Why does everyone on the Escapist love metal so much?
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I'm not a fan of heavy metal at all, nor most metal, in fact. Maybe a little Nu Metal like Linkin Park, sure, and I do like Foo Fighters and so on, but the rest of it can take a hike. I mean, most metal doesn't even require any singing ability beyond a talent of screaming at the top of your voice. I much prefer soft rock, indie, a bit of emo stuff I guess, and anything ballady. Basically I like to be able to hear the lyrics and sing along, and I like hearing the voices of the singers, especially with Evanescence and in the indie songs I listen to. I just can't see what's so good about a bunch of middle aged guys screaming at each other and hitting their instruments as hard as possible. No offence to the genre, but it's simply not my cup of tea. As it were.
Because the majority of escapist readers are American, and white, and the only consistently above-average and critically acceptable American genre of music over the last thirty years is metal. It's just a lowest common denominator thing.
If you asked the same question in Europe they'd probably obsess over dance, and in the UK over indie music.
If you asked the same question in Europe they'd probably obsess over dance, and in the UK over indie music.
Gotta agree.
Opinions, my friend. Guess many people here love the sound of screaming men (and in some cases women) accompanied by guitars with too much distortion. Personally, I think that metal is... F****** awesome!
Irony.EZmacilx said:
Your take on metal is like calling jazz 'random noodling', or hip hop 'unmusical talking'.
I.E. uneducated.
Why not?Yadoso said:
People can call thier favorite music whatever they like. All of those bands have elements of what can be considered metal. (i.e. loud guitars, screaming, in your face attitude)
Posing in Bob Dylan style black and white photo with a cigarette hanging trendily out your mouth and listing off a bunch of obscure underground indie bands you're 'into' does not make you an authoritive voice on music.
Fuck do I really have to do this again? Damn repeat threads.EZmacilx said:
Alright it's obvious you don't like metal nor have you listened to enough to tell there is an imense amount of talent in the genre. I can tell because you said "sub-par lyrics masked by open E power chords" what you have here is generic, crappy metal. Such as Nu-metal. If you were so inclined to forsake your ignorance and move past the crappy metal of today, you might find the truely talented metal bands of the late 70's and 80's. Many have been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, I say this because you mentioned classic rock. And while I"m on the topic...what makes classic rock so special again? Surely the the one-beat drummers and piles of love songs...no there must be something else...oh yes the guitar...now what do most classic rock songs sound like on guitar...figure that one out yourself. Now if I were so inclined I'd search through my 500+ albums of metal bands to find some amazing guitar work...but I'm lazy. So I'll suggest you listen to "Musical death(a dirge)" by Testament,as well as "Urotsukidoji" by Testament. They are both amazing songs, both instrumentals. For lyrics,try anything by Black Sabbath, or most things by Megadeth, one example "The World Needs A Hero".
Look I could go on but I've already done this in two other threads so I'm just going to tell you to report back when you understand how ignorant your being by say Metal has nothing more than sub-par lyrics and open E power chords. Oh and one last song you need to listen to, this one most of all for the lyrics: Disciple by Slayer, off the album God Hates us All.
Drones since the dawn of time
Compelled to live your sheltered lives
Not once has anyone ever seen
Such a rise of pure hypocracy
I'll instigate I'll free your mind
I'll show you what I've known all this time
God Hates Us All, God Hates Us All
You know it's true God hates this place
You know it's true he hates this race
Homicide-Suicide
Hate heals, you should try it sometime
Strive for Peace with acts of war
The beauty of death we all adore
I have no faith distracting me
I know why your prayers will never be answered
God Hates Us All; God Hates Us All
He Fuckin' hates me
Pessimist, Terrorist targeting the next mark
Global chaos feeding on hysteria
Cut throat, slit your wrist, shoot you in the back fair game
Drug abuse, self abuse searching for the next high
Sounds a lot like hell is spreading all the time
I'm waiting for the day the whole world fucking dies
I never said I wanted to be God's disciple
I'll never be the one to blindly follow
Man made virus infecting the world
Self-destruct human time bomb
What if there is no God would you think the fuckin' same
Wasting your life in a leap of blind faith
Wake the fuck up can't ignore what I say
I got my own philosophy
I hate everyone equally
You can't tear that out of me
No segregation, separation
Just me in my world of enemies
I never said I wanted to be God's disciple
I'll never be the one to blindly follow
I'll never be the one to bear the cross-disciple
I reject this fuckin' race
I despise this fuckin' place
Compelled to live your sheltered lives
Not once has anyone ever seen
Such a rise of pure hypocracy
I'll instigate I'll free your mind
I'll show you what I've known all this time
God Hates Us All, God Hates Us All
You know it's true God hates this place
You know it's true he hates this race
Homicide-Suicide
Hate heals, you should try it sometime
Strive for Peace with acts of war
The beauty of death we all adore
I have no faith distracting me
I know why your prayers will never be answered
God Hates Us All; God Hates Us All
He Fuckin' hates me
Pessimist, Terrorist targeting the next mark
Global chaos feeding on hysteria
Cut throat, slit your wrist, shoot you in the back fair game
Drug abuse, self abuse searching for the next high
Sounds a lot like hell is spreading all the time
I'm waiting for the day the whole world fucking dies
I never said I wanted to be God's disciple
I'll never be the one to blindly follow
Man made virus infecting the world
Self-destruct human time bomb
What if there is no God would you think the fuckin' same
Wasting your life in a leap of blind faith
Wake the fuck up can't ignore what I say
I got my own philosophy
I hate everyone equally
You can't tear that out of me
No segregation, separation
Just me in my world of enemies
I never said I wanted to be God's disciple
I'll never be the one to blindly follow
I'll never be the one to bear the cross-disciple
I reject this fuckin' race
I despise this fuckin' place
nope metalcore is the only sub-genre i consider to have actually enough worthwhile bands and doesn't sound like all the others to actually separate it from other genres for a moment. the fact that i said i listen to metalcore doesn't mean anything. the only types of metal i listen to are scremo and metalcore. yeah im a metal head but im not stupid it is not what i always listen to.BolognaBaloney said:
