All metal=Slipknot or Metallica?

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

No. I REALLY hate it when anybody refers to my music as "That Metallica shit" or "Slipknot and shit".
Mostly when I mention my distaste for rap and hiphop, they always seem to respond with, "Well it's better than your music. That Metallica shit." Or something to that extent.

Example conversation:

"Ugh I hate this music."
"Well it's better than your music."
"You don't even know what kind of music I listen to."
"Yeah I do. Slipknot and shit."

Because apparently, since I'm a metalhead, I must ONLY listen to Slipknot. Slipknot is obviously the only metal band out there. There's no such thing as Demon Hunter, Opeth, or Agalloch, Swallow the Sun.

The same conversation can be used if you substitute 'Slipknot' with 'Metallica'.

Because if I like soft metal/hard rock (Whatever you want to call it) I must ONLY listen to Metallica. There's no such thing as Skidrow, Guns N' Roses, Megadeth, or Anthrax.

Saying you don't like rock or metal is fine, but if you're going to say anything else or if you're going to outright criticize somebody's music of choice, I really think that you should at least be semi-knowledgeable in it.

srsly

[TB1ZZL3]

Any band started after 1999 that calls themselves metal is terrible.

See: Children of Bodom, Slipknot, etc.

[TacoFreak]

rap is only 50 cent and eminem

[TheAztek]

Metallica PWNS YOU.

[Piss]

They don't give a shit about that genre, so they'll generalize. DDDDDDDDDDDDeal.

[MitchBoing]

That is super duper true. My Dad likes Reggae And when I was a kid he put it on, Now I don't like Reggae. A Thats why I hang with my friends who like Metal and Hardcore.

[Proottalfain]

I don't even consider Metallica as being metal. For me it's just like... hard rock. Same goes for Megadeth and Guns N' Roses.

[9001]

Your an idiot

i was gonna say something but fuck it

[ripoffhitman]

Everybody stubbornly defends their genre of music, i'm sure the same type of stubborness that is shown against your music, you've given to others, such as "hip hop is just a bunch of black people talking about sellin crack and fucking".

The only good metal band is "The Sword"

[greensucksbluerules]

At 4/23/09 09:17 PM, Proottalfain wrote: I don't even consider Metallica as being metal. For me it's just like... hard rock. Same goes for Megadeth and Guns N' Roses.

Listen to Metallica's and Megadeth's 80s material.

That's metal all right.

[MegamanZero360]

Haste The Day.

All I'm gonna say.

[greensucksbluerules]

At 4/23/09 09:14 PM, TB1ZZL3 wrote: Any band started after 1999 that calls themselves metal is terrible.

See: Children of Bodom, Slipknot, etc.

Not sure how you could compare an incredible band with a terrible band, but w/e.

[Wrathlust]

Gave up on music after the year 1999. Everything else just simply went downhill after that.

[BluePikmin]

By shit they mean the other crap you listen to.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 4/23/09 09:17 PM, Proottalfain wrote: I don't even consider Metallica as being metal. For me it's just like... hard rock. Same goes for Megadeth and Guns N' Roses.

I put them in the rock category...

At 4/23/09 09:14 PM, TacoFreak wrote: rap is only 50 cent and eminem

And Lil Wayne... How could you forget him?

[Masterzakk]

At 4/23/09 09:23 PM, Wrathlust wrote: Gave up on music after the year 1999. Everything else just simply went downhill after that.

I'm listening to Drudkh right now and they are a terrific Black metal band. They came along in 2003 or so. You just gotta dig for some good stuff not everything new is shit.

[wes446]

omg

[psycho-squirrel]

There are hundreds of metal bands of all kinds. Heavy metal, glam metal, death metal, thrash metal, power metal, symphonic metal, nu metal, alternative metal, ect.

Anyone that hates metal shouldn't listen to it then. Complain if you want, it doesn't effect me.
"You are stupid cause you like metal"
That statement goes through one ear and out the other. Maybe think I'll say, "Oh my god, you are right! I must not listen to this anymore. My eyes are open with a new light!"
Or it's just their way of expressing their distaste of metal.

It is humorous a bit though. Though all that really matters to me is that I like it.

[psycho-squirrel]

At 4/23/09 09:20 PM, ripoffhitman wrote:

The only good metal band is "The Sword"

I saw them opening for Metallica, they were kind of stiff. It was a 360 stage and they were facing one way. Songs were good, but if they are like that at all concerts then they need to work on that.

[dooseyboy]

i can just imagine how pissed off you are at those people. and i agree, people who are'nt into it have no idea, i only recently fell in love with slipknot and would love being a maggot, but i'm still kind of new to the genre, so i read metal hammer, i get free CD's and everything, i now love lacuna coil and trivium.
:P
so yeah, metal is just so real, thats why i llike it, no fake sounds, its all real.

btw does anyone else love slipknots new masks and album?

[whatty]

At 4/23/09 09:13 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: Example conversation:

"Ugh I hate this music."
"Well it's better than your music."
"You don't even know what kind of music I listen to."
"Yeah I do. Slipknot and shit."

Here's a tip: Don't wail on popular music. Because you will always be out numbered.

I do know where you are coming from though, People with no taste in music will shit on everything that doesn't include coherent lyrics. Or a conceivable rhythm.

[HeavyMetalGuy]

There's lots of good shit out there.

Such as,

Psycroptic (below)
Born of Osiris
Unearth

I hate it when people stereotype metal heads with such labels.

[Homosecksual]

Maybe you should stop starting arguments.

Suck it up, modern society of the youth is all about Lil wayne and shit

c wut i did thar

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 4/23/09 09:56 PM, dooseyboy wrote:

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so yeah, metal is just so real, thats why i llike it, no fake sounds, its all real.

This is the truth. Metal speaks as it feels. Rap speaks about whatever sells. If you aren't doing it because you love making the music, then the end product isn't going to be musicly centered and therefore, crap. Which is most rap/hiphop.

[Sovalkov]

At 4/23/09 10:14 PM, metalguy777 wrote: There's lots of good shit out there.

Such as,

Psycroptic (below)
Born of Osiris
Unearth

I hate it when people stereotype metal heads with such labels.

There is no way I could have deciphered "Psycroptic" from that poster.

[ifureadthisdie]

Living in new york in the ghetto parts this happens to me all day for being the only kid listening to Metallica while everyone else is listening to annoying fucking rap or reggeton (reggae for anyone else who doesn't know it) I'm fucking dominican and i hate that shit.

[LTmatt]

At 4/23/09 10:16 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote:

At 4/23/09 09:56 PM, dooseyboy wrote:

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so yeah, metal is just so real, thats why i llike it, no fake sounds, its all real.

This is the truth. Metal speaks as it feels. Rap speaks about whatever sells. If you aren't doing it because you love making the music, then the end product isn't going to be musicly centered and therefore, crap. Which is most rap/hiphop.

Bullshit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMbsZU83a jc

[GrammerNaziElite]

See: Children of Bodom, Slipknot, etc.

Want to explain to me what's wrong with Children of Bodom?

[KrevZabijak]

Genre is in the ear of the be..hear..er... Or something.

[Brass]

At 4/23/09 09:14 PM, TB1ZZL3 wrote: Any band started after 1999 that calls themselves metal is terrible.

See: Children of Bodom, Slipknot, etc.

"Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo, Finland, formed in 1993."

Here's my dick, better start sucking.