Written by Edmund Fogg on 10.06.2010 at 13:35

Written by Guest on 10.06.2010 at 12:45

I would say glam metal!!!!!!!! lol

its basically like heavy metal but with a little glitter on top its like alice cooper & twisted sister for example instead of just singing they do magic tricks & acting etc while performing live!!!!!!!!

Alice Cooper is the father of Shock Rock and has nothing to do with Glam Metal.The fact that a bande does a perfomance on stage instead of just play song after song,for me its a good thing.What bothers most about Glam Metal is the fact that they dreesed as women to proove their manhood????,The lyrical themes that werte cheesy to the max and songwritting that made Metal look like music for fags.

Im agreeing with that statement.

Ok, here it is:
Hair Metal - hu? just because they have long hair?! it's rock music, period.
Glam Metal - Hard Rock to Pop Rock, it's just a visual thing but doesn't affect the music
Shock Rock - again, it's rock with a certain visual show..... it's visual, not musical
Viking Metal - because they tell stories about...... err...... vikings and that sort of stuff. So, if they talk about ducks, are they going to call it Duck Metal?? Quaaaackk!! ........ chugga, chugga..... quaackk!! It's either heavy metal or power metal
Epic Metal - It's Heavy Metal, Power Metal or Symphonic Metal, longer songs maybe
Grind Core - It's Extreme Metal who really cares about what the lyrics say? if you understand 2 words in the same sentence then you have a very good ear for this kind of...... singing?
Nu Metal - New?..... New???? it's 2011 and they still call it, New(Nu)?? New was back in 1998-2000.......call it melodic thrash, melodic alternative, melodic extreme, rap metal, whatever you think it really defines it's musical approach, but NOT nu metal..... it's not NEW anymore!

My favorite is what Nortt calls his music. "Pure Depressive Black Funeral Doom Metal", maybe not stupid but it sounds pretty evil

Hipster metal, I really don't get that term. It's given to stoner/sludge bands usually. Maybe there's a difference between it, I don't hear it.

And also pretty much any genre that's labelled for their lyrics. Like christian metal, pornogrind, unblack metal. national socialist black metal, etc.

Although for Viking metal I don't mind. It's actually up for debate on if it's just about the lyrics. I do believe their is a playing style for it and it's not just metal songs about vikings. Personally most of the viking metal I've heard just sounds like folk metal, melodic death metal or extreme power metal to me, but I don't listen to a lot of it. I wouldn't consider Amon Amarth for example, a viking metal band as the viking themes don't go much further than the lyrics for them.

Extreme power metal, Eww... I'm pretty sure it's only this site that ever uses the term for a few melodic death metal bands the use keyboards but think it's not br00tel enough or something. I dunno! I just don't like it. I mean, bands like Wintersun and COB are labeled this and bands with some the same amount of power metal influences like Into Eternity and Mercenary are not? Lets not play favorites with our stupid genre names.

Written by Xim on 19.07.2011 at 07:45

Hipster metal, I really don't get that term. It's given to stoner/sludge bands usually. Maybe there's a difference between it, I don't hear it.

And also pretty much any genre that's labelled for their lyrics. Like christian metal, pornogrind, unblack metal. national socialist black metal, etc.

Although for Viking metal I don't mind. It's actually up for debate on if it's just about the lyrics. I do believe their is a playing style for it and it's not just metal songs about vikings. Personally most of the viking metal I've heard just sounds like folk metal, melodic death metal or extreme power metal to me, but I don't listen to a lot of it. I wouldn't consider Amon Amarth for example, a viking metal band as the viking themes don't go much further than the lyrics for them.

Heh so I'm a hipster. I love stoner/sludge bands

I thought actually calling yourself a hipster goes against the principles and reasons for being a hipster in the first place. lol!

Written by Wyrd on 19.07.2011 at 09:07

I thought actually calling yourself a hipster goes against the principles and reasons for being a hipster in the first place. lol!

Haha no, I mean't that according to the previous post, me listening to stoner/sludge made me a hipster. I generally hate classifying myself as a metalhead, elitist, hipster, poseur etc

Haha! Okay. Sorry for the mix up. I give you the Wyrn nod of approval. *Nods slightly*

I also don't like the term hipster metal because it just sounds stupid. I don't think any band in their right mind would call themselves hipster metal.

Written by Archetype on 15.05.2010 at 05:12

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.05.2010 at 05:07

Written by Guest on 15.05.2010 at 02:22

Does anyone here think that calling christian black metal bands "unblack" metal is stupid?

YES

Yes indeed! I've always thought of Black Metal as a genre in the same way that Thrash Metal is for example in that it represents a certain type of music and not a specific belief system.

Exactly! Christian metal?? why? because of the lyrics? their beliefs? remember that we're talking about the MUSIC.... only the MUSIC. It's rock, metal, thrash, etc. regardless of the lyrics.

Written by ADIresiduos on 20.07.2011 at 01:01

Written by Archetype on 15.05.2010 at 05:12

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.05.2010 at 05:07

Written by Guest on 15.05.2010 at 02:22

Does anyone here think that calling christian black metal bands "unblack" metal is stupid?

YES

Yes indeed! I've always thought of Black Metal as a genre in the same way that Thrash Metal is for example in that it represents a certain type of music and not a specific belief system.

Exactly! Christian metal?? why? because of the lyrics? their beliefs? remember that we're talking about the MUSIC.... only the MUSIC. It's rock, metal, thrash, etc. regardless of the lyrics.

I totally agree. No other style is named by their lyrics... Calling christian bands White Metal or something alike is stupid. It's like dissociating metal in two opposite parts, the good and the evil, because of the musicians beliefs, while we use the genres to define the sounding of the band.

Well, now answering the topic. Most of the styles' names are stupid. Metal itself for instance...

IMO the subgenres should be called Steel Metal, Iron Metal , Aluminum Metal, Copper Metal, etc... It'd make a lot of more sense.
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I haven't thought of it before but I see that most names end up saying that genre is heavy or brings evil feelings in it's sounding or in it's lyrics. But it's impossible to know the music only by it's styles' name.

Written by SymphAlchemist on 20.07.2011 at 04:15

Well, now answering the topic. Most of the styles' names are stupid. Metal itself for instance...

IMO the subgenres should be called Steel Metal, Iron Metal , Aluminum Metal, Copper Metal, etc... It'd make a lot of more sense.
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I haven't thought of it before but I see that most names end up saying that genre is heavy or brings evil feelings in it's sounding or in it's lyrics. But it's impossible to know the music only by it's styles' name.

Lol, would be funny if they actually used those names for sub genres.
Most of the current sub genres do give the listener an idea of what they are getting into. It's not just random names.

Evolution of the term metal
You had the term rock being used before the term metal originated. They started calling heavier bands, heavy rock and hard rock. But that just didn't do it for people. They wanted something else. So whats harder than a rock, more powerful and stronger? Metal!
So now everyone is happy with the new term, they get on with the music and their lifes. But now newer heavier sounding bands start evolving. They don't sound like the old metal bands, so people are wondering whether these guys are still metal or something else. And so you have the origin of all these little sub genres

Progressive Nintendocore. Just because there's nothing progressive about nintendo.

Written by Xim on 20.07.2011 at 00:02

I also don't like the term hipster metal because it just sounds stupid. I don't think any band in their right mind would call themselves hipster metal.

That is a new one for me.

Genres are getting out of fucking control.

Written by whatsacow on 21.07.2011 at 08:53

Progressive Nintendocore. Just because there's nothing progressive about nintendo.

The Wii seems like a progressive move for gaming, and if I'm correct the 3DS is the first 3-D handheld system, which would qualify as progressive.

Written by Guest on 22.07.2011 at 07:54

Written by whatsacow on 21.07.2011 at 08:53

Progressive Nintendocore. Just because there's nothing progressive about nintendo.

The Wii seems like a progressive move for gaming, and if I'm correct the 3DS is the first 3-D handheld system, which would qualify as progressive.

Yeah I know. Its just fun to rip on nintendo :p

Written by Spirit Molecule on 20.07.2011 at 13:26

Written by SymphAlchemist on 20.07.2011 at 04:15

Well, now answering the topic. Most of the styles' names are stupid. Metal itself for instance...

IMO the subgenres should be called Steel Metal, Iron Metal , Aluminum Metal, Copper Metal, etc... It'd make a lot of more sense.
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I haven't thought of it before but I see that most names end up saying that genre is heavy or brings evil feelings in it's sounding or in it's lyrics. But it's impossible to know the music only by it's styles' name.

Lol, would be funny if they actually used those names for sub genres.
Most of the current sub genres do give the listener an idea of what they are getting into. It's not just random names.

Evolution of the term metal
You had the term rock being used before the term metal originated. They started calling heavier bands, heavy rock and hard rock. But that just didn't do it for people. They wanted something else. So whats harder than a rock, more powerful and stronger? Metal!
So now everyone is happy with the new term, they get on with the music and their lifes. But now newer heavier sounding bands start evolving. They don't sound like the old metal bands, so people are wondering whether these guys are still metal or something else. And so you have the origin of all these little sub genres

Heh maybe you're right. like...metal is harder than rock indeed. But I just can't see it in the rest..

Besides, I've heard that the "heavy metal" term ( and "metal" along with it ) came from Black Sabbath. Ozzy said that they were on a TV program when this presenter, who had hated their music, said they sounded like "heavy metal" clashing. From this day on people started calling "heavy metal" a new music genre and the name caught on. Also, Ozzy says he doesn't agree with it.

But what I see is that some people use "heavy metal" to name a subgenre of metal, while others name "heavy metal" as the group of all metal. It makes me confused.

Whalecore... (pointing out a topic on this website) enough said

Written by Guib on 06.08.2012 at 03:07

Whalecore... (pointing out a topic on this website) enough said

Metalcore made by fat chicks.

How about djent? Such a lame name.

Written by Wyrd on 19.07.2011 at 08:54

Extreme power metal, Eww... I'm pretty sure it's only this site that ever uses the term for a few melodic death metal bands the use keyboards but think it's not br00tel enough or something. I dunno! I just don't like it. I mean, bands like Wintersun and COB are labeled this and bands with some the same amount of power metal influences like Into Eternity and Mercenary are not? Lets not play favorites with our stupid genre names.

this annoys me the most as well

Written by Guest on 06.08.2012 at 05:02

How about djent? Such a lame name.

I think it's a pretty cool name to be honest, but in reality it's just prog with a different guitar tone.


Crabcore is a pretty fucking stupid/fake genre.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 06.08.2012 at 18:06

Crabcore is a pretty fucking stupid/fake genre.

I think the suffix -core is pretty idiotic itself.

Written by Guest on 06.08.2012 at 21:12
I think the suffix -core is pretty idiotic itself.

Hmmm... I don't really agree here. Core is just a suffix from hardcore and there's nothing wrong with that until people start putting it everywhere but that's not the suffix-fault... I can clearly see how people would think metal is kind of a dumb name that people put everywhere.

Still... -core will NEVER beat Post... that one is in a whole different league.

Written by ADIresiduos on 16.07.2011 at 02:44

So, if they talk about ducks, are they going to call it Duck Metal??

Cradle of Filth plays Duck Metal. Donald Duck Metal to be precise.

I have always found slowcore to be a bit stupid, I am pretty sure those bands could be somewhat easily put into other categories and I don't understand the -core suffix as it is not related to hardcore punk or hardcore techno (lol) at all.

Written by Uldreth on 07.08.2012 at 20:09

I have always found slowcore to be a bit stupid, I am pretty sure those bands could be somewhat easily put into other categories and I don't understand the -core suffix as it is not related to hardcore punk or hardcore techno (lol) at all.

proper metalcore such as Merauder is related to hardcore punk as is Hatebreed

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 07.08.2012 at 20:19

Written by Uldreth on 07.08.2012 at 20:09

I have always found slowcore to be a bit stupid, I am pretty sure those bands could be somewhat easily put into other categories and I don't understand the -core suffix as it is not related to hardcore punk or hardcore techno (lol) at all.

proper metalcore such as Merauder is related to hardcore punk as is Hatebreed

Marcel, I was talking about a genre of altrock called Slowcore, it has nothing to do with metalcore That genre sounds most like shoegaze minus the layered guitars and it has NO relation to hardcore whatsoever, which is why I don't see a reason to label it -core.