Metalheads Discussion

[Edwardo Piet]

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Well, not liking super operatic metal is one example of music I don't like.

When it comes to music as a whole... it's the difference between contrived music like this:





And sublime music like this:





Both bands are comprised of incredibly skillful musicians.

The first is emotionally flat and the second is... really something special. That's the difference. In theory anyone can learn to play well on the surface... but feeling is something that can't be learned. Either you feel the music or you don't.

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I've always felt exactly the same way! A friend told me about transatlantic a while back because I once liked Dream Theater years ago, and after watching a live set online I thought bleach, nothing but technical wankery, horrible. It has the parts I now hate about DT (apart from LaBrie becoming unlistenable) turned to 11.

This is because you, like myself, recognize what it means to be a true appreciator of the art of sound rather than a mere 'music fan'.

I'll proudly wear the further misapplication of the NTS Fallacy directed against me like a badge too

To those who react to music by shouting over it with how amazingly skilled and complex it all is while I'm trying to hear the actual music with my ears to determine whether it's actually any good my answer is "Well I can't hear it because you're shouting over it but in all likelihood it probably sounds like most of the over-produced shite you listen to."