MOST METAL of our "metal" genres |
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The Block
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HA!!! |
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bonnek
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Thrash, Doom, Death and Black. Progressive Metal is for pussies. |
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topofsm
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It would seem, methinks, that people here just voted for their favorite *coughcoughprogmetalcough*
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Lost respect for these archives when I saw Creed added, among other bands. Not going to be foruming here anymore. You can keep my reviews if you want.
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Stooge
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I'm going with death metal for it's brutality. Trad metal has a case in it's genre name alone, and many of those bands are what most "mainstreamers" would think of when they hear the term metal (Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, etc.). Metallica is a significant exception, but their name helps with the association or serves as irony depending on your POV.
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Andyman1125
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The Block
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Though in all honesty some progressive metal isn't nearly as "metal" as most other metal genres. |
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J-Man
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Then I am a pussy and damn proud of it! |
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topofsm
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Liquid Tension Experiment... |
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Lost respect for these archives when I saw Creed added, among other bands. Not going to be foruming here anymore. You can keep my reviews if you want.
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bonnek
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Hmm, my avatar looks very pussy as well. |
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Andyman1125
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bumpity bump
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The Block
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I don't understand why people think prog metal is "weak" or "for pussies" it is just as metal as any other metal genre. Of course I won't use DT as an example because certain people have already expressed their hatred for them, but are you calling bands such as Savatage, for "Streets", and Opeth pussies?
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Andyman1125
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They're jealous of the kool kats, that's why
No but seriously, prog metal is "weird," and people don't like weird things. Show someone who likes other music a 25 minute long epic and they'll poo poo it on sight. Trust me, I have experience trying to show people A Change of Seasons (my favorite DT song, if not my FAVORITE song), and they freak out saying how it can't possibly be good if it's that long. Even for non long tracks, any track with virtuoso instrumental sections or creative fusion techniques will throw people off the edge, because apparently if a track doesn't have 3 minutes of intense riffing and then it's over, it's not really a metal track. A lot of people also think that because prog metal pulls a lot of influence from jazz, classical, and just plain old prog rock, that it doesn't have the metal edge of death or thrash metal. Yea, and there are always hipsters and purists I'm one for prog rock/metal, so I can almost see where they're coming from (well not really)
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The Block
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Yeah, for some people songs have to be within a certain time limit, i.e. 3-5 minutes, and if it isn't that long they refuse to listen to it. For me though if an album doesn't have a song over 8 or so minutes it is kind of a turn off.
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Triceratopsoil
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prog metal isn't even weird, it's just glorified, elongated power metal
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Andyman1125
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You're not alone
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Andyman1125
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You mean early prog metal. Ever heard of Riverside?
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Triceratopsoil
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Yes, and I was exaggerating slightly Prog metal is still not weird; at least here, everything good and weird gets lumped in avant-metal |
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Andyman1125
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^True, and I didn't mean to sound so condescending.
And yes, it's not weird here, but go out anywhere and play a prog metal song and people will have a purely confused expression on. I think people just don't like impurities in their metal genres.
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Triceratopsoil
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One time we were out at a bar that was nearly empty (there was just my large group and one other large group), and a friend of mine put Octavarium on the jukebox (it had some big online database). Everyone from the other group was glaring at us angrily for the entire duration.
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topofsm
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Well you have to admit Opeth is really melodic. Just cause they have death vocals doesn't mean they're brutal. Anyway, I don't think heaviness is inherently metal. For example, bands like Slipknot and Bring Me the Horizon are heavier than Judas Priest or Maiden, yet the latter two are clearly more metal than either of the former. |
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Lost respect for these archives when I saw Creed added, among other bands. Not going to be foruming here anymore. You can keep my reviews if you want.
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