Metal genres
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Why kind of metal is Hoobastank?
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Nothing is more metal than respecting the right to self-determination and the fun of others.
Don't be close-minded. Enjoy what you enjoy, don't be a snob, let other people have fun and stop thinking about categories. -
I'm the gatekeeper, but I only listen to death, grind and doom. Everything else is more or less bullshit. Especially melodeath.
That doesn't seem fun at all. I listen to what I like, independent of genre and just respect people that have different tastes than me. Except gatekeepers, get outta here with that snobby attitude.
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Isn't that just the "default" rhythm for most music?
But what's appealing about it? What's to like!?
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Uhh no idea where I fit here; Amon Amarth, Devildriver, Machine Head, Fear Factory..Metallica (Black and prior), Megadeth, NIN, and Tool / APC - and so much more.
I think I'm mostly "It's all good if it's angry and loud" but I do run across bands and genres on occasion that I just can't get into.
You are a 1999 Metal Hammer magazine.
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prog purist here. Dream Theater? ewww
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But what's appealing about it? What's to like!?
predictability
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Why though!?
It's just easy and intuitive. It's a steady beat, and then you halve the intervals and halve those again.
Triplets are also quite common.
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predictability
So being boring?
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It's just easy and intuitive. It's a steady beat, and then you halve the intervals and halve those again.
Triplets are also quite common.
Right but like... It's not good.
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I used to be one or some or all of these.
But some time in the 2010s, or rather over the course of the last 10-15 years, i stopped listening to music by genre and started listening to music by what made me feel good. Like, my phone is filled with music from so many different genres now i can't really call myself anything in terms of music subculture. I'm a music "generalist"? I listen to anything that sounds good to me and don't cut myself off from any genre just because it is said genre.
Except pop.
fuck pop.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I kinda feel this. Some years ago I was a diehard Hardcore (Techno) and Uptempo enjoyer and would not listen to anything else. Then about one year ago I kinda stopped caring and now I listen to a whole bunch of stuff (but still mainly Techno) except pop. Pop is absolutely lame in my opinion. It has nothing that makes a single song stand out from any other. No kicks, no drops, no provocation. It only cares about being liked by the masses.
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But what's appealing about it? What's to like!?
Well, 4/4 is definitely the easiest to dance to. It's also the easiest to ignore in lieu of whatever else is going on musically. It appeals to the lowest common denominator. Not that 4/4 has to be boring or predictable.
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Well, 4/4 is definitely the easiest to dance to. It's also the easiest to ignore in lieu of whatever else is going on musically. It appeals to the lowest common denominator. Not that 4/4 has to be boring or predictable.
So its there because its barely music, and in the western nusical tradition it's very popular. Cool. Love that. Why would i listen to anuthibg else.
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I kinda feel this. Some years ago I was a diehard Hardcore (Techno) and Uptempo enjoyer and would not listen to anything else. Then about one year ago I kinda stopped caring and now I listen to a whole bunch of stuff (but still mainly Techno) except pop. Pop is absolutely lame in my opinion. It has nothing that makes a single song stand out from any other. No kicks, no drops, no provocation. It only cares about being liked by the masses.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I think its fair to say i have a favourite genre, or multiple favourites, but that is no longer exclusive or exclusionary. All music is welcome, i will no longer judge a song by its genre.
I attribute the change to having different social groups in my life. When i was in school i was into rock and thwn metal and that was pretty much the only thing i liked. Later i got in with a crowd that was more into techno, dnb, dubstep, house, minimal etc and grew to appreciate it, and love it, around the same time i was playing in bands and learning the blues, and got into jazz more recently. Always liked classical because of my piano lessons when i was young. It opened my mind up to so much more.
Except pop
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I think its fair to say i have a favourite genre, or multiple favourites, but that is no longer exclusive or exclusionary. All music is welcome, i will no longer judge a song by its genre.
I attribute the change to having different social groups in my life. When i was in school i was into rock and thwn metal and that was pretty much the only thing i liked. Later i got in with a crowd that was more into techno, dnb, dubstep, house, minimal etc and grew to appreciate it, and love it, around the same time i was playing in bands and learning the blues, and got into jazz more recently. Always liked classical because of my piano lessons when i was young. It opened my mind up to so much more.
Except pop
I feel that with the social circle. In the city I moved for university we have a small student club and there the often play quite a lot of acid techno, dnb and other techno variants. Also a friend of mine is deeply into dnb and this 100% influenced my music taste.
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Right but like... It's not good.
I mean I understand you might prefer other rhythms but now you're just being edgy
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I have this problem where I love some good metal guitar, but most of the stuff with the sound that I like also includes vocals reminiscent of Christian Bale's Batman with a sore throat, which I do not enjoy. Either that or overly edgy lyrics.
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So being boring?
Predictability can be important in music, depending on what you're doing. If the audience can't follow your rhythm, they won't enjoy the music. I assume you're a different audience, that's fine too.
Having a boring rhythm doesn't mean the rest of the music has to be boring
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I feel like I'm "Its all metal" cause I don't judge and will listen to a lot of it as long as I can understand the vocals. But I'll lean more towards the classic stuff like early Sabbath and Dio (both rainbow, sabbath and solo) and if its more modern it just ends up being Iron Maiden (I still love The Final Frontier or Book Of Souls... which are 15 and 10 years old now.. fuck me) or Megadeth. No idea of any new artists after like 2000 lol. I don't see myself here. Maybe "The Casual" is missing.
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That doesn't seem fun at all. I listen to what I like, independent of genre and just respect people that have different tastes than me. Except gatekeepers, get outta here with that snobby attitude.
I do listen to whatever I like thank you, but it happens my tastes are limited. And I don't give a shit what others are listening, as long as they don't force on me.
