely love this album. It's energetic and exciting, more so then many experimental metal albums I've heard: __________________ Last.FM RYM

10-29-2018, 06:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I don't listen to any doom metal except Cathedral, so it's gonna have to be thrash. I agree thrash is overrated and usually generic, but I can't exactly say that doom metal bands tend to light my fire either.

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Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Both are good and bad in their own way.

10-29-2018, 09:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	I love both genres, but I have to go doom. It’s more flexible, and right now there are SO many options for doom albums. They can easily fuse with other genres for something new and exciting. I love thrash, but it doesn’t really do that well.