Why do you think there's such a huge population of metalheads here?
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I never said that I was offended(hell, I laughed out loud), but other people will(sadly)manic_depressive13 said:
I know. I said I have never heard it for a reason. I was not alive in the 70s and 80s so I could care less what was mainstream then. I have never heard the metal that I listen to considered mainstream. That's all. I know it was popular at that time.RAKtheUndead said:
Mostly, yes, I do believe that. Why would I have typed it? However, those retards who groan into the mic about how they're angry at their parents and play straight blast beats are the retarded offspring of a terrible experiment. Any big metal band has to be original or they will just get thrown into the pile with the rest. Tell me Children of Bodom, Opeth, Heaven Shall Burn, Tool, and Lamb of God aren't original. Tell me what each of those bands do does not take a massive amount of talent by each member.Zachary Amaranth said:
Besides the oubvoius and already stated fact that METAL IS AWESOME!!!!!!
Because Metal is fucking epic in a way few other genres can be.
And to those who don't know there are bands of Game Metal (no, I'm not joking), I know at least two: Powerglove and MegaDriver. They are not as awesome as other genres of Metal, but they are cool and have some potential, at least that's what I think.
Also a personal curiosity, it may be just with the people I know but is it possible for a person to be a headbanger and dislike The Lord Of The Rings?
Because Metal is fucking epic in a way few other genres can be.
And to those who don't know there are bands of Game Metal (no, I'm not joking), I know at least two: Powerglove and MegaDriver. They are not as awesome as other genres of Metal, but they are cool and have some potential, at least that's what I think.
Also a personal curiosity, it may be just with the people I know but is it possible for a person to be a headbanger and dislike The Lord Of The Rings?
Because people do not always say what they really mean. People frequently will say ignorant things for attention or to be inflammatory.RUINER ACTUAL said:
Five examples in the entire genre? Yeah, that's kind of the thing though. You can always argue in the case of exceptional musicians in pretty much every genre. That doesn't make it the rule.
Sorry.
Metal is mainstream among gamers, I'd take a good guess that they simply don't know of many other genres and just assume everything else is as bad as the crap they put on TV all the time.
That seems to be the case whenever someone complains that music sucks these days. It's just that genre's have evolved and they haven't readjusted.
That seems to be the case whenever someone complains that music sucks these days. It's just that genre's have evolved and they haven't readjusted.
I could be way off, this comes soley from my experiences in the world and observations on here.
In school, those of us who got into metal were already seen as different beforehand, they maybe came from a shitty upbringing, or they looked different than what is expected, or they were interested in things which deviated from the mainstream.
That's all well and good when you're younger. When puberty hits on the other hand, and your emotions end up in turmoil, it became difficult to process why you were excluded from the group so to speak, which caused the resentment and anger to simmer. Then you discover several genres of music, the most mainstream examples of at least. The bands look different, their music hits home on the anger you feel against the world, you embrace it.
As time goes on you expand, you find different meanings in different sub genres and gravitate to the ones whos message means the most to you. Ontop of that you see the music itself can be beautiful, complex.
Of course, that was a generalisation, I understand not everyone gets into metal the same way, or the meanings are the same for everyone. Now look at nerds though, again in general. Look at the number of threads on here concerning how many of us are single, how many are useless in social situations, how many were bullied and ridiculed for not fitting in. The same feelings will be there for many, bubbling away under the surface and the result will be many will see metal as a release for the anger and frustration.
This is perhaps why the so called "true" metalheads despise more mainstream bands or that the genres as a whole are becomming more popular, because metal or their chosen sub-genre justified their being different. They found a way to embrace being the outcasts they found themselves, and dislike the encroachment of the mainstream. I see the same similarity with gamers/nerds. Look again at this website and you'll see how the casual gamer is dismissed.
So really, the two fit together quite nicely. It isn't true for 100% of people, but then nothing is.
In school, those of us who got into metal were already seen as different beforehand, they maybe came from a shitty upbringing, or they looked different than what is expected, or they were interested in things which deviated from the mainstream.
That's all well and good when you're younger. When puberty hits on the other hand, and your emotions end up in turmoil, it became difficult to process why you were excluded from the group so to speak, which caused the resentment and anger to simmer. Then you discover several genres of music, the most mainstream examples of at least. The bands look different, their music hits home on the anger you feel against the world, you embrace it.
As time goes on you expand, you find different meanings in different sub genres and gravitate to the ones whos message means the most to you. Ontop of that you see the music itself can be beautiful, complex.
Of course, that was a generalisation, I understand not everyone gets into metal the same way, or the meanings are the same for everyone. Now look at nerds though, again in general. Look at the number of threads on here concerning how many of us are single, how many are useless in social situations, how many were bullied and ridiculed for not fitting in. The same feelings will be there for many, bubbling away under the surface and the result will be many will see metal as a release for the anger and frustration.
This is perhaps why the so called "true" metalheads despise more mainstream bands or that the genres as a whole are becomming more popular, because metal or their chosen sub-genre justified their being different. They found a way to embrace being the outcasts they found themselves, and dislike the encroachment of the mainstream. I see the same similarity with gamers/nerds. Look again at this website and you'll see how the casual gamer is dismissed.
So really, the two fit together quite nicely. It isn't true for 100% of people, but then nothing is.
Where I live, there is absolutely NO ONE that listens to metal. Everyone is either country or mainstream. So if you listen to metal, you are considered different. And I'm almost 100% that I'm the only one in my town who is on the Escapist.l3lazec said:
It has to be all the Positive Witty Talk that you can only find on...just about every videogame message board.