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Melodic death metal? WTF? I'm actually more of an electronic music fan, but they both suffer from the same disease: hundreds of sub-genres with less than 10 producers/bands that can accurately represent them. I hate sub-genres of music.
I actually like sub-genres, especially metal sub-genres. Death metal, melodic death metal, math metal, black metal, doom metal, death suicidal black metal, funeral metal, funeral doom, drone, heavy metal, power metal, viking metal, pagan metal, folk metal, vampire metal, gothic metal, catholic metal, brutal death metal, technical death metal, trash metal, sludge metal, all of them have more than 10 bands, can you ima…
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#72I saw one that was like some curves and lines and it clearly spelled out "dip", but apparently that was wrong! I really want to know what that one was.
Sounds like the Devin Townsend Project (DTP) http://www.devintownsend.com/images/sprites/dtp_logo_links.j... You see the d and the p kinda link together to cross the t, it's quite a neat logo when you think about it.
Yep, that was it.
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And people above a certain age! ;-)
Considering this is an artform that peaked in '83, I'd say you're keeping out people below a certain age. edit: Really downvotes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_heavy_metal_music
I think that this is definitely contentious given that many of the best bands that formed that year didn't peak until much later. Death's best album, for example, is probably either Leprosy or Human, which are both from several years later.
Also, Stryper were formed that year, which is an automatic black mark for me (no offence to Stryper fans intended, it's definitely a matter of personal taste...). And why is Bon Jovi in a list of heavy metal?
From the list of albums released, I see a lot of cheese and a few classic albums, with some degree of overlap. It's not very impressive to me personally. Electric Wizard and Nile won't even form for another decade, Immolation won't start putting out their most important work until '96, Emperor until '91-ish. Actually, I find 1991 or 1993 way more convincing personally:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_heavy_metal_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_heavy_metal_music
I still reject the idea that metal has peaked yet.
Are you maybe a NWOBHM/Speed metal fan? I could definitely agree with that style peaking in the early-mid '80s.
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#74See also: IKEA OR DEATH: http://ikeaordeath.com/ Can you tell the difference between a death metal band and IKEA furniture? It's harder than it sounds.
Warning: Loud sounds on that website.
I'm pretty sure that's a bug in Firefox, at least on Linux. They insist on setting volume at 100% for every new stream because "what if the user had muted youtube and is now wondering why the funny cat video on another site isn't playing". See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497164 . And of course, they open a new pulse audio stream for every browser stream. The entire situation is one bad solution after another.
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Wikipedia says: Black Dahlia Murder is melodic death metal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Dahlia_Murder_%28ban... and Murderdolls are horror punk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderdolls
Melodic death metal? WTF? I'm actually more of an electronic music fan, but they both suffer from the same disease: hundreds of sub-genres with less than 10 producers/bands that can accurately represent them. I hate sub-genres of music.
I think there is a similar core issue (not problem) in both mega-genres, that they tend towards extremity - so anything that represents a particular extremity (e.g. slow despair - Doom, guttural aggression - Death, shrieking hatred - Black) is obviously going to be identifiable. But then since they are defined by extremity, anything less than the most extreme examples or with more competing influences than the purest examples has to be classified in a different way. Hence melodic death metal, DSBM, post-black metal, sludge, grindcore, etc...
Extremity also breeds community, so you get definitions influenced by the kinds of people who listen to them. Would you want a ton of people expecting gabber turning up to a generic hardcore night? It's a very different feel. Similarly you wouldn't want people who were expecting Depressive Suicidal Black Metal (DSBM) turning up to a second wave black metal gig.
Personally I like sub-genres, I think they're useful for people.
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#76Based on the name and URL, I initially thought this was a website where you could buy jewellery or maybe statuettes featuring random distorted characters. I was a bit disappointed.
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Wikipedia says: Black Dahlia Murder is melodic death metal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Dahlia_Murder_%28ban... and Murderdolls are horror punk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderdolls
Melodic death metal? WTF? I'm actually more of an electronic music fan, but they both suffer from the same disease: hundreds of sub-genres with less than 10 producers/bands that can accurately represent them. I hate sub-genres of music.
I've been a fan of metal for so long that I get such a kick out of seeing how non-fans react to it [0]. As far as metal sub-genres go, "melodic death metal" is about as standard as it gets. I could see why it seems ridiculous to outsiders, but in my brain it's processed just as normal as describing a sandwich as "peanut butter and jelly".
I don't hate sub-genres as much as some people. I think they're useful and it can be fun to debate the merits of why one band fits into one or the other. It's no longer interesting and fun when people get elitist, exclusionary or militant about it though.
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#78This should obviously be an audio captcha.
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#80See also: IKEA OR DEATH: http://ikeaordeath.com/ Can you tell the difference between a death metal band and IKEA furniture? It's harder than it sounds.
The only reason I got "Lack" right was because of https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack