your opinion on bands with hateful messages

[Grieved and Fooled]

i'm just wondering about your opinions. i personally don't care because i don't listen to lyrics anyway, and especially not if the band has harsh vocals. if the band has clean vocals which i can actually understand, i might avoid them but whats the point in avoiding a band because it has hateful lyrics when i won't even be able to decipher them in the first place?

 

[Koude Haat]

what?

 

[As-I-Lay-Dying]

what?

Kinda what I was thinking...

 

[AchrisK]

No. But I do feel that a large portion of the hate out there in metal is based in ignorance or just trend.

ack

 

[witchhunterni]

What do you mean 'hateful' lyrics?

But eh, I don't pay that much attantion to lyrics. Which is probably a good thing in many cases...

 

[Grieved and Fooled]

racist or prejudice, sorry i should have been more clear.

 

[As-I-Lay-Dying]

racist or prejudice, sorry i should have been more clear.

I don't listen to bands that have those messages.
Not that I know of anyways.

 

[witchhunterni]

I'd laugh at anyone with truly racist or hateful lyrics. Silly bastards. So of course I'd not listen, well pay attention, but I'm about as prjudiced as a turnip (I just have an indecent sense of humour).

 

[ohiogrinder]

why does it even matter?

I'd much rather listen to Anal Cunt or GG Allin or Vaginal Jesus than some pc faggot band like Propaghandi or The Locust singing about how much their pussy hurts.

 

[Hatebreeder]

I don't think there's any band out there that is truly hateful. If they were, then they wouldn't be playing music.

 

[Zephyrus]

Lyrics are not important. It's the music that counts. And it's hard for music to be hateful.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

And it's hard for music to be hateful.

something like napalm death or suffocation is not "hateful" music?

 

[Zephyrus]

Only the lyrical content can be hateful. Bands write music just as brutal, heavy or aggressive as Suffocation or Napalm Death and hate is not their main focus.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

the more hateful the better!

 

[AchrisK]

something like napalm death or suffocation is not "hateful" music?

No, music is neutral. How is a note/tone hateful or loving or anything? It's like the whole "christian metal" or "metal is evil" arguments. A note can neither be evil or be converted to a system of beliefs. It is neutral. Obviously it can convey feelings or moods.

ack

 

[MasterOLightning]

I'm skeptical of bands that aren't hateful.

 

[Hatebreeder]

something like napalm death or suffocation is not "hateful" music?

Hardly. If you're referring to the music, see that post that talks about music's neutrality. If you're referring to the lyrics, then I would say that the lyrical focus of such bands might be considered "angry", but not "hateful". Hateful infers that one is irrefutably disgusted with general life and cannot stand it. People like this would probably not waste their time around the primarily social aspect of being in a band/touring.

 

[Life Sucks]

Hell no. Arghoslent are one of the best metal bands around, both musically and lyrically.

 

[Hatebreeder]

I don't stop myself from listening to quality music just because I don't agree with the message given off by the band.But to say that lyrics are unimportant is doing a great disservice to music as art in general.

True that. Though I don't actively listen to the lyrics, I still have respect for bands who can write interesting, well thought-out lyrics.

 

[cookiecutter]

Even if I disagree with the band's lyrics, I can still enjoy the emotions presented along with the music. So my answer is no.