Metal

Is metal awful?

Depends on the band, obviously. On the whole, no.

No genre is awful or good inherently.

-AC

I agree with both of the posts above me... hmm

To say metal is awful would be to say bands making good metal are awful.

To say metal is good would be to say bands are making good metal music simply because they make metal.

Hence why I've never seen the point of pledging myself to a genre. I love music, some of that is metal.

-AC

Good/awful are point of views, so it can't really be anything...

Metal rocks 😉

Possibly, the greatest, most diverse form of music I can think of.

It's not, is it?

Look at the current metal music scene, or metal music ever, and then look at pop music, and tell me metal is more diverse.

Regardless of how shit pop can be, it has more kinds of sounds in it than metal.

-AC

metal has more faceless/generic bands than many genres, i think.

i don't really like black/power/death, but heavy and experimental are fine by me.

In my early teens I loved metal. However, I now really cannot stand to listen to it or even hear mention of it in the same sentance as good music. So in my opinion yes it is awful, I prefer the genres of rock and indy although there's alot of shit like Razorlight and The Frattelis amongst them.

I used to like metal when I was about 13. It's no coincidence that the kid I know who can't do the alphabet listens to metal, the kid I know who dropped out of college twice in 2 years listens to metal and the 18 year old I know who hangs out with 14 year olds and who pissed himself in school lessons listened to metal.

I gave up on metal long ago in favour of proper music.

Originally posted by pcp
I used to like metal when I was about 13. It's no coincidence that the kid I know who can't do the alphabet listens to metal, the kid I know who dropped out of college twice in 2 years listens to metal and the 18 year old I know who hangs out with 14 year olds and who pissed himself in school lessons listened to metal.

I gave up on metal long ago in favour of proper music.

You were probably listening to shit bands.

Some metal is alright....But I prefer not to listen to guys who like to scream incoherently for 3-4 minutes.

Originally posted by pcp
I used to like metal when I was about 13. It's no coincidence that the kid I know who can't do the alphabet listens to metal, the kid I know who dropped out of college twice in 2 years listens to metal and the 18 year old I know who hangs out with 14 year olds and who pissed himself in school lessons listened to metal.

I gave up on metal long ago in favour of proper music.

What is "proper" music?

Originally posted by Arctic
Some metal is alright....But I prefer not to listen to guys who like to scream incoherently for 3-4 minutes.

Is that your view of all heavy metal? Because if so, it's terribly flawed.

I know not all metal is like that, which is why I said I like "some" metal. But I dont like the kind that is just screaming.

Heavy metal, especially the roots bands like LZ, Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult, and Black Sabbath are some of my favourite bands. A lot of metal is good, a lot is crap to me (like Cradle of Filth). A lot of friends like endless screaming and growling which I hate. This is a subjective question really.

Originally posted by pcp
I used to like metal when I was about 13. It's no coincidence that the kid I know who can't do the alphabet listens to metal, the kid I know who dropped out of college twice in 2 years listens to metal and the 18 year old I know who hangs out with 14 year olds and who pissed himself in school lessons listened to metal.

I gave up on metal long ago in favour of proper music.

I hate stereotypes...

Originally posted by pcp
I used to like metal when I was about 13. It's no coincidence that the kid I know who can't do the alphabet listens to metal, the kid I know who dropped out of college twice in 2 years listens to metal and the 18 year old I know who hangs out with 14 year olds and who pissed himself in school lessons listened to metal.

I gave up on metal long ago in favour of proper music.

I apologize in advance...(casue I know this will surely bug the s%#* out of some of you), but what the above guy is saying has quite a bit of truth to it...

My statement: I think that more than most any other genre of music, Metal is something that people can be more inclined to clearly (and definitively) outgrow...

The reason: It's because Metal and it's variants, more than most other types of music, has at its core the emotion of (primarily) anger that makes it what it is...it is its most appealing attribute.

If the anger in the music begins to no longer reflect what's in your maturing psyche, mind, heart, whatever, then the desire to listen to it wanes...and it may even become fully unappealing. But again, this is depending on if you ARE advancing, maturing, growing and generally becoming a better, wiser human being.

But I'd say that even then, it's not an absolute. For the most MOST part though, that's what the deal is.

BTW. This has nothing to do with Metal being bad music, and the fact that it is so creative, exciting, and technically astonishing can make it hard to ignore if you've ever been turned on by it. There is lots there besides the feel that give it redeeming qualities, but as I already said, it's the feel that is Metal's most connecting attribute. And funnily enough...there just aren't that many people that Metal seems to appeal to as they get older, wiser, and more mature.

Be kind...

It's a generalisation that there aren't many people who like metal as they get older. Maybe from your perspective.

-AC