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: post by WyrmFingerz at 2004-09-18 21:59:26
i don't think the fans and performers think it is as much "cool" to fit into a certain scene as is it to enjoy the music. metal seems to be music first, message second as opposed to the aforementioned genres being message first, music second (...maybe third).

in my humble and simultaneously educated elitist opinion, punk and hardcore are easier to listen to than metal. there's a lot less going on musically, which tends to not insult listeners' intelligence.
i am speaking generally here, folks, remember that. As does power metal, punk and hardcore vocalists are generally of a clearer sort, much easier to achieve the primary goal of "message first" when you can actually understand the fellow. I believe that this attracts listeners that may be less interested in the music but still seem to want to fit into a certain scene. The less work someone has to do, the better, right? Vocals are the main turnoff to most listeners, and face it, most genres of metal have pretty gross vocalists to the unjaded ear. It doesn't matter if you have Steve Vai as your guitarist, if you've got a vocalist yelling about his emo-homo-satano-ovolacto ethos, most listeners will ask, "Steve who?"

... peasants... pfft.
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