If it is serious music made with serious intent, then I take it seriously. If it's silly fun music, I don't take it seriously. Should I take Jimi Hendrix seriously because half of his songs are about drugs, or Coldplay because theirs are a bunch of pretentious half-ballads? Any music can be considered shallow, ridiculous, childish, etc. when viewed from the right perspective. Sure, death metal bands like Cannibal Corpse, it's stupid, it's "fun" pop metal, just like the "fun" violence in games like Gears of War. But take a band like Gorgoroth, which has Satanic lyrics written entirely seriously (and quite competently)... even if I don't necessarily agree with them, I still appreciate them for what they are. You have to know where the line is, and that only comes with experience.AuntyEthel said:
As for corpse paint and all that... yes, we've all seen the old Immortal videos. I don't know if it was meant to be ironic or silly back then (it certainly wasn't for some second-wave bands like Satyricon), but it certainly is treated that way by them these days. It's also awesome, in its own cheesy way. Despite whatever you think of the image and the fashion (which is usually done out of tradition more than anything), though, a good band's music will speak for itself. And I only listen to good music.
Their lyrics are usually about aliens, example they have a song called Roswell 47. Can't believe I haven't heard of them before.
