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Andyman1125 
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 Topic: MOST METAL of our "metal" genresPosted: 01 Feb 2011 at 10:24pm |
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Don't you love how arbitrary this question is?
In response to the eternally negative "least metal" poll, I made the significantly more positve "MOST METAL" poll. So, which metal genre do you think is most metal? I went with thrash.
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 10:46pm |
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I'd have to say death. Thrash, doom and sludge are up there too
edit: what goof voted prog? Totally delusional Edited by Triceratopsoil - 01 Feb 2011 at 10:47pm |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 10:57pm |
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Let's not get into troll territory now...
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 12:00am |
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Obviously I LOVE prog metal and some of it can be really damn metal!
 But in spirit....yeah deff not the most metal. Especially since us prog metallers are in the minority. This is a tough one. I guess the MOST METAL genre has to be traditional metal. Sounds silly but they did invent it  I mean they were the original metal, how can you be more metal!? Most metal guitarists owe it to Iommi so yeah...traditional gets my vote. Thrash is a close second. Due to it's obvious metal-ness but also since it grew from NWoBHM (which is traditional!)and was an attempt to keep metal "pure". Not like all that artsy pretentious prog rock crap that was popular by the late 70's  Edited by The Angry Scotsman - 02 Feb 2011 at 12:01am |
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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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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 12:25am |
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I see someone didn't like my poll
 Had to go for thrash. All extreme genres (even doom and sludge) have thrash elements, and when I think of a standard metal band, I think thrash. Almost picked death, but I'm biased towards that anyway. Sure, everything ultimately came from traditional heavy metal, but the first of anything rarely becomes the standard example, IMO. |
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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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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 1:43am |
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Using the maryes method on my girl, I'd say black.
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 3:15am |
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Voted Power Metal. |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 4:11am |
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Traditional metal. There's nothing more metal than Accept, Maiden, Anvil, Mercyful etc. :-P
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 5:55am |
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Death metal undoubtly!!!
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 8:18am |
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NWoBHM. No Question.
It encompasses the roots of every single genre that now exists, from the black metal of Venom, the speed metal of Vardis and Jaguar, tech metal of diamond Head and Raven to the squeaky clean pop metal of Def Leppard, with the traditions of Iron Maiden, the close ties with punk in Motorhead and (oft-overlooked) Saxon running through the middle like a core of steel.
NWoBHM is everything - it's not a style or genre. It went beyond embryo - it embraces egg, chick, fledgeling and parent bird. The Eagle Landed And Took Off Again.
Or some such.
That's what I voted, anyway.
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 8:42am |
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death metal..
what else could it be.. |
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lets, thats my territory  just, being a collab here, Ive tried to uphold at least some bit of professionality . as opposed to other places... Photobombing is the most fun method
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 12:22pm |
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I'm gonna go with traditional metal, it just seems like that's what really is metal.
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 5:24pm |
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I dared to vote for Progressive Metal because most of the genres and style above have some punk in them including New Wave of British Heavy Metal. However,old school Progressive Metal such as early Fates Warning, Watchtower, Mekong Delta, or Abraxas. As far as I know, Motorhead began fusing Metal with punk. When there is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal then there must also be an Old Wave of British Heavy Metal. Proto-Metal, Hardrock, Doom Metal, and Progressive Metal/Hardrock were mostly the styles in the 70s.
Progressive, Neo-classical metal, and doom metal are for me the most metal of the genres, because it is pure metal which depends on the guitars. Metal is guitar oriented music like Flamenco is guitar based music. The metal that depends on the guitars most is the most metal. The heaviness and loudness does not determine if the song is more metal or not.
This is from the musical point of view. In Progressive Metal the guitars are the most important instruments while the other instruments are secondary. Even the vocals don't play a huge role.
I would say the most metallic is progressive thrash metal.
Aggression and brutality in metal comes from punk/hardcore. Metal without punk is not aggressive and dirty, but the focus is on technicality of the guitar play. Edited by goskoski - 02 Feb 2011 at 5:52pm |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 10:04pm |
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Here's the real question
Is prog metal derived from metal, or prog rock? (I like to take to the easy road and say both)! A bridge between the two. |
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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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Posted: 03 Feb 2011 at 11:52am |
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traditional heavy metal
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Posted: 05 Feb 2011 at 7:00pm |
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I'd have to go with traditional metal, since that is what started metal, besides proto-metal. Close second was death metal, and then there was prog
 , which sometimes can be very not metal, but most of the time it is very metal!
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Posted: 05 Feb 2011 at 7:07pm |
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They're all metal... picking a "least" metal was a bit easier, but saying that one metal subgenre is "more metal" than another metal subgenre seems silly IMO. So no vote from me.
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...But you could say death metal is more metal than glam, though some would dissagree. |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2011 at 7:16pm |
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^That's true. Granted, there are a lot of borderline cases with industrial, glam, metalcore, proto (duh), alternative, and grind IMO. However, there is no way that you can argue that black, death, doom, power, thrash, and heavy metal aren't metal, so in that sense I agree with you.
EDIT: Ninja'd by The Block this is directed at J-man.Edited by topofsm - 05 Feb 2011 at 7:18pm |
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