Must have been asleep the day hardcore became synonymous with heavy metal.

Written by insanity.peppers on 12.12.2009 at 22:28

Must have been asleep the day hardcore became synonymous with heavy metal.

There are a lot of bands that are here even though they are not metal, some like Led Zeppelin are here for historical reasons so to speak. Bands like this one are proably here because the staff member got the album to review as a job.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 14.12.2009 at 15:10

Written by insanity.peppers on 12.12.2009 at 22:28

Must have been asleep the day hardcore became synonymous with heavy metal.

There are a lot of bands that are here even though they are not metal, some like Led Zeppelin are here for historical reasons so to speak. Bands like this one are proably here because the staff member got the album to review as a job.

I get what you're saying about bands like LZ, but that doesn't explain why bands like this get reviewed. If like you said they did it because it was their job, well, you've gotta question the priorities of whoever decided that it was their job to put it into "metal"storm.

Written by insanity.peppers on 18.12.2009 at 07:33

I get what you're saying about bands like LZ, but that doesn't explain why bands like this get reviewed. If like you said they did it because it was their job, well, you've gotta question the priorities of whoever decided that it was their job to put it into "metal"storm.

I don't think there's a problem with albums like this getting reviewed, It's not like Metal is the best genre of all times. There are lots of non-metal albums in this site that are pretty good and are reviewed here with the solid reason that this music might appeal some metalheads. It's their job because some labels want to have a point of view from different kind of people, I think that's pretty obvious.
It's not like we are prioriting this genres over metal... this site is open-minded, that's all.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 18.12.2009 at 16:45

I don't think there's a problem with albums like this getting reviewed, It's not like Metal is the best genre of all times. There are lots of non-metal albums in this site that are pretty good and are reviewed here with the solid reason that this music might appeal some metalheads. It's their job because some labels want to have a point of view from different kind of people, I think that's pretty obvious.
It's not like we are prioriting this genres over metal... this site is open-minded, that's all.

In the end nobody took an interest in this review other than you and myself, and it didn't even have to do with the band or music itself. That's a pretty good indication of how superfluous a review like this is on a metal webzine.

Written by insanity.peppers on 18.12.2009 at 21:57

In the end nobody took an interest in this review other than you and myself, and it didn't even have to do with the band or music itself. That's a pretty good indication of how superfluous a review like this is on a metal webzine.

Hardcore have a quite bad reputation here, but work is work, if you ge money for doing reviews and even reviews with low scores then I really don't see the problem. And if you're reviewing the album because you're kind enough to give it a try, then it's also ok... Specially if you want to tell something to the metal comunity [I know lots of users who enjoy lots of punk, hardcore, electronica,etc]

And you are quite wrong since there are quite a lot of non-metal bands that get some attention here specially the symphonic ones like Elend for example.

But really, you're discussing this with a regular user who's just giving you theories, if you really care about this stuff then make a thread about the subject and you will get answers from the staff.