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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:05 pm Post subject:
I like both old and new metal as well as recently Chinese Industrial metal such as
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I don't just like heavy metal, I LOVE it! I tend to like underground metal (i.e. black metal, death metal) the best. A few of my favorites (in no particular order):
Dissection
Cannibal Corpse
Death
Dimmu Borgir
Bloodbath
Slayer
And one I don't know if I can mention because of their name, but I'll give you a hint: one of their songs is my profile name. They're probably my favorite band.
Joined: Jan 07, 2011 Age: 23 Posts: 14828 Location: Somewhere in Colorado
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:30 am Post subject:
Gravechylde wrote:
I love metal, mainly Doom (Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus, Pentagram), and Heavy metal (Dio, Manilla Road, Iron Maiden).
Not too keen on black metal, but every style of metal has at least a couple bands I like.
abacacus wrote:
Parkway Drive and ATR are metal by their use of:
Screamed/growled vocals
High tempos
Blasts and double bass in their music
Distorted and often down tuned guitars
so, Black Sabbath aren't metal?
Black Sabbath is more metal than Parkway Drive and ATR......if those to are metal than I'm a bloody millionaire. _________________ It's like alice in wonderland except, my names not alice and this is the real world not a dream.
Joined: Mar 18, 2012 Age: 25 Posts: 196 Location: Funeralopolis
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:06 pm Post subject:
Going back to the beginning of this thread. Am I the only person who doesn't put any real importance on lyrics? Yes, good lyrics will make a good song even better, but for me, it won't turn a bad song into a good song and they won't stop me from liking a song that I would otherwise like. _________________ I speak with a whisper and feel with a shout
Joined: Jan 07, 2011 Age: 23 Posts: 14828 Location: Somewhere in Colorado
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:38 pm Post subject:
Gravechylde wrote:
Going back to the beginning of this thread. Am I the only person who doesn't put any real importance on lyrics? Yes, good lyrics will make a good song even better, but for me, it won't turn a bad song into a good song and they won't stop me from liking a song that I would otherwise like.
I agree with that. _________________ It's like alice in wonderland except, my names not alice and this is the real world not a dream.
Joined: Jan 07, 2011 Age: 23 Posts: 14828 Location: Somewhere in Colorado
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:42 pm Post subject:
androbot2084 wrote:
So why do I think that heavy metal is noise?
all music is technically noise...but yeah why do you think that's all metal is? _________________ It's like alice in wonderland except, my names not alice and this is the real world not a dream.
Metal is extremely varied. If you want something that's more melodic, there are popular bands in the genre who do that, it only takes a little research.
Joined: Aug 02, 2010 Age: 29 Posts: 1154 Location: Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:59 am Post subject:
androbot2084 wrote:
So why do I think that heavy metal is noise?
If you think that way, then don't listen to it then. Shame your throwing in another stereotype......FAIL. _________________ "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion; I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time; like tears in rain. Time to die."
Going back to the beginning of this thread. Am I the only person who doesn't put any real importance on lyrics? Yes, good lyrics will make a good song even better, but for me, it won't turn a bad song into a good song and they won't stop me from liking a song that I would otherwise like.
I agree with this opinion. Much (but but by no means all) of the music I listen to either contains unintelligible lyrics (various types of metal) or no lyrics (ambient, noise, jazz, classical). Music with no vocals is often more interesting than music with vocals.
I like lyrics. That being said, I don't remember much of the lyrics to Metal songs I've liked, but there are other songs in other styles I HAVE memorised. I think I'm going to write my own lyrics and music some time, and it does require attention to lyrics, even if you don't put them above all. Until I start playing, I could say I know more about lyrics than about music. I don't really get people who say they love music, and don't know anything about the way it's made - what do they love about it? I feel like I know a little about lyrics just because I know the lyrics themselves, which I can't say about notes or chords or anything like that now.
I like lyrics. That being said, I don't remember much of the lyrics to Metal songs I've liked, but there are other songs in other styles I HAVE memorised. I think I'm going to write my own lyrics and music some time, and it does require attention to lyrics, even if you don't put them above all. Until I start playing, I could say I know more about lyrics than about music. I don't really get people who say they love music, and don't know anything about the way it's made - what do they love about it? I feel like I know a little about lyrics just because I know the lyrics themselves, which I can't say about notes or chords or anything like that now.
I studied piano and guitar for several years but only achieved relatively basic playing skills. I also sang in choir as a teen, but I think they just didn't want me to feel completely left out. However, I've never felt the desire to write lyrics -- not sure why.
In any case, even without much musical ability, one can still enjoy music. I revel in the enormous variety of sounds and the patterns formed by their combination.
