Controversial opinions on metal

[EspaDa]

Hey, what happened to @Internally Deformed? That guy used to be annoying as fuck but also contributed well to the forum.

 

[CiG]

He did say he was going on holiday or something and he's been gone for about two weeks so far.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Hey, what happened to @Internally Deformed? That guy used to be annoying as fuck but also contributed well to the forum.

Maybe he succumbed to his internal deformities - he was pretty lucky to live even as long as he did.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I think that most of those were in his brain.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

I think that most of those were in his brain.

Shitposts fired.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The Return is clearly black metal, despite what you turds think.

The funny thing is that it's only considered black metal because of how unclear the production is.

 

[EchoForever]

The funny thing is that it's only considered black metal because of how unclear the production is.

what would you consider its genre to be then

 

[CiG]

That's not why I would consider it to be black metal.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

what would you consider its genre to be then

Thrash metal, more or less. First-wave black metal, certainly, but no more so than In the Sign of Evil, and less so than INRI.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Hey, what happened to @Internally Deformed? That guy used to be annoying as fuck but also contributed well to the forum.

I quite enjoyed most of his postings and I hope he comes back.

 

[MrTagoMago]

Controversial opinion. People give way too much a fuck about genres.

 

[CiG]

In what way exactly?

 

[EchoForever]

Controversial opinion. People give way too much a fuck about genres.

i dont know where youre going with this but genre tagging is very important

 

[MrTagoMago]

In what way exactly?

In that they think genres matter beyond helping label music based on sound and style.

 

[CiG]

In that they think genres matter beyond helping label music based on sound and style.

Give an example of someone caring about genres beyond that definition?

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Speaking of genres, has anyone else noticed this on Meshuggah's M-A page:

The band was accepted based solely on their early material, which is considered technical groove/thrash metal.

Sooooo.... the last few albums somehow aren't "metal"?

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

They decided that djent shouldn't be allowed on M-A, which was not always the case. Animals as Leaders used to be on there, which can be attested from their old 1.0 website.

 

[Baroque]

Djent should be allowed on M-A. There is metal djent, absolutely.

 

[Satanstoenail]

What a load of elitist bollocks.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Speaking of genres, has anyone else noticed this on Meshuggah's M-A page:

Sooooo.... the last few albums somehow aren't "metal"?

Yeah they got too popular. It was fucking hilarious when it was discussed on the forum and people asked for non-metal that Meshuggah took after. The best they could come up with was a song by Stuck Mojo released a year after Destroy Erase Improve.

And of course they allow literal non-metal "dungeon synth" and "neo-folk" on the website.