Why the New Wave of Heavy (Mainstream) Metal is bad for metal

[Wires & Waves]

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Kewl article O_O

 

[NecrosluG]

Bah , I am really getting tired of these questions in the real world or forums.
Metal will never die . Simply because trends are something like fashion which dies out after something new comes up.
where is grunge ? Where is nu-metal ? where is hardcore ?
Those are few genres which were told will hurt metal.
Those genres are a trend mainstream corporate market in which kids get into thinking it is metal. After some time listening to this crap kids grow up and understand the meaning of metal , therefore they stop listening to the shity mainstream crap.
Bands stating they are from a specific trend genre mysteriously change their style into more mainstream, why is that ? Thats cause this genre they were into died out.
But metal is , was , will stay metal , in every sub category regardless the mainstream bands.
I could rant about this for hours and make a whole article but I dont see the point. Kids learn on their own , so do the bands corrupting metal with their pop elements and their stupid mainstream music.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

lamb of god has never really been that good anyways - mastodon is a great band though that keeps involving without ever allowing any pop influence to distort their greatness

the whole article is fairly interesting, but there didn't seem to be any sort of a message though (other than giving a whole bunch of info)

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Bah , I am really getting tired of these questions in the real world or forums.
Metal will never die . Simply because trends are something like fashion which dies out after something new comes up.
where is grunge ? Where is nu-metal ? where is hardcore ?
Those are few genres which were told will hurt metal.
Those genres are a trend mainstream corporate market in which kids get into thinking it is metal. After some time listening to this crap kids grow up and understand the meaning of metal , therefore they stop listening to the shity mainstream crap.
Bands stating they are from a specific trend genre mysteriously change their style into more mainstream, why is that ? Thats cause this genre they were into died out.
But metal is , was , will stay metal , in every sub category regardless the mainstream bands.
I could rant about this for hours and make a whole article but I dont see the point. Kids learn on their own , so do the bands corrupting metal with their pop elements and their stupid mainstream music.

I agree on pretty much all you said except about Hardcore music ala Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, etc... that isn't a trend.. it has been around for long time... since early 80's ...

 

[Demilich]

without ever allowing any pop influence to distort their greatness

so is any pop influence a bad influence now?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

uke:

 

[Scourge of Malice]

Are Mastodon really THAT popular now? I don't pay that much attention, but if they are, you can be sure it hasn't affected them by listening to "Blood Mountain." I guess we'll have to hear what the next album is like to really judge that though.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

Are Mastodon really THAT popular now? I don't pay that much attention, but if they are, you can be sure it hasn't affected them by listening to "Blood Mountain." I guess we'll have to hear what the next album is like to really judge that though.

yea I have no idea why they are popular at all

no image of any kind, no real gimmick, music that is very complex + intricate + highly original + innovative, very intelligent lyrics, no verse- chorus- verse structure so it's not particularly catchy

they're the opposite of everything that defines pop music

 

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

Their marketing crew is really smart; that is why they are popular.

 

[King Richard]

they are a meh band

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

Their marketing crew is really smart; that is why they are popular.

but there's nothing really there to market

these guys are all very hard-working and excellent musicians, I'm very (pleasantly) surprised by the reaction of the masses to these guys

 

[Demilich]

i think the lesson here is that there's no such thing as "nothing there to market"

a group of people with the minds and resources can turn pretty much anything into a pop culture phenomenon

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

i think the lesson here is that there's no such thing as "nothing there to market"

a group of people with the minds and resources can turn pretty much anything into a pop culture phenomenon

well when you can turn a completely talentless piece of crap like korn into succesful music, mastodon shouldn't be too hard

 

[Killbot]

these guys are all very hard-working and excellent musicians

That's the the case with most bands. Mastodon just got lucky that they were a band selected to be backed by a big record label like Relapse.
I do like them btw.

 

[Armageddon's Child]

Mastodon = South of Heaven reimagined for indie kids.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

Mastodon = South of Heaven reimagined for indie kids.

the slayer album??

that link in your sig is one of the most disgraceful things I Have ever seen... mocking the death Of 2 very good metal guitarists

fucking repulsive

 

[Mort Divine]

Mastodon = South of Heaven reimagined for indie kids.

Too bad that they don't suck like Slayer does.

 

[Demilich]

the slayer album??

i was sure he meant the 2001 self-titled demo by the Taiwanese raw black metal band

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

just another anus.com moron

anus is a fucking disgrace to metal

 

[Scarifier]

lamb of god > mastadon

Edit: Don't be a fucking moron bigdave, anus is like that enemy you respect because not only do you abhore him, you admire him for the knowledge and rivalry he provides, the conflict that brings you content.