• Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    It’s strange how us older ex-metalheads are the first different generation music wise

    Our parents were horrified by our taste in music. Their parents were horrified by their taste in music, their parents were horrified by their taste in music

    We’re the first generation that listens to our kids’ music and goes

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      That’s a testament to the tolerance of millennials. We are more open minded and will at least listen to what our kids have to say.

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      I wasn’t super into metal when I was a kid, I was more into funk and blues. But then my son decided to put on some garbage than he calls funk music. I was disgusted and promptly changed the song to sam and Dave.

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    Five Finger Death Punch is as close as you can possibly get to pop music without leaving the genre of metal completely. I don’t judge people if it’s their jam, I just think they are extremely mediocre at best. It’s no coincidence that the majority of their most popular songs are covers.

    But hey, people like what they like.

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      I just feel like their songs are specifically targeted to edgy 13 year olds. “wrong side of heaven and righteous side of hell” I mean, c’mon.

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        I don’t get this point of view, maybe I should because it sounds logical. But again sometimes I want to listen to harpsichords in E by Bach. And sometimes I want to listen to hallowed be thy name from iron maiden, sometimes I want to listen to a nightmare to remember by dream theater, and sometimes I want to listen to wrong side of heaven by ffdp.

        It’s like the same logic that I love eatimg healthy home made delicious filipino food every day of the week, by my excellent cook of a wife. And yet occasionally I get a craving for a menu at burger King with a monster energy drink.

        It is as if there is redeemable factors in both

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          Tbf, the metal bands you mentioned are all on the operatic side of metal, which is a nice subgenre. Many metal fans would say that there are definitive bands which categorize one subgen vs another. I’ve never heard of Five Finger Death Punch, and thought the name was actually Five Flavored Fruit Punch. Maybe an opportunity for Weird Al here 😁

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      I tend to like pop metal the same way I like pop punk. It’s not going to make me feel anything but it’s catchy. It’s good for working out or working on the motorcycle and similar things where I want a driving background but don’t want to get way into it.

      That being said, the kind of people who listen to FFDP put me off of their music. It’s like that’s the first metal they ever heard then decided to make it their whole personality.

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    Honestly don’t understand the hate ffdp gets.

    If someone could clue me in that’d be nice cause like I genuinely like a lot of their original songs as well as the remakes.

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      I like their stuff, but I’ll admit that a ton of it sounds the same. On the other hand, people almost always complain when bands go “experimental”, so I consider it a somewhat good thing actually

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      I have no clue about music in general, but ffdp are pretty basic when it comes to their song structure, a lot of simple and repetitive rhythms. Add to that that they sound recorded better than live (IMO) and they’re American which can lead to prejudices in the metal community and the bands easy to joke about.

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      Their music was pretty great back in the day, but their more recent stuff sounds like schizophrenic whinging, and their music videos make them look like maga fascists. I have done zero research on what their opinions actually are.

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      They sound too much like divorced dad rock for my liking. But I listen to system of a down and disturbed…so who am I to complain

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      Idk what genres you like so here’s a few recommendations across a few genres. On phone so no links.

      I’ve been obsessing over Hiræth lately, probably one of the best albums I have ever heard. It’s not a metal album, but it scratches that itch I have for metal, so it’s going on this list lol

      • Witching - Vernal (blackened sludge)
      • Flummox - Rephlummoxed (prog death/avant garde)
      • Mamaleek - Vida Blue (avant garde)
      • Rail Yard Ghosts - Hiræth (Blackgrass/Blackened folk punk, large band)
      • Woe - Hope Attrition (black metal/RABM)
      • Botanist - Paleobotany (Experimental Black metal)
      • An Abstract Illusion - Woe (prog death)
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      Slaughter to prevail

      Archspire

      Igorrr

      Blood incantation

      All are in my heavy rotation right now, I like weird envelope pushing metal.

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      Metal bands can scream and growl as much as they want, they will never hit as hard as the last minute of “I love you, I’m going to blow up your school” by MOGWAI, or pretty much anything by SWANS.

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    I find this funny because I only like technical death metal, like the pizza passage, sporeception, and sly cropped dick