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[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

I like screamo, emo, post-hardcore and metalcore.

 

Change that to old school Screamo, Emo, Post-Hardcore, and Metalcore, then I'll be happy, though there are a few exceptions that I could name off (La Dispute, Pianos Become The Teeth, and a few others that I can't think of).

[Xanatos 162]

Also, just listen to this, and try and tell me you don't break out in goosebumps. 

 

 

That isn't Megaman's soundtrack. That's some guy with a guitar. Everything can sound awesome when some guy on Youtube puts together a guitar-driven cover.

[~Squishy Skies~ 756]

That isn't Megaman's soundtrack. That's some guy with a guitar. Everything can sound awesome when some guy on Youtube puts together a guitar-driven cover.

That doesn't mean it isn't the same song.

 

It's just more "epic" this way.

 

I can listen to the original chiptune soundtrack, and still rock out to it.

 

The song is awesome either way.

[Xanatos 162]

Any genre that ends in "core" is terrible by virtue of its name alone. What the bloody hell is "mathcore" anyway? You don't need a new genre, just be a math nerd who plays music.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

Any genre that ends in "core" is terrible by virtue of its name alone. What the bloody hell is "mathcore" anyway? You don't need a new genre, just be a math nerd who plays music.

 

Lol!!!!! You think any genre that ends in "core" is terrible just because you don't like the name? That's so stupid dude lol

 

And if you don't know what "mathcore" is, then just look it up. Have you ever heard of google?

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Any genre that ends in "core" is terrible by virtue of its name alone. What the bloody hell is "mathcore" anyway? You don't need a new genre, just be a math nerd who plays music.

 

Mathcore is basically just Hardcore music with Progressive influences, and also I don't get what you're saying by this, is it that genres themselves are terrible or is it the names that are bad

[Xanatos 162]

Lol!!!!! You think any genre that ends in "core" is terrible just because you don't like the name? That's so stupid dude lol

 

And if you don't know what "mathcore" is, then just look it up. Have you ever heard of google?

 

It's called a rhetorical question. And yes, I think any genre so miserably creatively bankrupt that all they can think is "lol, let's add core to a random word and call it a genre!" is terrible.

 

Y'know what? Potatocore is a thing now. Just because.

Edited July 15, 2013 by Xanatos

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

It's called a rhetorical question. And yes, I think any genre so miserably creatively bankrupt that all they can think is "lol, let's add core to a random word, NEW MUSIC GENRE!" is terrible.

 

The -core part is meant to signify that it's hardcore based, like how "Black Metal" and "Death Metal" end in Metal to signify that they are Metal based genres, or like how "Progressive Rock" and "Post-Rock" have Rock in them to signify that they are Rock based genres.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

Any genre that ends in "core" is terrible by virtue of its name alone. What the bloody hell is "mathcore" anyway? You don't need a new genre, just be a math nerd who plays music.

Grindcore is boss, and there's good metalcore out there too. I don't get why people assume that anything with "core" is bad. *sigh*

[Ms Mercer 24]

 

Gangnam Style and songs like that are stupid 

 

I put Gangnam Style on my ipod just to blast it through my car speakers and get everyone annoyed because I can't stand 90% of my neighbors.

[Treeboy 418]

Any genre that ends in "core" is terrible by virtue of its name alone. What the bloody hell is "mathcore" anyway? You don't need a new genre, just be a math nerd who plays music.

 

I think there are too many "core" "genres" that make them all look like shit, but they're not. Who the fuck cares what it's called anyway? It's all fucking music. At the end of the day, it should be the music that you look at, not what it's called.

[Xanatos 162]

The -core part is meant to signify that it's hardcore based, like how "Black Metal" and "Death Metal" end in Metal to signify that they are Metal based genres, or like how "Progressive Rock" and "Post-Rock" have Rock in them to signify that they are Rock based genres.

 

Have they ever tried "hardcore"? Because that's all it is half the time.

 

"Nintendocore" is just hardcore with 8-bit tunes thrown in. "Taqwacore" is just hardcore done by Muslims. "Emocore" is just hardcore with lyrics about sad shit. Why name them as if the artist's religion or the lyrics magically change the genre?

 

Eventually, someone will just take hardcore music, yell "BEEP BEEP" throughout the track and call it beepcore. There's even ponycore now. Sorry, that's just not a legitimate thing.

 

Black metal and death metal have legitimate significant differences between them. Half the "core" genres out there are just inane redundancy. I suppose that's the core (pun intended) of my problem. Not the music but the people behind it who think the tiniest difference requires a whole new bloody subgenre. Sub-subgenre, really, since hardcore is already a subgenre.

 

And "post-" genres bug me too, for the same reason (and also for poor naming in general). Post-rock? What's that, after rock? I didn't know rock had a shelf life. There are plenty of redundant post- "genres" too but far less than -core.

Edited July 15, 2013 by Xanatos

[Champion RD92 8,658]

@@Xanatos,

 

Not liking the way the genres are named seems like a really silly reason to not like certain genres of music. You should be basing your opinion on the music and not what the music's called. Just my opinion.

[Treeboy 418]

I'm not one for genre subdivision, but I don't think the "core" debate is where it gets craziest. To me, the most absurd genre name is "viking metal." It's a genre based on a lyrical theme rather than a musical one, which makes the entire "genre" fall flat.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

It's called a rhetorical question. And yes, I think any genre so miserably creatively bankrupt that all they can think is "lol, let's add core to a random word and call it a genre!" is terrible.

 

Y'know what? Potatocore is a thing now. Just because.

What if I told you that thrash metal was influenced by hardcore punk? Slayer wouldn't exist without hardcore punk.

 

Have they ever tried "hardcore"? Because that's all it is half the time.

 

"Nintendocore" is just hardcore with 8-bit tunes thrown in. "Taqwacore" is just hardcore done by Muslims. "Emocore" is just hardcore with lyrics about sad shit. Why name them as if the artist's religion or the lyrics magically change the genre?

 

Eventually, someone will just take hardcore music, yell "BEEP BEEP" throughout the track and call it beepcore. There's even ponycore now. Sorry, that's just not a legitimate thing.

 

Black metal and death metal have legitimate significant differences between them. Half the "core" genres out there are just inane redundancy. I suppose that's the core (pun intended) of my problem. Not the music but the people behind it who think the tiniest difference requires a whole new bloody subgenre. Sub-subgenre, really, since hardcore is already a subgenre.

 

And "post-" genres bug me too. Post-rock? What's that, after rock? I didn't know rock had a shelf life. There are plenty of redundant post- "genres" too but far less than -core.

But post music is good music, post-hardcore is good music.

 

I'm not one for genre subdivision, but I don't think the "core" debate is where it gets craziest. To me, the most absurd genre name is "viking metal." It's a genre based on a lyrical theme rather than a musical one, which makes the entire "genre" fall flat.

Have you listened to Bathory's album Hammerheart? It's considered to be the first Viking metal album and sounds much differnet than their previous albums.

 

[Treeboy 418]

Have you listened to Bathory's album Hammerheart? It's considered to be the first Viking metal album and sounds much differnet than their previous albums.

 

It's a folk metal album, plain and simple. Quorthon sings about vikings, but that doesn't make it viking metal. By that logic, you could call Atilla "party metal" oh wait people do that already god dammit.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

Lol, if you're basing genres on what the lyrics are about, then you might as well call Metallica "death metal"

 

 

Lol, and let's call this "table metal" just for the heck of it.

 

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

I like Fall Out Boy. Maybe part of it is that my sister used to play that music all the time during my formative years, but I honestly think they get way more shit then they deserve. I think Patrick Stump make a great lead vocal and they have a way with lyrics. Not everything they make s golden, but I like enough of their songs that I will defend them from claims that they're, like, the worst band ever.

 

I've heard people make the argument that they killed emo, but they were never emo to begin with.

Edited July 15, 2013 by CITRUS KING46

[Xanatos 162]

I'm not one for genre subdivision, but I don't think the "core" debate is where it gets craziest. To me, the most absurd genre name is "viking metal." It's a genre based on a lyrical theme rather than a musical one, which makes the entire "genre" fall flat.

 

Yeah, metal tends toward it too...But I've seen far less of it there. I just pray "Whocore" isn't a thing yet...Actually, it might be seeing how obsessive those guys get about the show.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

I like Fall Out Boy. Maybe part of it is that my sister used to play that music all the time during my formative years, but I honestly think they get way more shit then they deserve. I think Patrick Stump make a great lead vocal and they have a way with lyrics. Not everything they make s golden, but I like enough of their songs that I will defend them from claims that they're, like, the worst band ever.

 

I've heard people make the argument that they killed emo, but they were never emo to begin with.

 

Eh, there's a couple of their songs that I think are pretty decent, but other than that, they are a pretty mediocre band. I wouldn't say they're the worst band out there, but I wouldn't really say they are that good either.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

It's a folk metal album, plain and simple. Quorthon sings about vikings, but that doesn't make it viking metal. By that logic, you could call Atilla "party metal" oh wait people do that already god dammit.

Hmm... true. That logic would also make bands like Unleashed and Emperor viking metal as well. Actually, Quorthon started singing about vikings on Blood Fire Death.

[Xanatos 162]

Lol, and let's call this "table metal" just for the heck of it.

 

 

 

Uh...I'm not even sure what it is I'm looking at/hearing...And I'm slightly scared...So I'm gonna call it WTFcore. /totallylegitsubgenre

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Have they ever tried "hardcore"? Because that's all it is half the time.

 

"Nintendocore" is just hardcore with 8-bit tunes thrown in. "Taqwacore" is just hardcore done by Muslims. "Emocore" is just hardcore with lyrics about sad shit. Why name them as if the artist's religion or the lyrics magically change the genre?

 

Eventually, someone will just take hardcore music, yell "BEEP BEEP" throughout the track and call it beepcore. There's even ponycore now. Sorry, that's just not a legitimate thing.

 

Yeah because a genre named "Metal Hardcore", "Grind Hardcore", or "Math Hardcore" definitely sounds nice, at least Metalcore, Grindcore and Mathcore have a better ring to them, and you know making one minor change definitely does change the sound surely Nintendocore is just 8-bit thrown into hardcore, but it still does sounds drastically different from Grindcore or Metalcore.

 

And yeah you're right they're all just Hardcore because they're all different types of Hardcore, it's not like people consider them completely different genres from Hardcore itself, just think of Progressive Death, it's still a piece of Death Metal, but it's Progressive influences is what differentiates itself from other forms of Death Metal, so therefore it's not a different genre, but a different type of Death Metal.

 

It goes the same way with Hardcore based genres. Mathcore has Progressive influences so that's what differentiates itself from other types of Hardcore, but it still is considered a part of the Hardcore genre.

Edited July 15, 2013 by Moog

[Treeboy 418]

Hmm... true. That logic would also make bands like Unleashed and Emperor viking metal as well. Actually, Quorthon started singing about vikings on Blood Fire Death.

 

Blood Fire Death's a black metal album predominantly. Much different from Hammerheart, but they're still called viking metal. If they were viking metal, wouldn't you want them to sound similar?

[Xanatos 162]

I've heard people make the argument that they killed emo, but they were never emo to begin with.

 

How do you kill a shorthand word for "emotion"? Speaking of genres pointlessly named for lyrics alone...

 

OT: Dubstep isn't the worst thing ever. That would be Juggalos. Not even ICP. The fans are actually worse than them. "HERPADERP, WE'RE A FAMILY AND WE LIEKZ DEM HATCHETS!"