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KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: Borondir ---The writer and the guy from Pelican don't talk about the art kids not knowing real metal in very positive light. The author also talks about bands laying the groundwork for 'cleverness' long ago.  Basically, he's just saying that only now is the mainstream noticing that metal has been smart all along. In a way the article is a bit condescending, but this is the mainstream media we're dealing with.
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I suppose.

Still, I don't like the whole trend. I suppose what I really resent is that my own favourite bands are totally 100% ignored by any sort of media whatosever, but the moment a few bands buy into the art-rock zeitgeist, suddenly they're all over the New York Times.

Borondir:

--- Quote from: Kai ---In other news, I just noticed you're from Kansas! what part? I live down in Overland Park, if that happens to mean anything.
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Uh yeah, I know where Overland Park is, up there by KC. When I'm in Kansas I live about an hour north of Wichita (Hutchinson) in the smack dab middle of the state. My location is slightly misleading because I'm actually at Valparaiso University in northwestern Indiana right now.

sjbrot:
The author talks about how the "battle lines" have been dulled between the various camps for different sub-genres of metal. That really applies to alot of genres. Same thing with punk.

But how much of this leads to a bland, homogenous product? It's good to incorporate different influeces, but sometimes I feel like something the Taste of Chaos tour was a failure because you have at least a couple of bands (let's say MCR and Killswitch Engage) who shouldn't be on the same stage but are.

And the audience doesn't mind 'cause they just want their music "fuckin' LOUD."

El Opium:
I do like some stuff that might fall into this here 'art-metal' category namely Skullflower and Sunn O)). Lately though I've been feeling that I should satisfy my cravings for heavyness by cutting the crap and buying Reign In Blood.

Johnny C:

--- Quote ---Albert Mudrian, editor of the year-old metal magazine Decibel and author of "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore," asks: "Is art conscious or unconscious? Up until now, there was art in metal, but there wasn't for the most part a self-awareness about it. Now, these new artists have that, and they want to be painted as such."
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I don't think the article's saying that heavy metal and art have not been friends before this; I think it's trying to get the point across that there are now a greater number of bands saying "hey, we're actually makin' something artistic and creative and stuff here, let's expand this as much as we can."

You're right, though, Khar; they left out a bunch of stuff. Heard of Earth, guys at the New York Times?

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