Stupid Names For Genres
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Well some genres that I have seen pop up in some music magazines get their names from a record label. For example the genre Hydracore which apparently refers to quite a few bands which are on the Hydrahead record label. All those bands play either emocore or mathcore so why the hell call it Hydracore, it's like calling most bands on RoadRunner/RoadRacer Roadmetal.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by [user id=12867] on 17.05.2006 at 13:34 Wow this thread is only two posts old and ALREADY we have a mindless stupid post here.... Read the TOPIC TITLE and the first post. This is about stupid genre NAMES And also please go back to metal 1.01 because nu-metal is a form of metal. You might not like it or maybe even hate it with all your guts but metal it is nonetheless. I even hate it to death but still regard it is as metal for it is a metal off-shoot and metal in its core.
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| Daru Jericho Posts: 2098  |
Yes, I hate it when people make up genres, especially those that are made up on lyrical content. One I must mention that has not been said is pirate metal, apparently suited for bands with a 'pirate sound' (which really could be anything) and pirate lyrics, such as Running Wild.
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| Nathan Lurker Posts: 355  |
I believe that the whole point of using sub genres to define a band is that you can give a precise description of a general mood and sound of music. Some bands that could enter a more general genre might not have in their sound only the characteristics from that genre. So when you're talking of a band that has a unique sound, you don't feel like a bigger genre really fits to describe it. Therefore, the subgenres are there only to give an idea of what to expect. I think anyone should take this whole subgenre thing loosely as it is only meant to give a loose idea of a band's sound and is not meant to be a precise and official categorisation.
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Ah yes...that long list...I remember that from the old thread...like, alcoholic metal, wtf?...ah, there are so many more useless ones on there... 
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| Vunts Posts: 910  |
Written by [user id=2186] on 17.05.2006 at 15:51 Hehe, what exactly is wrong with the genres that i picked out? Plus there were a lot of repeting stuff. Damn man, you should read what you write  (even if it IS copy-paste from some stupid-ass place that doesn't bother with checking if a genre is already up or not)Anyways...all them "atmospheric" subgenres make me wonder. What exactly makes a band atmospheric? Shape of Despair plays great atmospheric music, yet it still is a funeral doom band. Tiamat likewise. Not funeral doom, but...why do people even use the word atmospheric as a sub-genre? Damnet, even Nile can be concidered atmospheric from time to time.
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| Vunts Posts: 910 |
Oh, oops...i left some in...Like death power, death doom, technical death, gothenburg, avant garde (while it could stand for a genre of it's own, i don't think any of those bands really implements the avant gardistic music too well). But this time Horlequism, i found it hard to understand wether you were joking or not (i apoligize for that), cos there's progressive in there and also death and black metal. Surely those genres deserve their name! (and no i wasn't joking at all myself)....buuut, to fill in some gaps to prove myself: Black metal: i seriously think that this genre is not stupid. At least nothing better goes there. Folk metal: perhaps not black folk, but the regular folk metal does so exist. Melodic etc black metal: well, black is such a varied genre that one or two subgenres should apply Death metal: (there might be this certain bug with the forum, cos i'm pretty sure i didn't write brutal death twice) i think death metal is also a whole genre on it's own. And at least the melodic sub-genre should remain Doom metal: this one totally deserves all the sub-genres it has and i know that since i'm starting the study of doom metal for my music class. I got about a year to do it. Metalcore: well...what other word to use to describe those bands? Industrial: right where it should be Progressive: well...that's your area. If you think it's a useless genre, then fine by me. That's all i have to say and i pretty much realized that you weren't probably joking. Writing with "analizing" the stuff at the same time helps me greatly.
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| Susan Smeghead Elite Posts: 6941  |
I hate "female-fronted metal." What's next, "Male-fronted metal"? I'd like to see a poll in the arena for best male-fronted band. I understand grouping soprano-fronted bands together in the symphonic genre but just because your singer has boobs doesn't make the MUSIC sound any different. Thank you, rant off.
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| Dam3k Posts: 704  |
I think the troll metal... is the lolest in that list... XD when I see people saying that Finntroll is throll metal... I LMFAO... One thing is having genres and add bands in that genres and make some subgenres... but nowadays is getting really senseless... Battle folk metal... omfg...
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Account deleted Written by Vunts on 17.05.2006 at 19:04 I just was to lazy to pick them out. Not every post of mine has to be serious en good. Now happy? No? PM me if no.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
bodom metal. perhaps you have heard of it, its used by people who dont know how to classify children of bodom. thankfully this site got it right in putting them under extreme power metal, simply power metal with harsh vocals.
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| ^Necrolust^ Posts: 920  |
I find it stupid to create a new genre based on the bands influences.For example,I feel annoyed when I listen to the term ''Tolkien Metal''. I just wonder, if someone created a metal band influenced by chickens,we would have a Chicken Metal genre?
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| __Az__ Posts: 859  |
Bloody hell, so many pointless genres, surely it'd be better if everyone stuck to a few... Its making it so much more difficult to classify bands, Some bands these days must even have their own genre to themselves
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| KryptoN imperceptible Posts: 634  |
Written by Susan on 17.05.2006 at 21:55 I agree, it's stupid. I think it's because just in the recent years women have started appearing in great amounts into the metal circle as artists. But I still don't understand why "female-fronted metal" has become such a popular expression.
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| Immortal Plague Bloodshedder Posts: 1605  |
Sludge Metal, Porngrind, Atmospheric Metal, Power Metal, are all some pretty dumb genre names along with many other pointless ones, but seriously stop making 5 million diffrent genres just to fit a band perfectly.
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Written by Immortal Plague on 19.05.2006 at 03:41 I disagree... I think that Power metal is one of the genres that defines a music style and must stay... Porngring and sludge metal are just hybrids of other genres but power is original.
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Any genre name who is based on lyrics is dumb, IMO. Ah yes, "Female-Fronted Metal". Most stupid EVER!
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| Immortal Plague Bloodshedder Posts: 1605 |
Written by Lucas on 19.05.2006 at 21:47 Are you serious, thats really a genre? if it is i think you named the dumbest one here yet.
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
@Immortal Plague. Supposively. Read the post above your own. Is Viking Metal a stupid genre? I like the sound of it, but it would hold bands such as Manegarm & Amon Amarth, which are too different too be under one flag.
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| KryptoN imperceptible Posts: 634 |
That's exactly why it is a stupid name and concept for a sub-genre (to base it on a band's image or so).
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