The most difficult genre to get into
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Posted by Bitch Boy, 16.03.2007 - 01:25
I know that many people seem to take a lot to get into progressive metal, for example, and I don't know why, but I supposed it's because this whole experimentation with complex structures and stuff. In the other hand, and based on the number of fans of each band, I can see that doom metal is one of the most "unpopular" (¿?) or the hardest genre to get into for most of the people here in Metal Storm (especially funeral doom).
The genre that has taken me the most to get into is death metal, basically the pure death, technical death and brutal death. I don't know why this happens to me as I don't dislike grunts, and I would say that the only death metal form I appreciate is melo-death (including gothenburg) or death metal fusions with other genres like death/doom or death/prog.
So, what do you think it is the most difficult genre to get in?
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Also math metal, i think they're "overdoing it" ...
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by Bad English on 02.07.2011 at 19:20 Check their Wrath of the Tyrant EP before you throw around allegations like that. 
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Account deleted Written by Bad English on 02.07.2011 at 19:20 But they belong to that wave of Norwegian bands.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020  |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 02.07.2011 at 20:44 I know all Emp albums still its not such that you cant listen, even I start whit it when I was in BM
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589  |
I've never really gotten into black metal like other genres. Some of it's okay, but I just never really get that surge of awesomeness provided my thrash metal, power metal, old school heavy metal, etc. Some death metal too, but I like much more of that than black metal.
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| ANGEL REAPER Posts: 3687  |
I actually never got into old school heavy metal,trash,prog/doom,power,symphonic stuff..also death and grindcore stuff is somehow repulsive to me...but i really like black and melodic death metal.I agree with anyone who wrote that is most difficult genre to get into is black metal.
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| Sean 79 Posts: 218  |
I remember hearing Mayhem's Deathcrush back in the day. i thought it was awful. I had started listening to death metal around then and didn't think this black metal shit would catch on  2 years later i had pictures of emperor, darkthrone and burzum on my bedroom walls 
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| slinx Posts: 86  |
I'd probably say grindcore or black metal. With friends unfamiliar with metal you can at least say listen to the riffs on thrash, heavy, or death metal, but it seems impossible with black metal to pinpoint them something to lock on to. I'm not too familiar with black metal myself, but thanks to listening to extreme power metal I can handle the vocals. First metal concert I ever went to featured Misery Index and Pig Destroyer, of which I had known nothing about except for listening to the clean parts of PD lyrics where they talk random weird crazy shit about melting eyeballs and raping dead women who had been raped by dead men who had been raped by undead sea cows. I had been listening to metalcore for a time before that (metalcore is actually good for exposing you to the harsh vocal styles like melodeath, death, and black) so I felt prepared. That shit seemed merely to make offensive noise than actually articulate anything, which is why I haven't even tried listening to any grind in the last four years.
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| Koen Smits Posts: 1331  |
Written by Sean 79 on 04.07.2011 at 14:17 I also remember that! Awful as hel. I played in my first band around '92, we played death/grind and suddenly these "black metal" bands started playing the same fests we did. We like WTF???? I couldn't stand them, their fans AND their music. I refused to listen to black metal for a couple of years, but later I turned around. You've gotta admit: if it's good, it's good. 
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Account deleted Written by Sean 79 on 04.07.2011 at 14:17 Same with me, exept that i had an Immortal picture in my room
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| Night Sight Posts: 260  |
Folk metal for sure the only band i can listen to and enjoy is tyr (only the recent album) and also some moonsoorrow stuffs like haaska and songs with more black metal vibe folk metal in general is not my type of favorite
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| SymphAlchemist Posts: 108  |
Progressive metal. First, because it's not commercial at all. Second, because the musicians do what the fuck they want thinking on their own taste without trying to fit any pattern.
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| Plague Posts: 27  |
BM is the first think coming to mind, but then again...wasn't too "hard" for me to get into. Just kinda grew into it, well more like called into it. For me, Tech metal and some Powermetal is hard to listen to.
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| king_matt Posts: 449  |
Written by ColdRail on 22.07.2011 at 02:03 That's true, you really have to start to appreciate the musicians' talent before you can really get into genres that focus on instrumental techniques like progressive rock and metal.
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| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1357  |
Written by king_matt on 30.07.2011 at 20:37 I'm going to have to go ahead and agree with you Dudes here. I've always listened to bands with prog influences, but when I first checked into prog bands myself, I had "wtf" written all over my face. Nowadays, that's a part of my ugh, ugh, thing... man. Camel, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, etc..
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DSBM, for sure. Due to obvious reasons, many metalheads that I've met tend to find it either too boring, or depressive..
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| @gent_-_orange Posts: 905  |
I would say Funeral Doom, The way Funeral Doom is makes it inaccessible... long and crushing, I think it takes a lot of focus to stay with the songs and not just zone out.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by @gent_-_orange on 20.10.2011 at 17:04 I think drone or noise is a lot more challenging than funeral doom. Funeral doom can be incredibly melodic and beautiful, almost in an accessible sense. Stuff like Merzbow and Skullflower (don't worry JOOE, I'm not slagging them) aren't exactly what many would call accessible by any stretch of the imagination.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by [user id=121762] on 20.10.2011 at 16:06 What obvious reasons? :s
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Account deleted Written by [user id=121762] on 20.10.2011 at 16:06 Whats DSBM? Depressive black metal? Thats not difficult at all.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by [user id=115335] on 21.10.2011 at 00:01 For some reason some people refer to it as depressive suicidal black metal. :s
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by [user id=115335] on 21.10.2011 at 00:13 More or less, ya. I mean depressive black metal is in essence the correct name of the genre, but the depressive aspect more or less refers to the burdensome/sorrowful atmosphere, whereas "suicidal" is specifically referring to the lyrical content. imo it's like calling Amon Amarth viking metal. It's a melodic death metal band but lyrically they focus on stories of vikings.
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have you ever listened BM at all