Does being brutal make a band good?

[The_Isle]

I laughed when I read one of the reviews on Metal-Archives, where one of the dolts made the following misspelling: "Bling Guardian"

 

[~Neurotica]

there are not really brutal bands that are awesome, and very brutal ones that suck...
only brutality is not enough

 

[Nemesis_lxix]

Brutality alone is not enough.Being extreme is secondary in the way your music will sound.Many bands still focus in brutal sound when they not actually have any serious rhythm to go with.what troubles me is that many fans can’t tell the deference and still support these bands.

 

[3200]

A lot of metalheads seem to consider brutality a virtue, extoling how heavy and extreme a band is. This really, really bothers me. I can record a jet engine, throw a bunch of distortion on it, and add some unintelligble grunting. That doesn't make it music. Bashing your head against a brick wall is pretty brutal, pretty insane, pretty extreme. But it's still stupid as fuck. Interesting melody and rhythm, creativity, instrumental/vocal talent, artistic vison and feelability (the degree to which you connect with the music) make a good band. Heavyness is merely a tool to make music interesting.

Agree? Disagree? Want some food?

I think I'm really gonna like it here

 

[Death Animal]

Brutality+Litle bit of melody=good.
Only Brutality=not so good (expt. sometimes.)

Lol

 

[plaguewilder]

Brutality doesn't mean shit to me, I mean listen to the whole goregrind genre...mostly all crap if you ask me.

 

[Onder]

I don't think so, but when I think about it, I like some bands that wouldn't be on that list without brutality...

Definately not anyway

 

[Jreg]

That's like asking being fast makes a band good, or being technical, or being (write you adjective here) _________. It's just a trait, and it may or may not accompany music of value.

 

[cookiecutter]

Sometimes you just want your head smashed in. That's what brutality is for. Sometimes you want a memorable, song that has feeling. That's what melody is for. It's all in what you're after.

 

[Killbot]

Brutal something something, yeah, Death, life, Br00tal, dead, no, I'm going to go eat a pinecone.

 

[~Neurotica]

Quality... that what matters...

 

[Nemesis_lxix]

All of that combined.

 

[TylerTheNuke]

I laughed when I read one of the reviews on Metal-Archives, where one of the dolts made the following misspelling: "Bling Guardian"

 

[Teh Grimace]

Brutal something something, yeah, Death, life, Br00tal, dead, no, I'm going to go eat a pinecone.

just slightly sub-sigworthy, but then i got to the pinecone lawls and haha sig...

 

[Profanity]

What a silly thread. Brutal Death Metal is brutal Death Metal, the more brutal the music the more brutal the Death Metal thus meaning if the musics intended purpose is brutality and that band are successful in creating brutality then they are a good band.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

stop spamming, you shit

 

[Profanity]

How is a 50 word response to the question with reasoning and justification spamming?

You're the one spamming this thread.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

its fucking nonstop with you.

 

[Profanity]

its fucking nonstop with you.

I like to give a big contribution to Metal. I'm a true Metalhead.

 

[Teh Grimace]

the more brutal the music the more brutal the Death Metal thus meaning if the musics intended purpose is brutality and that band are successful in creating brutality then they are a good band.

thats what i said.