What is a deal breaker in metal for you?

Triceratopsoil wrote: Murphy wrote: ^^^ I always thought Summoning did it pretty well. A pet hate of mine is genre hopping. I like when bands fuses other genres into their music, but when shits flitting all over the place, passing it off the next best thing in avant-garde, it tends to grate on my nerves. Will not mention names since some of the ones I'm thinking of seem to highly rated here.   Just wait, I'm adding Naked City later

  I think you should reconsider such a decision

nah, they got eYe ripping shit up; Torture Garden gets lukewarm appreciation in my house hold. PainKiller coming soon too?

Zorn eh? I know it's called grindcore but we know better...that has to be avant metal rite? 

Pig squeals

I probably did, but this is an old thread, and I didn´t go through it to see if I posted already

UMUR wrote: I probably did, but this is an old thread, and I didn´t go through it to see if I posted already

No deal breakers for me. Any element of music is fair game if it's used effectively. If i had to name a deal breaker than i would be bad compositional planning. Even pig squeals can be used to great effect but if it's a whole album of samey uninspired songs with them then forget it. I guess lack of inspiration is the closest thing. Sometimes an album clearly works and sometimes it doesn't. 

Drum machines. Wouldn't knowingly buy an album that uses one instead of a real drummer.

Vim Fuego wrote: Nightfly wrote: Drum machines. Wouldn't knowingly buy an album that uses one instead of a real drummer. Not even something like Godflesh?

Old poll. I know from my old post I voted for pig squeals before but I actually wish I could change my vote to Other. Pig squeals are still a deal breaker but they're mostly used in genres I've little interest in anyway, so I think a bigger deal breaker for me is the unlisted rapping. I really have no tolerance for that in my metal and I really hate it when bands who play genres that aren't usually associated with using rapping decide to throw some in. I can make the conscious decision to not listen to stuff like rap metal and nu metal. I don't want to hear symphonic metal bands inviting rappers to guest on their music. I'm looking at Within Temptation here. I never play the CD of their last album anymore because of that song they did with Xzibit. It wasn't even as bad as it could have been. But every time I consider playing that CD I recall that song and just think 'nope!' and pick something else. I know I could skip it, but that's how much of a deal breaker rapping is for me. It completely turns me off returning to that CD. 

adg211288 wrote: Old poll. I know from my old post I voted for pig squeals before but I actually wish I could change my vote to Other. Pig squeals are still a deal breaker but they're mostly used in genres I've little interest in anyway, so I think a bigger deal breaker for me is the unlisted rapping. I really have no tolerance for that in my metal and I really hate it when bands who play genres that aren't usually associated with using rapping decide to throw some in. I can make the conscious decision to not listen to stuff like rap metal and nu metal. I don't want to hear symphonic metal bands inviting rappers to guest on their music. I'm looking at Within Temptation here. I never play the CD of their last album anymore because of that song they did with Xzibit. It wasn't even as bad as it could have been. But every time I consider playing that CD I recall that song and just think 'nope!' and pick something else. I know I could skip it, but that's how much of a deal breaker rapping is for me. It completely turns me off returning to that CD.