Strange genre mixes

[Vegard Pompey]

Kiuas are known for blending the musical styles of black and death metal with power metal. It's power metal vocals (for the most part), but death/black metal guitar lines and blast beats.

Oh yeah, and they fucking annihilate.

Isn't that what all those finnish so-called "extreme power metal" bands have been doing for years?

 

[waif]

Um...my understanding is that Kius is one of those "finnish so-called "extreme power metal" bands"
And they do own.
But F&F's talking about tech death, which is a different matter entirely.

 

[Einherjar86]

Isn't that what all those finnish so-called "extreme power metal" bands have been doing for years?

No one does it like Kiuas. They rape Children of Bodom's face.

Um...my understanding is that Kius is one of those "finnish so-called "extreme power metal" bands"
And they do own.
But F&F's talking about tech death, which is a different matter entirely.

Yeah, I guess that's how you'd categorize them. I know they're not "tech death," but I figured I'd throw them in the mix. They do blend extreme metal and power metal really well. One of the most badass power metal bands around.

 

[Vitor]

ORPHANAGE LAND!!!

 

[Vegard Pompey]

No one does it like Kiuas. They rape Children of Bodom's face.

I've been meaning to look into the band at some point, but if it's just yet another extreme power metal band, even a very good one, it still isn't that original. Besides, mixing any kind of metal with another kind of metal is hardly a "strange" genre mix.

ORPHANAGE LAND!!!

Assuming you mean Orphaned Land, hasn't like, everyone here already heard of them? Great band though.

 

[Vimana]

Mixing any kind of metal with another kind of metal is hardly a "strange" genre mix.

What about Funk Metal with Symphonic Metal? Although the bands that are considered "Funk Metal" are just Hard Rock with Funk influence.

 

[The Ozzman]

You have some of the worst ideas for genre mixing

 

[Vimana]

I'm not saying I would mix it. Cherko said that any mixture of different types of Metal isn't strange and I'm just saying that Funk Metal mixed with Symphonic Metal would be strange. And it would sound like crap. Rage Against The Machine meets Nightwish? uke:

The reason people don't try some of these crazy genre mixes is because they don't work. I heard a band that mixed Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Ska, and Prog together into one huge mass of shit.

 

[The Ozzman]

I think Flamenco style guitar with death metal lyrics would be funny

 

[Vimana]

Haha, that reminds me of this skit I saw on tv. There was a white guy in a Mexican restaurant and this guy was singing him and his gf a song and playing guitar and the lyrics were in Spanish and were stuff like "I should pick up my knife and cut you."

 

[The Ozzman]

Yeah! That would be hilarious.

 

[Vimana]

I thought of writing Prog Rock songs about food in Latin. People would just assume the lyrics were intelligent.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

^True. Actually, you probably wouldn't even need to write them in true latin, just improvise. I doubt even a percent would notice.

I'm not saying I would mix it. Cherko said that any mixture of different types of Metal isn't strange and I'm just saying that Funk Metal mixed with Symphonic Metal would be strange. And it would sound like crap. Rage Against The Machine meets Nightwish? uke:

OK, lemme rephrase that. Any mix of pure metal genres wouldn't be strange. Symphonic Metal and Funk Metal are strange genre mixes in themselves, but they became subgenres because the mixes worked to a certain extent.

 

[Vimana]

How are Symphonic Metal and Funk Metal strange?

 

[Einherjar86]

I've been meaning to look into the band at some point, but if it's just yet another extreme power metal band, even a very good one, it still isn't that original. Besides, mixing any kind of metal with another kind of metal is hardly a "strange" genre mix.

I guess it isn't that original, but I think they do it better than all other extreme power metal.

Anyway, if you still want to check them out, here are a few videos (be warned, they are pretty synth-heavy):

Warrior Soul
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=kSnzKoqvxS8[/ame]

The Decaying Doctrine
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=28BVF5lv03Y&feature=related[/ame]

Of Sacrifice, Loss and Reward
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=VfQ-77afAlc&feature=related[/ame]