In the Defense of Criticism Towards Metal

 

WOW!! ARE YOU OKAY!!? I THINK YOU MIGHT BE FREAKING OUT!

 

If I had come out and said, "this music is ****, the singers are horrible!", I could see where you were coming from.  But I clearly stated that I think it's subjective.  And do you realise that you just asked me to list my favorite of the singers that I DON'T like?  What kind of crazy semantics are you into? Either that or you were talking about over all vocalists, which is irrelevant to compare to since, as I already stated, I wasn't insulting any metal musicians.

 

And if you're going to quote me, do it with a moderate level of competence and put my entire post up there. It completely changes the cotext of what I said.

himtroy wrote: I've never gotten metal.  I hate people who say that an entire genre is "bad music" though, it's just ignorant.  I don't like it, it doesn't mean others do.  But to throw in something, I often times think the heavy music is cool, I just can't stand the "singer" of 98% bands I've heard.

this is your full post.  i just asked a simple question that demands very simple answer. you do like some singers from metal,right? those 2 % , so i was curious about it. and asked,i didn't offend you somehow, 

himtroy wrote: angelmk wrote: himtroy wrote: I just can't stand the "singer" of 98% bands I've heard. yeah ? what do you listen most, which vocalists are your favourite ones ?!   WOW!! ARE YOU OKAY!!? I THINK YOU MIGHT BE FREAKING OUT!   If I had come out and said, "this music is ****, the singers are horrible!", I could see where you were coming from.  But I clearly stated that I think it's subjective.  And do you realise that you just asked me to list my favorite of the singers that I DON'T like?  What kind of crazy semantics are you into? Either that or you were talking about over all vocalists, which is irrelevant to compare to since, as I already stated, I wasn't insulting any metal musicians. And if you're going to quote me, do it with a moderate level of competence and put my entire post up there. It completely changes the cotext of what I said.

noone accused you  of  insulting anyone. 

himtroy wrote: I just want to hear his generic metal head response (easy guys, I didn't generalize the genre! I just spoke of the general).  Because to me he is the epitome of the generic retarded metal head.  You state any opinion other than his and he immediately comes out and starts giving you crap about it.  Look anywhere through this topic and you find him, ranting endlessly about nothing.

man, i respect others opinion, but there were some very interesting opinions here,(i know ,opinion is personal) which  i found funny ones  so i had to say my view whether you like it or not.  i didn't offend anyone with my posts, i will never do, like you did right now. i can't see how you are concerned about my posts, you were not involved in discussion , it's about metal. you  obviously don't like it , fine with me,but don't jump with conclusions ,  since you don't like metal,and you are not metal lover,  i think you are not relevant to say whether i was ''crapping on this thread or not'' .     it was simple question after all .  

himtroy wrote: I've never gotten metal.  I hate people who say that an entire genre is "bad music" though, it's just ignorant.  I don't like it, it doesn't mean others do.  But to throw in something, I often times think the heavy music is cool, I just can't stand the "singer" of 98% bands I've heard.

this is your full post.  i just asked a simple question that demands very simple answer. you do like some singers from metal,right? those 2 % , so i was curious about it. and asked,i didn't offend you somehow, 

himtroy wrote: angelmk wrote: himtroy wrote: I just can't stand the "singer" of 98% bands I've heard. yeah ? what do you listen most, which vocalists are your favourite ones ?!   WOW!! ARE YOU OKAY!!? I THINK YOU MIGHT BE FREAKING OUT!   If I had come out and said, "this music is ****, the singers are horrible!", I could see where you were coming from.  But I clearly stated that I think it's subjective.  And do you realise that you just asked me to list my favorite of the singers that I DON'T like?  What kind of crazy semantics are you into? Either that or you were talking about over all vocalists, which is irrelevant to compare to since, as I already stated, I wasn't insulting any metal musicians. And if you're going to quote me, do it with a moderate level of competence and put my entire post up there. It completely changes the cotext of what I said.

noone accused you  of  insulting anyone. 

himtroy wrote: I just want to hear his generic metal head response (easy guys, I didn't generalize the genre! I just spoke of the general).  Because to me he is the epitome of the generic retarded metal head.  You state any opinion other than his and he immediately comes out and starts giving you crap about it.  Look anywhere through this topic and you find him, ranting endlessly about nothing.

man, i respect others opinion, but there were some very interesting opinions here,(i know ,opinion is personal) which  i found funny ones  so i had to say my view whether you like it or not.  i didn't offend anyone with my posts, i will never do, like you did right now. i can't see how you are concerned about my posts, you were not involved in discussion , it's about metal. you  obviously don't like it , fine with me,but don't jump with conclusions ,  since you don't like metal,and you are not metal lover,  i think you are not relevant to say whether i was ''crapping on this thread or not'' .     it was simple question after all .  

Point taken.  I really have no problems if a metal band makes an album based on a Paul Coelho book if what you are saying is correct because nobody reads Jules Verne these days, much less Greek literature and philosophy.  If it looks like mundane pseudo-intellectualism, it reflects the dying out of literary habits more than anything.  All said, I never get it when some self-professed metalheads turn up their noses at albums like Reign In Blood.  That's quintessential metal for me and it does not bother me a whit what people who don't listen to metal might have to say about it,  er, the important thing is I like it, is it not?  I wonder whether metalheads - at least some of them - are more insecure about what other people make of them and their music than I think or whether there are people who listen to metal but um, hate metal  - some other metal music that is - because of metal's vastness?  Don't know the answer, but it's probably both. I don't, for the record, consider RIB as the greatest thrash album ever, it's fairly overrated but when people go on and on about how it's stupid, fast, w***y etc, I just have to say, "Dude, it's THRASH metal, what did you expect anyway, a book about George Orwell?"