I don't go for screamo in particular, that's just one specific genre, but there are plenty of bands (most in fact) that strike the right balance between the volume of the vocals and the music. There's no way a guy can scream louder than an electric guitar and a drum kit if they don't want him to. If your only knowledge of the genre is from VH1 or whatever then I can see why it's slightly flawed. This is all getting beside the point anyway, I was sticking up for metal in general, not people who scream. There's a ton of different vocal styles about.
I post a bunch of music here: http://jeezypeezy.tumblr.com/ Every once in awhile I mash 'em together into a mix CD. I'd say I listen to "anything" like every other scene kid/teenager/hipster/whatever seems to claim, but I neglect some genres (country, hip hop, jazz, ska, punk, metal, IDM, etc). It's not that I am not interested, I just haven't had the time to explore them yet.
I don't sub-genre stuff, I like to keep anything similar confined to single genre's (even my favourite music doesn't get the luxury of the sub-genre). I agree there is plenty of music where the screaming is mixed right - but it still is a distraction for me. I have nothing against screaming - I just find it uninteresting much in the same way I find rap to be uninteresting. Maybe it is because I grew up through rap, nu-metal, and rap-metal of the mid-to-late nineties where it was prevalent through out a huge section of any area I was in. I am not into strict metal - but it has its dedicated fans, and there are tones from it that I have taken influence from and applied to a more colourful background. I love irony - and some of the tones/rhythms from metal music can provide that when mixed with other music. Kind of like having a bunch of Nazi's marching through a paisley field while singing baby beluga.
To deny sub-genres is ridiculous if you ask me. There are millions of people making music around the world, and it all sounds different. You can't divide it into 5-10 easy groups and then say that each artist in a group is making the same music, because they're not. If you did you'd be comparing The Beatles to Justin Beiber because they're both "Pop" and Led Zeppelin to Cannibal Corpse because they're both "Metal". They're about as opposite as it gets yet they'd still be lumped together going by your non-sub-genre structure. Indeed the whole point in having genres at all is to group similar sounding artists together, but you don't seem to be doing that in the slightest. We might as well throw them all together and call it "Some Sounds". What was the arguement? All I heard was you claiming to be non-conformist, which is laughable since the non-conformists these days all outweigh the confirmists, you're part of the majority now kid.
I just don't like sub-genres, why is there a need of 15 different sub-genres of anything. I really don't like genres to tell you the truth - because I think say a metal band can blur the lines between say pop, country, rock, etc. Also I don't like sub-genres cause they lead to excess clutter. Some Sounds could possibly be my favourite genre. Also I wouldn't consider Led Zeppelin as strictly metal - they dabbled in acoustic, pop, world, rock, blues, jazz, progressive, etc. ----------------------------------------------------- Also what makes up a non-conformist and a conformist? I just choose to follow my own muse where-ever it takes me... am I exempt from either side, cause I really don't like to commit either way
Well that's exactly my point, many people consider them metal pioneers along with Black Sabbath, but you can hardly say they're the same thing, so you need sub-genres. I was gonna post this earlier, before someone accused me of not listening to anything other than "screamo", but since we got onto the subject of sub-genres I'll do it now: My music arranged by genre. I'm not claiming them all to be spot on since it's often pretty subjective, and occasionally a band likes to create their own genre and I'll humour that and go with it. As I said before, the reason there are so many is to easily distinguish the differences between styles of music, and there are a ton of different styles ergo a ton of different genres are required. To some people, a few might seem like exactly the same thing, but to others they're not. There are differences there, and knowing them just makes looking for the music you want easier, as well as finding new music of a similar style. I'll be the first to admit it looks cluttered, but does it matter at all? I never arrange my music by genre, my music player doesn't even display the genre. The single reason it's there is to easily catalogue the music so that I can easily find new musicians that follow the same style. When you're only looking at genres one at a time it's not cluttered.
I enjoy: - Techno - Pop - Metal (Sub devisions of Metal include: Heavy, Symphonic, Rapcore, Goth, some Viking) - Electronic - Rock - Rap - Satire
Nintendocore - Is a music genre that is a derivative form of metalcore and fuses such elements with 8-bit music.
When I talk about music I don't generally go into sub-genres, it's purely a meta tag for filing purposes. I wouldn't get into arguments about whether a band is Doom Metal or Swamp Metal, I'd say "screw it, they're metal". The only reason I really bother to acknowledge sub-genres is for the discovery of new music and to further educate myself on the different styles and techiques used in making music.
My favourite type of music is electronic. Mostly Dubstep, Drum and Base and Funky House at the moment. However i do listento rock, metal, grime ect ect aswell.
I think metal is the one genre we need to use sub-genres when we are talking about it. There are styles that are so different, I almost can't believe someone just says metal. The listeners of metal also differ - I'm pretty sure that people who listen to let's say black metal have even nearly the same attitude as people who listen to trance metal (yes, it is a real and freakin' annoying sub-genre).
Well... yeah. It depends who I'm talking to. If I was talking to a rap fan who asked what music I like I'd just say metal. If it was a friend of mine with similar taste and I was telling him about a new band I'd describe them by sub-genre.
this is what always stumps me - why do people wear the music they listen to? I have never felt the need to claim the music I listen to influences my attitude and personal view of the world. I understand that music could be considered a physical representation of feelings and emotion - but even so the act of listening to music doesn't mean that you are feeling the actual emotion of the artist so much as interpreting it. While it is possible to correctly understand the emotional purpose and impact of the music (art) - unless you are playing the music you aren't actually emoting the music.
I would say most genres of music need sub genres. From my point of view being an electronic music fan, if you compar trance to something like dubstep they are nothing like each other. It's like comparing pop and metal.
