This is where it gets hard to describe, because genres do nothing for me really. I like different aspects of different bands. I'm not much for genres but if forced to pick one I'd say thrash. Vocal tone is huge... I can't stand most higher pitched vocals. King Diamond makes me want to stab myself in the ears. Dio and Bruce Dickinson as well. Even Vektor was a few octaves too high for me. I don't like the pig squeals or the like either. My sweet spot would probably be between Phil Anselmo and (old) Randy from LOG. I don't mind fast technical guitar, but I love some crunchy riffs, big drums and pounding bass.
Being stuck with A7X now is like being stuck with Poison then though. Except now there's the series of tubes.
Poison may have been on the radio and Mtv, but the actual metal scene was huge at the time. I'd suffer AX7 much better if the rest of the music scene was another "big 4" (6) lurking under the surface.
Being stuck with A7X now is like being stuck with Poison then though. Except now there's the series of tubes.
Poison may have been on the radio and Mtv, but the actual metal scene was huge at the time. I'd suffer AX7 much better if the rest of the music scene was another "big 4" (6) lurking under the surface.
Yeah but the big 4 still benefitted from MTV and radio play. In the age of the internet, the gap between underground metal and mainstream rock is bigger than ever. All of these small, niche bands have a worldwide audience they couldnt have without the net. But these small bands are producing grade A professional music.
Its like a candy store. There's everything you could possibly want. You want a new band that plays old school sounding thrash? It exists. You want a band that sounds exactly like Pantera? It exists. Chunky, Iommi-esque riffs? Got it. You like your lyrics war themed? Alien themed? Weed themed? Pizza themed? They all exist. You just gotta decide what flavor you want.
I don't think audiences would allow for another Big 4. Kids are so inundated with information that by the time any band that gets a buzz gets to their third album they're already has-beens. Deafheaven is already experiencing it right now. Bands kinda explode, everyone argues about them for a year, everybody gets sick of the oversaturation, new band steals buzz. Repeat. It's been really apparent to me with the career trajectory of Job For a Cowboy. It's a fair argument that they've improved on every record they've done, but their career buzz zenith was their debut album. Behemoth got a lot of buzz by being the kvlt band on Freefest. While the quality of their music has remained high, the new car smell has worn off and they're mostly back-burner to a lot of people now. If Metallica happened now, they would've been boring before they even had a chance to make Master of Puppets
My roommate and I were discussing the state of music the other day. We truley believe the internet killed it. It kills hype. It kills buzz. It kills word to mouth. It turned music into a constantly on--demand, instant access thing.
Seeing slap plug Sremmlife in here and trying to get Ed to listen to it I figured I'd listen. Didn't know it'd be the same trendy "every line ends in a one syllable echo" stuff. Cool beats to get fucked up to but can't listen to the entire album straight
i have listened to it. i like a few of the songs but it's nothing i would have on repeat.
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Its like a candy store. There's everything you could possibly want. You want a new band that plays old school sounding thrash? It exists. You want a band that sounds exactly like Pantera? It exists. Chunky, Iommi-esque riffs? Got it. You like your lyrics war themed? Alien themed? Weed themed? Pizza themed? They all exist. You just gotta decide what flavor you want.