The (not so) Stupid Questions Thread

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Metal bands generally don't make many videos; I'm sure that's part of the reason.

 

[metal_wrath]

I don't mean music videos.

 

[Judzfell]

Here's a (not so)stupid question. is there any band that is considered just metal and not some other genre or sub genre?

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Iron Maiden and Judas Priest come to mind.

 

[ZosKiaCvltvs]

I suppose most metal bands before thrash came along would just be called metal

 

[Pessimism]

All you have to do is strip the genrefication of metal and you can call label everything from death to black to funeral "metal".

Remember that genre's were applied to bands after-the-fact. Metallica never labeled themselves as thrash metal (they labeled themselves POWER metal), just like Sabbath never said they were Doom metal. When I think of Judas Priest or Maiden, I actually think the term Heavy Metal, as that's what was used when I was a wee little lad.

 

[Chimaera]

I was going to start a thread on this but, seeing as there's already been some Cannibal Corpse discussion on this thread, I may as well post it here.

I've noticed that most people here find Cannibal Corpse slightly above average at most. So my question is, why are they the most successful death metal band ever? I'm trusting Wikipedia on this one.

 

[DarkBliss]

Because they are brutal and people like to headbang.

 

[Tonka Time]

I was going to start a thread on this but, seeing as there's already been some Cannibal Corpse discussion on this thread, I may as well post it here.

I've noticed that most people here find Cannibal Corpse slightly above average at most. So my question is, why are they the most successful death metal band ever? I'm trusting Wikipedia on this one.

Ace Ventura ?

 

[waif]

Right place, right time, and they exploited violent lyrics and artwork masterfully.

 

[DarkBliss]

Shock value-death metal. Butchered women, cruel flesh-eating zombies, maggot infested genitalia. Awesome, isn't it?

 

[Chimaera]

Ace Ventura ?

Jim Carrey should do death metal more often.

Right place, right time, and they exploited violent lyrics and artwork masterfully.

So, they were pioneers? Well that makes sense.

 

[DarkBliss]

Pioneers of distaste.No offense to fans.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I think the shock value of CC coupled with the (relative) accessibility of the music catapulted them to near "rock-star" status and they've been riding on that reputation throughout their entire career. It helps that they do craft good DM songs (which is an opinion I know many here disagree with). Really though, Alex Webster is reason enough to listen to CC.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Shock value-death metal. Butchered women, cruel flesh-eating zombies, maggot infested genitalia. Awesome, isn't it?

You forgot killer riffage and songwriting.

 

[waif]

So did they.

 

[DarkBliss]

 

[DarkBliss]

You forgot killer riffage and songwriting.

No, I don't like such riffage, to be honest. I can see why a Reign in Blood fan would though.

 

[Chimaera]

It's probably a really simple, obvious answer but can someone teel me why these two album covers are so similar. I know very little about these bands but I just noticed how alike the cover art is on these albums.

 

[Mentok]

How are they similar? Because they both look sharp-esque?