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Posted by slinx on 24.02.2012 at 10:10
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I'm pretty drunk, so feel free to delete this, but this is something I've been meaning to ask for a while.
All metal is alternative to mainstream culture, so why is this different from other metal? Hell, this 'alternative' metal may be the most recognized metal on the radio to the non-exclusive metal listener.
Heavy Metal is the most basic (starting point) for all metal and most likely contains the most fans. Followed by thrash and power in terms of popularity; these groups are pretty mainstream for metal music.
Death metal or at least metal with harsh vocals fills up a smaller segment than either heavy, thrash or power and definitely has less fans than any of the previous music choices (though this site may differ).
Black metal, which puts death metal to shame with its creepiness, is even further away from the mainstream culture, or fuck, even the mainstream metal culture.
So shouldn't black metal and death metal be labeled alternative metal? Or is alternative metal, the alternative of 'true \ underground metal'?
Thank you. Donuts and roses for all.
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 squidrick420
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08.03.2013 at 20:49
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In the context of this website, i feel that "alternative metal" is meant to cover all the genres of metal that were missed by the other thread sections. However as a genre, Alt-metal is impossible to define almost. I consider it to be whatever I personally can't categorize very easily (Deftones, He Is Legend, even old 311).
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