So many sub sub subgenres

[Teh Grimace]

sheet metal r00lz

 

[cookiecutter]

My favorite genre is death/doom infused piratecore with power metal harmonies and black metal aesthetic with a gothic undertone.

Not that hard to understand right?

 

[Teh Grimace]

im also really into the post-polkacore scene now.

 

[cookiecutter]

im also really into the post-polkacore scene now.

Dude, who isn't

 

[King Richard]

@ the vast number of genres. Metalheads are starting to sound gay when they say things like "They're not Power Metal, they're speed Metal.

Well if they aren't, then they aren't. How is that being gay?

 

[Susperia]

I agree that some subgenres get silly, like Math Metal and Viking Metal, but not as silly as this one kid I knew in high school who didn't label music at all. I was telling him about this Black Metal band, and labelled them Black Metal and he threw a shit fit that I was labelling them because "labelling isn't right".

*Sigh.

 

[Ender Rises]

I like dog metal, personally. Polkacore is cool.

 

[Zephyrus]

My favorite genre is death/doom infused piratecore with power metal harmonies and black metal aesthetic with a gothic undertone.

Not that hard to understand right?

for a second there I thought you were being serious.

 

[cookiecutter]

I agree that some subgenres get silly, like Math Metal and Viking Metal, but not as silly as this one kid I knew in high school who didn't label music at all. I was telling him about this Black Metal band, and labelled them Black Metal and he threw a shit fit that I was labelling them because "labelling isn't right".

*Sigh.

I agree that is annoying. Almost every band can be labelled with something. It just does not need to descend into ridiculosity as suggested by the joke posts in this thread.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Scrap metal and precious metal are also good.

 

[cookiecutter]

Scrap metal and precious metal are also good.

I always find it funny when I'm reading something and they unwittingly put a metal reference in the text.

 

[3200]

you all crack me up.

hahaha... crack metal.... doesn't that come from South Houston?

 

[Jreg]

I agree. And that has been my delima. I don't want to have to lable our music... compartmentalize us and put us in a box. But I get asked over and over again "What kind of music do ya'll play". When I say metal, they automatically ask "What kind?" At that point I don't know what to say. Just "Metal"?

It's like asking someone who's part white, part black, part hispanic and part native american to classify their race. HUMAN? Right?

I feel the same confusion when asked to "Classify" my music. Does anyone else feel this way?

That reminds me of the place I used to work doing data entry. On this personal info form, there was a question asking the person's race, with several options and check boxes next to them. The last one said "Other (specify)________" and she wrote "human."

I think it's the same for most people though. They can give a loose label to most bands with relative ease, but no one wants to do that with their own band no matter how derivative they sound. I used to get so sick of high-school-aged overt Korn/nu-metal rip off bands who would just say "we don't want to confine ourselves to labels," but I understand why they say it. It can be constrictive to the creative process if you let it get to you.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

some of the sub genres of music are just plain silly. especially hardcore genres like "cobra core" etc. wtf is cobra core? stupid.

 

[3200]

jreg... you're right. I think maybe that's why I can't call it anything but metal. I love METAL music. So that's what's in my heart I guess and that's what comes out when I write. That's probably why I have this subconscious oversion (did I spell that right?) to calling it anything else.

I really liked your post. It kinda brought it all together in my head for me. Thanks.

And Devy_Metal.... WTF? Cobra metal? ROTFLMAO... are you serious?

Man, you gotta go find out what that means and tell us.

That's fucking priceless. I'm so gonna make shitloads of stupid jokes about that when the guys get to the studio today. They're gonna love it. It's the Ultimate SubSubSubgenre name.

Hey I know! You know how those guys do that "Pit Ninja" thing in the mosh some times? What if "Cobra Metal" is based of some kinda pit thing and "Cobra Metal" (god I'm cracking up... i can't type) motivates you to do some kinda snakey little gay dance in the mosh.

BWA HAHAHAHAHA OMG...that's just unnaturally funny:Smokin: :Smokin: We need to find out what "Cobra Metal" is and who plays it so that we can go watch the Cobra Dancers! ROTFLMAO... I'm so wierd. :zombie: :Smokin:

 

[Carcassian]

some of the sub genres of music are just plain silly. especially hardcore genres like "cobra core" etc. wtf is cobra core? stupid.

Well, if it's based on hardcore at all it's likely to be "SILLY" and "STUPID":Smug:

 

[3200]

I'm gonna start laughing again...

 

[Teh Grimace]

And Devy_Metal.... WTF? Cobra metal?

no, actually, he said "core" not "metal"... ummmm....

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Ofcourse it is. It just means absolutely nothing. Nightwish is metal. Opeth is metal. Cannibal Corpse is metal. Any of those bands can claim to be metal, yet none of them sound even remotely like eachother. It's about as useless as saying you're in a 'pop' band.

And while people can argue about subgenres until kingdom come, usually it's not *that* hard to atleast pigeonhole a band into one or more ballpark subgenres. If you claim that your band is power metal then no one is going to argue it's death metal unless either you or the other person have absolutely no clue what they are talking about and are infact just plain wrong. There's some genres that can overlap, like the endless debate whether certain bands are powermetal or heavy metal, but if the difference is so little that no one can agree on it then does it even really matter?

^^^

 

[metal paddy]

no, actually, he said "core" not "metal"... ummmm....

no snakes eyes dude