Heavy Metal Band Names

[HevyDevy]

At the end of the day people can categorise whatever they want as they want - I'll be perfectly happy enjoying my Burzum, Devin Townsend and November's Doom.

 

[Eelementary]

Agreed.

But...Satyricon as metalcore?

:crazy:

 

[Mong]

I currently think that with Metallica, after that Death Magnetic crap.

You are a hard man to please if you didn't like DM..

 

[JoeD]

Dudes, you guys are taking this waaaay to seriously . . .

 

[Mong]

Dudes, you guys are taking this waaaay to seriously . . .

It's serious business Joe..

:lol:

 

[Non Terminator]

You are a hard man to please if you didn't like DM..

Fair enough, it just never appealed to me at all.

Agreed.

But...Satyricon as metalcore?

:crazy:

Bloody oath :lol: good new album though.

 

[HevyDevy]

Dudes, you guys are taking this waaaay to seriously . . .

Nah, it's just developed into an interesting discussion because of the misconceptions many people have about what is and isn't metal.

Even funnier is when you ask someone what genre a band is and they say "Heavy metal".

I'm like "That doesn't tell me a f**king thing about it!!! How f**king general is that? Devin Townsend is metal and so is Burzum but they have NOTHING in common!!!!!"

But yes, I love talking metal.

 

[Mong]

Nah, it's just developed into an interesting discussion because of the misconceptions many people have about what is and isn't metal.

Even funnier is when you ask someone what genre a band is and they say "Heavy metal".

I'm like "That doesn't tell me a f**king thing about it!!! How f**king general is that? Devin Townsend is metal and so is Burzum but they have NOTHING in common!!!!!"

But yes, I love talking metal.

It's hard to keep up with all the different types of metal HD.. I only use two types to describe it.. Just plain old metal, or thrash metal..

 

[HevyDevy]

This my clear it up for you a little Mong



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavy_metal_genres

 

[Non Terminator]

The only thing that makes it hard is when a band combines two or more genres strongly.

You can sometimes sorta tell when something is traditional heavy metal or whether it's gone off into a tangent to another genre. Love metal.

 

[HevyDevy]

The other thing is sub-sub genres.

For example, Darkthrone and Cradle of Filth are both black metal but you couldn't say they were in any way similar.

I've seen lists of sub-sub genres that number in the thousands, which is a a bit silly because it's getting to a point where almost every band has their oen genre!

:lol:

But yes, metal rules the world. In Demonaz we trust.

 

[Non Terminator]

For you Devy, I would also trust Ziltoid.

 

[HevyDevy]

Well you should, he is Omniscient after all.

 

[Bastard Squad]

There's a band called Sodomy ?

You'd have to think twice about accepting a back stage pass.

 

[Mong]

This my clear it up for you a little Mong



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavy_metal_genres

FMD..

Think i will just stick with using the two..

That link has SOAD as Nu metal..

 

[braz]

I don't see how SOAD could not be classified as metal.

Their first (self titled) album was heavy as f**k.

I too am confused now by the different genres. Most the punk/hardcore bands sound like bad pantera rip offs but aren't classified as metal?

weird.

 

[HevyDevy]

That's because they're not metal.

SOAD are not metal although it's probably a bit harsh on them to classify them nu-metal. They're better than that.

I didn't think their first album was particularly heavy. As it is, you don't judge what is and isn't metal by how heavy it is.

And punk is definitely not metal either.

 

[braz]

So if they're not metal - what are they?

They surely aren't alternative rock.

I just checked wiki and they have them labelled as alternative metal - WTF. They are definitely a metal band IMO.

 

[Marshall_magic]

I never seem to get the point of all the sub categories. I couldn't care less what style it is, if I like it, I'll listen to it.

 

[HevyDevy]

So if they're not metal - what are they?

They surely aren't alternative rock.

I just checked wiki and they have them labelled as alternative metal - WTF. They are definitely a metal band IMO.

I don't even know what alternative metal is. I just don't see that they've got anything in common with metal.

They're rock but as to what genres rock has I could't really say.

Extreme rock? Haha