NineFeetUnderground said:
... the point is you all are a bunch of new-metal twerps who have no real sense of classic metal idioms or ideals, and anything which doesnt have folk passages, tons of keyboard atmosphere, or "70s prog" elements.
I must say I agree with this statement 100%. It's a massive thorn in the side with people in this forum (not all of course) in that if characteristics of Opeth aren't in other bands, the other bands must automatically suck.
The 70's prog "fashion movement" is something I am fucking sick to death of hearing... left and right "prog here, prog there", when nobody actually realises what it even is!
Listening to a bunch of Camel records because Akerfeldt does is NOT good enough. The problem with these metal kids of today is that they have no concept of historical evolvement in music, let alone metal.. and then jump on a forum making sweeping claims of grandeur with no proper knowledge of music!
From a historical perspective I pity the one raised on death metal as opposed to the one raised on NWOBHM (or prior for that matter). These kids raised with metal in it's current state (let alone 5 or so years ago) have no idea about about music and the world which surrounds it, all they see are "instant hits", "instant genres" etc.
I'm sorry, I know I sound incredibly pretentious, but nothing fucks me off more than an uneducated so-called music fanatic (and I'm not referring to having a degree here, I'm talking about doing the right personal research).
It makes my fucking blood boil: go about music properly... ask questions, go and fucking stick on a copy of Aladdin Sane and start learning where all these elements come from, and THEN open your mouths to speak.
