What is needed in music for you to enjoy it?

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:10 pm

No, metal is not about anger.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:22 pm

Flint the Dwarf wrote:No, metal is not about anger.

I did say I don't know much about it. Tell me somthin' about it.. OK.. Now I know it's not about anger.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:39 pm

What's there to say? Metal is as diverse a genre as rock. If you've followed any of the metal debates that have occurred so many times around here, you would have at least witnessed the plethora of sub-genres, and the difference of taste among metalheads. Metal isn't always about power riffs, double bass, and screaming.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:44 am

Flint the Dwarf wrote:What's there to say? Metal is as diverse a genre as rock. If you've followed any of the metal debates that have occurred so many times around here, you would have at least witnessed the plethora of sub-genres, and the difference of taste among metalheads. Metal isn't always about power riffs, double bass, and screaming.

Amen.

I'd love to see you (x_rex30) tell Hansi Kursch that metal is about anger. He'd belt out some falsetto while singing about Lord of the Rings

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:35 am

NicholasDWolfwood wrote:Amen.

I'd love to see you (x_rex30) tell Hansi Kursch that metal is about anger. He'd belt out some falsetto while singing about Lord of the Rings

You know I did say I don't know much about metal.. I didn't even try to arguing with Flint.. I don't think we have to drag on the concept of it all being anger music since the metal god himself denied that being true.

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:47 am

Matthew Bellamy.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:55 am

x_rex30 wrote:
Flint the Dwarf wrote:No, metal is not about anger.
I did say I don't know much about it. Tell me somthin' about it.. OK.. Now I know it's not about anger.

I keep trying to reply to this, and the post just keeps getting longer and longer, and covering more and more stuff. So instead, you get to pick the essay you want me to write here:

- The Dead Term "Heavy Metal": Being an Exploration of the Development, Styles, and Relationships of Too Many Subgenres
- Planet Wacken: Metal as Agent of Escape, Catharsis, and Community
- Moshpit Ethics: Why We Do It, How We Behave, and How We Shrug It Off

If multiple essays are requested, there will be multiple posts rather than one big long one, and they may be spread over several days.

--K

Tono_Fyr · Post by **Tono_Fyr** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:19 am

NicholasDWolfwood wrote:
Flint the Dwarf wrote:What's there to say? Metal is as diverse a genre as rock. If you've followed any of the metal debates that have occurred so many times around here, you would have at least witnessed the plethora of sub-genres, and the difference of taste among metalheads. Metal isn't always about power riffs, double bass, and screaming.
Amen.

I'd love to see you (x_rex30) tell Hansi Kursch that metal is about anger. He'd belt out some falsetto while singing about Lord of the Rings

I'll Keep the ring full of sorrow, I'll keep the ring til I die, Slow down and I'll sail on the river, slow down and I'll walk to the hills, slow down and I'll sail on the river, slow down and I'll walk to the hills, slow down and I'll sail on the river, slow down and I'll walk to the hills.

It's awesome when that song picks up live. It's something I'm definitely looking forward to on the upcoming tour.

As for Kai... can I vote on all three? Because it's you, well, they'll all be highly informative, and probably funny as well.

But my first vote goes to "The Dead Term "Heavy Metal": Being an Exploration of the Development, Styles, and Relationships of Too Many Subgenres". That seems like it would probably be more all-encompassing than the other two, though Planet Wacken could get interesting, as so many parallels to it exist within (more or less) everyone's interests here.

Vocal_Fuery16 · Post by **Vocal_Fuery16** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:46 am

I guess when I listen to music, I have to feel a connection to the lyrics, the sound, or the vocalist who brings it to life. if I can't feel what they singer is trying to get across to me, I can't really enjoy the song or whatever. mainly why I stick with L'Arc~en~Ciel, T.M. Revolution, Alter Bridge, MCR, Vienna Tneg, and others who I feel actually have a connection with what they happen to be singing. seriously, a lot of artists nowadays just do a song to fill up the album space, so they feel no real connection to it.... anyway, enough of my rambling.....

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:55 pm

Kai Stromler wrote:I keep trying to reply to this, and the post just keeps getting longer and longer, and covering more and more stuff. So instead, you get to pick the essay you want me to write here:

- The Dead Term "Heavy Metal": Being an Exploration of the Development, Styles, and Relationships of Too Many Subgenres
- Planet Wacken: Metal as Agent of Escape, Catharsis, and Community
- Moshpit Ethics: Why We Do It, How We Behave, and How We Shrug It Off

If multiple essays are requested, there will be multiple posts rather than one big long one, and they may be spread over several days.

--K

Damn.. you don't have to burn yourself out. I'd like to hear about "The Dead Term "Heavy Metal"" You might save yourself the trouble of writing a lot if you know of any links explaining some of it.. but yeah, i am a bit curious.