As for the second quote:
First, I said hating METAL for being constructed in a poppish fashion is poseurish. Metal that is kinda poppy, is different from Top 40 radio pop music (although I can appreciate a few rare top 40 acts in a "brainless entertainment" kinda way).
Second, that quote was five years ago lmao. Get a life.
As for the first quote:
That was admittedly a poor way of putting it, so I can sorta half-concede that I should have put it better. I still don't terribly like thrash, but it's mainly just because straight thrash is most of the time very flat and one-dimensional. I find a lot of thrash to be very bro-ish metal.
Exceptions aside, it's gotta have death or black in it to interest me. It has to be legitimately vicious, evil, and unsettling.