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AtomicCrimsonRush ![]() MMA Metal Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: 21 May 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 602 |
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Hi J >LOcke
what are we doing here LOL
Yeah Genres are for the other bands - metal is metal is metal - genres are irrelevant
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JLocke ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 20 May 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6 |
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^ I'm not sure. What ARE we doing here? This really shows people how little life I actually have. *slinkers away*
I hope you'll forgive my little semi-rant I go on in the God thread; nothing personal meant by it, really. I just get a little hot under the collar. That's why when I get upset, i listen to METAL!!! ![]() Nu, Alternative, or otherwise, haha.
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Phonebook Eater ![]() MMA Metal Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 500 |
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What's wrong with alt rock? In the 80's and even 90's it was such an interesting genre.
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Silver Shade of Lead ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 Apr 2010 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 29 |
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I feel a Nu-Metal subgenre wouldn't be an exercise in extreme categorization. Nevertheless, it could find inclusion as sub-genre in the Alternative Metal category, much to the likes of NWoBHM in Traditional Heavy Metal.
The bands that fit in such sub-genre share elements present in the overall sound of Alt Metal, yet it seems that Faith No More, or early Tool is on a completely different range than, say, Limp Bizkit (and it's not just because they'd mop the floor with the latter). True that intense categorization leads to an overbearing w**kery of labels, but I find this case would lead to structural benefit, since Nu-Metal is a pretty specific wave, in which its fans would enjoy to find discriminated among the existent categories to further enrich their own database and discover new tastes. In addition, the opposite can also be accountable, if one is looking for Alternative Metal, but wishes to exclude the Nu-Metal sub-genre from his/her findings. It's just a thought I don't think would strike as nitpicking or extremely difficult to perform. |
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The Angry Scotsman ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 08 Aug 2010 Location: New Jersey, US Status: Offline Points: 1076 |
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Alternative Metal.
It certainly does exist. What exactly qualifies it...I'm not sure ![]() It is a bit of a dumping ground, but I actually like this sites definition for it. Not my favorite sub genre, but I do like it. Of course SoaD my all time favorite band is Alt Metal! ![]() I am not a fan of "nu metal" at all though ![]() |
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Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer and Testament. The real Big Four of thrash metal!
Listen to doom metal, worship Satan |
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Pelata ![]() MMA Metal Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: 21 Jan 2011 Location: NC - USA Status: Offline Points: 339 |
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I'm rather late in this discussion, but some bands I would call "Alternative Metal" that I listen to would include:
Faith No More
Alice In Chains (probably the least "alternative" of the bunch...)
Soundgarden
Saigon Kick (definitely NOT a "hair band")
King's X
Galactic Cowboys
The Awful Truth
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Kingcrimsonprog ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 23 Sep 2011 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 582 |
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I hugely agree. And I think I may have said it already (if so forgive repeating, I just have poor memory I'm not hammering home anything) the same would do well for Groove and Stoner Metal, since they are so different than the genres to which they are a sub. |
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Balthamel ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 1336 |
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![]() best Nu metal band their ever was |
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Diogenes ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 06 Nov 2010 Location: Undecided Status: Offline Points: 877 |
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I could agree with that, although I think they've evolved to a point where they're no longer nu-metal. |
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Tupan ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Location: Brasil Status: Offline Points: 1623 |
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^Or maybe they are pushing the boundaries of the genre, adding sludge and prog elements to the sound.
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I've noticed that most of the metal that I like these days is alternative metal, like Crossfade, Finger Eleven, and Breaking Benjamin. Really great music.
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