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Whats next for metal
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25-05-2006 11:26pm#1
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**** trends and scenes. There's only two types of bands: good bands, bad bands and great bands. There are three types of bands: good bands, bad bands, great bands and mediocre bands. There are four, FOUR! types of band...
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I wonder whether that's important though. DOes metal really need a huge stage? I kinda like that it's played in cramped little venues to tiny audiences and noone really hears about it. While I acknowlege the total failure of marketing there, it gives it a kick.
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Cmon though everyone, Look at bands like, god forbid, devil driver, lamb of god, shadows fall, Alter bridge,Biomechanical, Children of bodom, chimaira, killswitch engage, slipknot etc. I mean theres loadsa great bands currently out there loads of em new bands that are reall the future, I.e that theyl be the next metallica, megadeth etc.
No, these are the bands of now and then, not later. These are the bands that are making everyone demand change, or wonder if there will be change, because 6 or 7 of those bands you just mentioned may as well be the same band. If you gave them to an old schooler and removed all labels and played each one, he probably wouldn't be able to tell you which is which. They are what's making the genre stagnant, as they're either ripping out old ideas and patching them together to form some mutant numetallosuperfragilisticore "how can you not like us we have irn mayden rivvs and we shouty muchy play hardcore brakedewns GRRRR AH H8 UUU but OMG I LUV U SOOO MUCH," or they're copying someone already playing that, making them genericore. It's schizophrenic metal (definite split personality disorder). COB rule though (except for that last album, only liked 3 or 4 tracks), Biomechanical are enjoyable too
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that post is gospel, its exactly how i feel especiallyLightofDarkness wrote:No, these are the bands of now and then, not later. These are the bands that are making everyone demand change, or wonder if there will be change, because 6 or 7 of those bands you just mentioned may as well be the same band. If you gave them to an old schooler and removed all labels and played each one, he probably wouldn't be able to tell you which is which. They are what's making the genre stagnant, as they're either ripping out old ideas and patching them together to form some mutant numetallosuperfragilisticore "how can you not like us we have irn mayden rivvs and we shouty muchy play hardcore brakedewns GRRRR AH H8 UUU but OMG I LUV U SOOO MUCH," or they're copying someone already playing that, making them genericore. It's schizophrenic metal (definite split personality disorder). COB rule though (except for that last album, only liked 3 or 4 tracks), Biomechanical are enjoyable too
im just hoping some new fresh band might come along and change the face of modern metal...will it be my band? who knowsbecause 6 or 7 of those bands you just mentioned may as well be the same band.
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John2 wrote:**** trends and scenes. There's only two types of bands: good bands, bad bands and great bands. There are three types of bands: good bands, bad bands, great bands and mediocre bands. There are four, FOUR! types of band...
That sums it up nicely
There is still room for innovation, I feel. Mastodon don't really sound like anyone else. Still the likes of Atheist and Cynic haven't been equalled. Watchtower still only sound like Watchtower 20 years on. Sleep's Dopesmoker is as unique now as it was when it was recorded. The new Sepultura album has a lot of interesting new angles to it, but sadly it will go largely ignored because most people are fixated by who is in the band rather than what music the band continues to put out. Lair Of The Minatuar and The Abominable Iron Sloth will sell a fraction of what the latest Slayer-going-through-the-motions cd will sell. The extremes are there to be pushed, whether the populus follows and supports it is the crux. The problem is most people continue to support the substandard output of the legends of the genre, which is fair enough, but it doesn't fuel originality or innovation, which is what used to be so great about Metal. There are great bands you've never heard of and there are mediocre albums by established acts which sell millions. The music is out there, you're just going to have to find it yourself because the industry doen't care about albums that sell lest than 50,000 copies (most albums released). I thought most of the Metal through the late 90's sucked balls. People are getting back into playing instruments again, which excites me. After years of decay (d'ya see what I did there
) there are finally some new bands which interest and excite me. I think Metal is healthier than it has been for a long time. Hopefully the people who discover Metal now will champion the new bands rather than just feed the bloated egos of the legends of the genre. There is a great history in this form of music but if people remain focused on what has gone before (re-unions with old singers in particular) the genre will grow stale and die. Support the support band 0 -
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