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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #70 on: March 23, 2013, 02:04:46 PM »
^ TL;DR

My tastes in Metal are extremely picky. I hate cookie monster vocals unless they're rhythmically and tonally interesting like Mastodon.

I'm not into : Screamo, Grindcore, Black Metal, Death Metal, Hardcore...etc etc...

I basically like Metallica, Mastodon, Dream Theater's heavy stuff, SOAD first two albums, *some* Devin Townsend Project....Errr...

 :P Like I said - very picky indeed.

I definitely am not like my friend Graham - who will basically buy a CD if it has distorted guitars on it.
Cookie cutter vocals and Mastodon being used together makes no sense  ???

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #71 on: March 23, 2013, 02:14:35 PM »
Screamo's a great genre too, depending on what band. Some have a raw fury, while bands like Gospel fuse it with prog and psychedelia, then there are bands like Circle Takes the Square and Envy who fuse it with post-rock. Interesting genre at times.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #72 on: March 23, 2013, 03:12:26 PM »
I notice that I listen to *less* metal post-30, but havn't stopped altogether.    But I have noticed that unless someone is doing something noticeably different to the genre, and pushing the limits of what is considered "metal", then I'm not really interested.
That's pretty normal and understandable - you get tired of hearing the same thing over and over.

Personally, I think that anyone who's an active music lover in his teens will cease listening to anything but his old records or the radio or whatever, or cease listening to music actively altogether (since with growing responsibilities you end up having less time too) if they don't learn to appreciate the experimental sides of the music they're listening to.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #73 on: March 23, 2013, 03:24:16 PM »
I notice that I listen to *less* metal post-30, but havn't stopped altogether.    But I have noticed that unless someone is doing something noticeably different to the genre, and pushing the limits of what is considered "metal", then I'm not really interested.
That's pretty normal and understandable - you get tired of hearing the same thing over and over.

Personally, I think that anyone who's an active music lover in his teens will cease listening to anything but his old records or the radio or whatever, or cease listening to music actively altogether (since with growing responsibilities you end up having less time too) if they don't learn to appreciate the experimental sides of the music they're listening to.

Exactly.   I started off being extremely narrow minded and only listening to one type of music.   Even considering myself diverse because I embraced all SUB-genres of a certain style.   But I realized that labeling anything only serves to limit yourself.    I'm entertained at the attempt to continue to try to label things and sub-label things and hang all these "tags" on certain bands.   I follow it, and I'm entertained by it, but I really don't take it very seriously.    Now I just listen to anything that is pushing limits, stretching boundaries....I especially love anything that only exists to piss off those who wish they could stick it in a box and call it [blank]-metal.    If no one has any idea what to call it...chances are I will like it.
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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #74 on: March 24, 2013, 11:42:16 AM »
if music is about expressing emotion, then metal provides the precise tools to express such emotions as "anger", "excitement", "angst", "power", "unity", etc.

This definitely.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #75 on: March 24, 2013, 12:41:14 PM »
You know, this is kinda sad. I thought this forum as a whole was a bit more open-minded than some of what I'm reading here  :|

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #76 on: March 24, 2013, 01:31:48 PM »
What in particular do you mean? Nothing really struck me as close-minded, to be honest.
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« Reply #77 on: March 24, 2013, 01:47:37 PM »
What in particular do you mean? Nothing really struck me as close-minded, to be honest.

Metal has no boundaries, and is the most diverse music genre IMO.  It's a true expression of natural human emotion that other genres dare not explore.  It's real, aggressive, full of balls and the most rewarding.  It just seems true, raw and real, and IMO is the genre that is the least polished and fake.  Smart people like and understand metal.  And real men listen to metal, and if you don't, you are not my friend.

Maybe I just biased but I never understand when I see a dude pull up in their car with the window down blasting the latest girly pop crap at full volume.  I think to myself, you're a man, show some balls and listen to something real.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #78 on: March 24, 2013, 01:55:09 PM »
I don't mean to completely discredit any of the points made in this thread, but I'd imagine that a particular attraction to heavy metal is no different from another genre, no matter what it is, speaking to an individual at a level that really resonates.

Metal has no boundaries, and is the most diverse music genre IMO.  It's a true expression of natural human emotion that other genres dare not explore.  It's real, aggressive, full of balls and the most rewarding.  It just seems true, raw and real, and IMO is the genre that is the least polished and fake.  Smart people like and understand metal.  And real men listen to metal, and if you don't, you are not my friend.

Maybe I just biased but I never understand when I see a dude pull up in their car with the window down blasting the latest girly pop crap at full volume.  I think to myself, you're a man, show some balls and listen to something real.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #79 on: March 24, 2013, 02:01:01 PM »
What in particular do you mean? Nothing really struck me as close-minded, to be honest.

Metal has no boundaries, and is the most diverse music genre IMO.  It's a true expression of natural human emotion that other genres dare not explore.  It's real, aggressive, full of balls and the most rewarding.  It just seems true, raw and real, and IMO is the genre that is the least polished and fake.  Smart people like and understand metal.  And real men listen to metal, and if you don't, you are not my friend.

Maybe I just biased but I never understand when I see a dude pull up in their car with the window down blasting the latest girly pop crap at full volume.  I think to myself, you're a man, show some balls and listen to something real.

To be fair, this was the only really close-minded thing I read (besides H's troll posts), but yeah, that was a pretty shitty post.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #80 on: March 24, 2013, 02:08:03 PM »
Yeah, didn't catch that. Wtf Kade.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #81 on: March 24, 2013, 02:57:27 PM »
What in particular do you mean? Nothing really struck me as close-minded, to be honest.

Metal has no boundaries, and is the most diverse music genre IMO.  It's a true expression of natural human emotion that other genres dare not explore.  It's real, aggressive, full of balls and the most rewarding.  It just seems true, raw and real, and IMO is the genre that is the least polished and fake.  Smart people like and understand metal.  And real men listen to metal, and if you don't, you are not my friend.

Maybe I just biased but I never understand when I see a dude pull up in their car with the window down blasting the latest girly pop crap at full volume.  I think to myself, you're a man, show some balls and listen to something real.

To be fair, this was the only really close-minded thing I read (besides H's troll posts), but yeah, that was a pretty shitty post.
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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #82 on: March 24, 2013, 03:01:42 PM »
Metal has no boundaries, and is the most diverse music genre IMO.  It's a true expression of natural human emotion that other genres dare not explore.  It's real, aggressive, full of balls and the most rewarding.  It just seems true, raw and real, and IMO is the genre that is the least polished and fake.  Smart people like and understand metal.  And real men listen to metal, and if you don't, you are not my friend.

Maybe I just biased but I never understand when I see a dude pull up in their car with the window down blasting the latest girly pop crap at full volume.  I think to myself, you're a man, show some balls and listen to something real.

this post gave me cancer

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #83 on: March 24, 2013, 03:02:56 PM »
Metal has no boundaries, and is the most diverse music genre IMO.  It's a true expression of natural human emotion that other genres dare not explore.  It's real, aggressive, full of balls and the most rewarding.  It just seems true, raw and real, and IMO is the genre that is the least polished and fake.  Smart people like and understand metal.  And real men listen to metal, and if you don't, you are not my friend.

Maybe I just biased but I never understand when I see a dude pull up in their car with the window down blasting the latest girly pop crap at full volume.  I think to myself, you're a man, show some balls and listen to something real.

this post gave me cancer

It gave me cancer and aids.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #84 on: March 24, 2013, 03:07:34 PM »
Wow, that post was so bad it attracted almost all of the Harry and the Pears Band. And I thought opposites attract. :zook2:

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #85 on: March 24, 2013, 03:07:44 PM »
I didn't even notice that post till a while ago but...


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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #86 on: March 24, 2013, 03:12:23 PM »
Wow, that post was so bad it attracted almost all of the Harry and the Pears Band. And I thought opposites attract. :zook2:


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« Reply #87 on: March 24, 2013, 03:15:42 PM »
lol

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« Reply #88 on: March 24, 2013, 03:32:42 PM »
Wow, that post was so bad it attracted almost all of the Harry and the Pears Band. And I thought opposites attract. :zook2:



That's metal as fuck.

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« Reply #89 on: March 24, 2013, 04:42:37 PM »
Wow, that post was so bad it attracted almost all of the Harry and the Pears Band. And I thought opposites attract. :zook2:



That's metal as fuck.

Brainstorm time.

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #90 on: March 24, 2013, 04:44:37 PM »
I thought that wolfking's post was pretty metal.
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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #91 on: March 24, 2013, 05:00:10 PM »
Well it was brutal that's for sure. ::)

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #92 on: March 24, 2013, 05:10:20 PM »
I'm not a metalhead, but sometimes I just need to rock the fuck out, you know?

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #93 on: March 24, 2013, 05:30:35 PM »
Wow, that post was so bad it attracted almost all of the Harry and the Pears Band. And I thought opposites attract. :zook2:



That's metal as fuck.

Brainstorm time.

Band name: Obliterated Cow
Which creates the 5.346x108th genre in metal: Animal Metal
Where you can do anything you want, but there are no lyrics. Only animal sounds allowed.

My work here is done.

Hatebeak beat you to it

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #94 on: March 24, 2013, 05:55:04 PM »
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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #95 on: March 25, 2013, 08:19:02 PM »
a lot of people stop listening to metal in their late twenties and thirties

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She's right you know. She didn't say literally everyone stops. :P I'm hoping I can retain my currently diverse taste as I age.
Yeah, a lot of people's tastes change over time as they grow. It's not likely that I'll ever start thinking "Man, metal is such childish music, why did I ever like it?", but it's not impossible that I might just gradually start losing my interest in heavier music at some point - you never know the future.

I'm actually getting more into metal the older I get...... also trying to explore some heavier subgenres as death and progressive death.  ;D

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« Reply #96 on: March 25, 2013, 08:21:21 PM »
Wow, that post was so bad it attracted almost all of the Harry and the Pears Band. And I thought opposites attract. :zook2:



That's metal as fuck.

Brainstorm time.

Band name: Obliterated Cow
Which creates the 5.346x108th genre in metal: Animal Metal
Where you can do anything you want, but there are no lyrics. Only animal sounds allowed.

My work here is done.

Sample, anyone?

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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #97 on: March 25, 2013, 10:25:08 PM »
Wow, that post was so bad it attracted almost all of the Harry and the Pears Band. And I thought opposites attract. :zook2:



That's metal as fuck.

Brainstorm time.

Band name: Obliterated Cow
Which creates the 5.346x108th genre in metal: Animal Metal
Where you can do anything you want, but there are no lyrics. Only animal sounds allowed.

My work here is done.

Sample, anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wye-XqnBgb8
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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #98 on: March 25, 2013, 11:46:37 PM »
Metal has no boundaries, and is the most diverse music genre IMO.  It's a true expression of natural human emotion that other genres dare not explore.  It's real, aggressive, full of balls and the most rewarding.  It just seems true, raw and real, and IMO is the genre that is the least polished and fake.  Smart people like and understand metal.  And real men listen to metal, and if you don't, you are not my friend.

Maybe I just biased but I never understand when I see a dude pull up in their car with the window down blasting the latest girly pop crap at full volume.  I think to myself, you're a man, show some balls and listen to something real.

I couldn't have said it better myself, perfect  :metal

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« Reply #99 on: March 26, 2013, 05:32:10 AM »
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Re: Metalheads - why do you like metal? (serious question)
« Reply #100 on: March 26, 2013, 01:30:22 PM »
Zook, sometimes you're so bloody brilliant. This is one of those times.
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« Reply #101 on: March 26, 2013, 01:48:52 PM »
Van Canto is why I like Metal.
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« Reply #102 on: March 26, 2013, 03:22:39 PM »
Zook, sometimes you're so bloody brilliant. This is one of those times.


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« Reply #103 on: March 26, 2013, 03:44:43 PM »
I think it's pretty safe to say that anyone who took Wolfking's post seriously was successfully trolled.
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« Reply #104 on: March 27, 2013, 11:10:56 AM »
Yesterday I got reminded by Gojira why I like metal. Tightest live metal band on the planet?
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