why does metal suck so hard?

It's called Nightwish. But then again why brother showing u people anything if metal is all about being angry! Rofl.

 

That shows how much people know about 'metal'. Granted, of course it seems at least half of all metal is focussed on aggression and negativity. But female opera vocals have been used for years in metal, it became popular and spawned lots of other opera vocal metal stuff as well. So yeah, I can understand the point of view from people like Meliai... I have the same with music I dislike. You get into generalizations that match the stuff you based it on, but if one thing is versatile it is metal. Why can't they just sing? Damn, never heard of Iron Maiden or Dio or something...?

 

Yeah, i mean honestly, all bands have growled vocals? Seriously? Those didn't even come in until the late 80s, well into metal's 2nd decade of existence.

 

I don't see how anyone could think all metal was growling and angry - have they never even heard of the 80s?

 

It's just stereotypes. It's like saying all rappers are crack dealers. Its just ignorance.

 

Heavy Metal owns your FACE. JMT agrees with me!

Here, have some MEGADETH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZtkLFL4zWU"]YouTube - Megadeth - Holy Wars (Rude Awakening)

 

This music will uppercut your colon and cock slap your mouth! It's that aggressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLg8YZBqu4s"]YouTube - In Flames - Ordinary Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WzlNKp_niI"]YouTube - In Flames - Gyroscope

 

:smilielol5:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJojO8gNunI"]YouTube - IN FLAMES - Come Clarity

they are pretty emo.

opeth, tool, katatonia, strapping young lad. there we go.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teeYBgyZhS8"]YouTube - Strapping Young Lad - Oh My Fucking God

i saw this live.

 

Here's some metal that doesn't have much screaming at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBLbrJxGtro&feature=related"]YouTube - Down - Stone the Crow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH4nmmhv-c8"]YouTube - Down-Ghosts Along The Mississippi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9G-QPEgU_0"]YouTube - Celtic Frost: A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh

 

i dont mind a bit of screaming

 

Nothing wrong with aggressive music of course, just like to show there's more to metal than the peeps here seem to know:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C97osMSyp8w"]YouTube - Cruachan - Unstabled (Steeds of Macha)

 

I like to crank this while I'm cutting myself and dedicating the blood to my lord and saviour Lucifer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPh8dgaCymU"]YouTube - SLIPKNOT- HERETIC ANTHEM/IF YOU'RE 555 THEN I'M 666 WITH LYRICS

 

oh yeah me too :2thumbsup:

i actually am a fan of slipknot tho.. i like this song unk:

 

Some more non screaming metal

Folk metal from the grim scandinavian woods can be amazingly unaggressive as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUrI7K0IsVo"]YouTube - Otyg-FjSllstorm

Some classical inspired metal which I actually do like (contrary to most opera metal):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtUhE0BzE7s"]YouTube - Haggard - Chapter 1: The Day As Heaven Wept

 

is this gonna turn into a "what is the definition of Metal" thread?

if so ...

what is the definition of Metal?

 

But when it gets aggressive I rather have some raging pagans scream their antichristians views than the (to me uninspired) Slipknot angst and modern age frustration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJxOPX9oL4"]YouTube - Troll - Drep De Kristne

Who can sound pretty melodic as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A5r8aHBHQs"]YouTube - Troll - Trollberg (Drep de Kristne)

 

No screaming in this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmcDLDw9iw"]YouTube - Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hDs6mCVAKs"]YouTube - Dream Theater - Panic Attack + Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwC2QljLn4"]YouTube - Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

 

Why does it need a concrete definition?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_6jagv_D4"]YouTube - Black Sabbath "Paranoid" Music Video

 

I hope not, cause metal is a vague term covering all the metalgenres. This sounds pretty clear but when you know some of those metalgenres are as different to eachother as punk and R 'n B it gets obvious that expressing an opinion about such a broad abstract term is either extremely generalized or extremely closeminded.