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I have a very serious question for metalheads
Vlishgnath:
I'm with Khar. I saw them open for Meshuggah once. Entertaining showmen, but their music was utterly boring to me. "Hardcore" is what I would call them. Not metal.
Scandanavian War Machine:
consesus: hardcore, not metal.
opinion: agreed
i havent listened to them since i was like freshman in highschool...but i remember liking a few of their songs. i seem to remember them doing a good cover of All Hell Breaks Loose by The Misfits. but beyond that, i dunno
Houdinimachine:
So what exactly defines something as metal?
Kai:
The more churches you and your band burn, the more necro and krieg and metal you are.
Storm Rider:
Metal generally is defined as such:
Emphasis on instrumental prowess over vocals (depends on the subgenre, brutal death is an exception to this sometimes)
Fast, rarely harmonic riffing (except for power metal, which harmonizes like, ALL the time)
Highly distorted guitar (again, power metal's usually the exception)
Obviously, violent, occult/pagan, and/or defiant lyrics
Fast precussion (especially in death and thrash)
And a general lack of the 'hook' or single melody associated with more commercial forms of music.
I'm not sure if this really does much to distinguish it from hardcore, but I have a difficult time putting it into words.
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