Bands that get the most pointless hate

[IkeGreil29]

@sunsetspawn

You have a point

 

[thedeathscythe]

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They represent the stereotype of Death Metal to be honest...

Oh, I couldn't agree more. But do you think it is a valid point to hate them because of their image? I mean, the very premise of this thread is pointless because it's purely preference. Hating or liking something, for any reason, pointless or not, is all opinion.

That being said, what I consider pointless hate, is an opinion made with ignorance. And for me, disliking them for their image, though pretty much exemplifying what death metal is, is pointless. I used to hate the death metal image, and I used to hate Cannibal Corpse before I gave them a chance. What I'm trying to say is, I used to tell people I hated them, when all I knew was their image, and nothing more.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I haven't met anyone else who likes U2, yet they have no problem selling out an arena. I suppose you could argue 'they've had their day' but they're still been bringing out some good stuff.
Anything that is popular is instantly hated. I've seen a lot of hate on Lady Gaga on here, but every where else people worship her.

 

[WolfThomas]

My Chemical Romance

Fun Fact: Gerard Way the lead singer for my chemical romance is also a comic book writer (maybe he should just stick to that/joking) and worked as an intern under Grant Morrison when he was writing "The Invisibles", as a result of their friendship Grant Morrison appeared as the villain in their latest film clip. I'm not a fan of My Chemical Romance and I never listen to their music but I find it funny that, as like a friend of mine said, "It's like Picasso guest starring in an episode of Everybody loves Raymond", a bit of Hyberbole but an interesting point nonetheless.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Well I'll put it this way: There's very few bands I hate, but there's a lot I hate listening to.
I think any of those chauvanistic gangsta rappers deserve the hate they get though, but that's because their lyrics are ridiculously stupid, sexist, and materialistic.[footnote]I'm talking about specific cases here, not the genre in general. It is an alarming percentage though.[/footnote]

Hating someone just because of their actual music though, is silly. Like when I heard that band Avenged sevenfold's drummer died, and loads of metalheads were like "Yay, a great day for music." It wasn't even black humour, they seemed genuinely happy someone had died.

To clarify, I love metal, and I can't stand Avenged sevenfold's music, but I hold nothing against them. Why the fuck would I?

 

[niege]

In sweden we have a band called Ultima Thule and they get the racist hammer just because they sing about old sweden with the kings and queens we had and about norse mythology, sure the first singer they had was in BSS (Keep Sweden Swedish)
some song names
Blue brigades (blå brigader)
Never Slave (Aldrig slav)
The Lion From The North (Lejonet Från Norden)
Ragnarok (Ragnarök)
what is racism in these songs :S

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Metallica gets a shit ton of hate for some reason. I mean, sure they calmed down a bit after their first few albums, but their old stuff was damn good thrash, and even their more "mainstream" albums had a few good tracks on them. Plus they've made a start to getting back to their roots with their newest album. Also, they can put on a hell of a fucking show. Probably the best live performance I've ever seen.

I think most of the hate comes from people that listen to metal because their parents find it vulgar and shocking rather than because it's actually good, and so they're like "METALLICA ISNT METAL" because they don't understand quite how the different genres of metal work and they think that the edginess of their slipknot nu metal shit is somehow being compromised by Metallica being called metal.

I mean seriously, even if as a metalhead Metallica isn't your personal cup of tea, you still probably could recite the lyrics to master of puppets, and they're at least respectable as musicians. That counts for something.

 

[Dr. Whiggs]

No, I'm calling your statement that a genre can be dedicated to being non-conventional is bs. I thought I was pretty clear about that.

How else can i describe Progressive Rock to you?

Ooh, I can answer that!



times



equals

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I see some pointless hate targeted at Blink 182, cmon that was like the only good band around when I was growing up, they will always be cool.
(Please dont hurt me)

 

[Outright Villainy]

Metallica's influence is widespread, they are good musicians, and i think James Hetfield is a cool guy particularly. I enjoyed Ride The Lightning.

However i cant recite master of puppets lyrics, dont be such a fanboy, their not that amazing in the metal world, atleast to me. Master Of Puppets is probably one of the most overrated Metal albums ever.

I'm you there. I think Pantera are ridiculously overrated too, speaking of huge bands.
I don't dislike either of 'em, it's just schmeh.

Like I said, hating bands seems a little silly.

 

[Jesus Phish]

Bands that come out after "your" generation seem to get the most unwarrented hate. I couldnt be bothered trying to type a list because it can be said of any band that YOU didn't grow up listening to. I'm using the term YOU as a paintbrush here. I'll use an example of A7X. I didn't grow up with this band, they came into popularity when I was coming of age to being allowed into bars. Most of my friends (who are +/-2 years to me) despise the band. If I ask why I usually get something along the lines of looks/"gayness"/"its not as good as from back when I was young".

We're all just turning into our parents and telling kids off these days for listening to what they listen to and how they should be listening to what we listen to.

 

[Jesus Phish]

Im not hopefully, im gonna make sure i accept the new ideas in music. It would be boring to live in the past.

I agree with you there. I'd hate to be 40 years old and only listening to the same bands as I was when I was 20.

 

[Dr. Whiggs]

This should be interesting.

My choice is going to have to be...Nickelback. They're the definition of generic rock, I'll grant you, but I still think the hate against them is borderline absurd. Plus, god save me, I do love "Into the Night" and "If Today Was Your Last Day"

Nickelback?...

Oh, I remember them!



Yeah, they're great.

 

[Throwitawaynow]

How else can i describe Progressive Rock to you?

You can't, I just don't see it that way = ). Impasses are fun!

Korn,Mudvayne,System of A Down,Linkin Park,Rammstein.

Korn is definition of nu-metal where they borrow a lot of rapping, Slipknot had 1-2 songs on their first album where Corey tried to rap. They stopped after that. Never got in to mudvayne, not my thing. SOAD, really? Cmon, we both know there are major differences between them and Slipknot. Great band though. I can see a similiar song structure for some of linkin parks first album's songs and slipknots songs, but I never really liked any song after their first album. Rammstein, I like some of their songs but since it's not in english I couldn't really say their song structure is the same but that their feel as bands are different to me.

Kinda implying that Death Metal does not experiment.

I apologize, did not mean to imply that. I was actually trying to imply that since Slipknot has changed and borrowed other genre's and that they innovated on a band level to try and argue your "slipknot doesn't innovate" statement. If you compare

Spoiler: People = Shit

youtube=LFJIBtqunHY

to

Spoiler: Prelude 3.0

youtube=gNgvcItLc-0

there are major differences in instrumental, lyric content, and sound feel. I may be using the term instrumental in the wrong way but I simply mean the component of the song without lyrics.

Its generally everything you hear in mainstream music and top 40 chart.

What youve described is pretty much it, songs begin with some intro, ussually a verse, its the more quite part of the song, then they go into a louder chorus, it repeats a few times, and ussually there is a bridge at the end. Vast majority of mainstream artists use this song structure again and again and again.

2-3 times the verse and the chorus are repeated.

I can see that in some of their most popular songs: Pulse of the maggots, Wait and Bleed. Other songs have absolutely no chorus, they may chant 1 thing in a row several times, but have single serving verses the entire song:

Spoiler: Gently, this song does the quiet-loud thing you described but meh.

youtube=7HFJ1gqu5Q8

Other songs have only 1 chorus, but consist mostly of 1 seving verses: People = Shit. Purity has only 2 lines for it's chorus, and only has it appear twice.

Here is my Death Metal recommends.

I listened to all of the songs you posted and I take back my, all death metal has incoherent screaming statement. I can't say I like it now, but it was an unfair assumption = ). The instruments sound kind of jumbled to my ears = (, you got any favorite melodic death metal songs? I remember really liking the instrumentals on some of those. Like you said about death metal, negative reactions are understandable, I can say the same about slipknot. We all have different tastes = P. I can say one thing that I like about death metal, they have great taste in cover art = ).