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AtomicCrimsonRush 
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 Posted: 21 May 2010 at 5:08am |
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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
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Posted: 21 May 2010 at 3:36pm |
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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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Posted: 26 May 2010 at 7:30am |
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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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Posted: 30 May 2010 at 7:25am |
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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
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Posted: 12 Dec 2010 at 2:41am |
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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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Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 7:49am |
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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
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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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Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 10:41am |
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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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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 11:54am |
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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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Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 8:35pm |
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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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