music Am I the only Brony here who listens to Heavy Metal?

[Musix 237]

My boyfriend loves that sort of music, But me? Nah - Funnily enough, ALL of my music is Brony made - Glaze, Tombstone, Pon-3, Yelling at Cats, Ect. Making my own is also fun, though

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

Metal covers a wide variety of sub-genres and what you just listed is mostly just the more extreme stuff in the death metal vein.

 

I like some metal, I mainly lean towards stuff with clean sung vocals(or at least not screeching all the way through) and a clean and crisp sound(although there is exceptions, like some of Demon Hunters stuff) so I have a guilty pleasure for glam/hair metal. Some of it also comes from me finding really extreme lyrical content a turn off(as in gore and overly dark and evil stuff)

No blast beats + clean vocals = not trve metul LEL

 

But like, I find clean vocals annoying most of the time. That's why I dislike power metal so much. The vocals are just so cheesy, but that's just my two cents.

I listen to most froms of music. (heavy metal is probably the genre i listen to the most, after post hardcore i think..)

Though it seems like most people don't see the difference between most metal subgenres and emo. (it is really annoying)

I listen to both metal and emo/post-hardcore stuff. Sure it gets annoying when people can't tell them apart, but I really enjoy both.

[Mr F 1,522]

 

 

I listen to both metal and emo/post-hardcore stuff. Sure it gets annoying when people can't tell them apart, but I really enjoy both

 

I said the exact same a few hours ago. (in norwegian though but still)

All genres can be nice of only made nicely. (may I eat that toast please?   )

[Discordian 6,015]

But like, I find clean vocals annoying most of the time. That's why I dislike power metal so much. The vocals are just so cheesy, but that's just my two cents.

I had always wondered why that was. It's rather rare to find someone who doesn't like clean vocals. Most people either hate harsh vocals, tolerate it, or like them but usually prefer clean vocals.

 

Also, imo, cheese makes everything better. I'll never understand what people have against cheese. It adds a ton of personality to anything.

Edited September 17, 2013 by Discordian

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

No blast beats + clean vocals = not trve metul LEL

 

But like, I find clean vocals annoying most of the time. That's why I dislike power metal so much. The vocals are just so cheesy, but that's just my two cents.

 

I listen to both metal and emo/post-hardcore stuff. Sure it gets annoying when people can't tell them apart, but I really enjoy both.

 

For me it's the opposite. I get much more feeling and enjoyment from clean and skillfully sung vocals than I do growling and screeching. This is about as heavy as I'll get, and it's even towing the line a little bit:

 

 

and I honestly like this more:

 

Edited September 17, 2013 by Shoboni

[Hansel 1,512]

I only listen to trve kvlt Black Metal from the furthest frostbitten reaches of Norway.

 

Also, Australia apparently. 

 

But in all seriousness, Metal's pretty great.

[Obsolete 681]

It's weird, throughout my teen years I used to dismiss death metal because I absolutely hated the growling. I thought it sounded ugly, took no skill, blah blah blah. 

 

Now that I'm finally overcoming my adolescent prejudices and getting into metal, I'm shocked to find that I think just the opposite. I have nothing against clean vocals but few things match the sheer adrenaline thrill of incoherent growling and screaming.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

For me it's the opposite. I get much more feeling and enjoyment from clean and skillfully sung vocals than I do growling and screeching.

I only like clean vocals when they're done correctly in a NOT cheesy manner. Here's a great example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IZHR2UB-tI

 

 

Also, imo, cheese makes everything better. I'll never understand what people have against cheese. It adds a ton of personality to anything.

It pretty much ruins the whole song for me. It puts this layer of awfulness. It's like an a certain type of spice that I'm allergic too.

 

 

I said the exact same a few hours ago. (in norwegian though but still) All genres can be nice of only made nicely. (may I eat that toast please?   )

 

Hey I'll tell ya what, I'll be nice and make you a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich. Does that sound fair?

Edited September 17, 2013 by Maki Natsuo

[Scootalove 10,689]

I enjoy Heavy Metal from time to time, it's really popular, and I guess if your a huge fan of metal then you can enjoy it a lot to your liking.

[~Silver Essence~ 2,625]

No, your not alone.

 

I listen to it as well, but not as much as any big fan would.

 

There is a thread where it's all about that music, so I recommend going there.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

I only like clean vocals when they're done correctly in a NOT cheesy manner. Here's a great example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IZHR2UB-tI

 

 

It pretty much ruins the whole song for me. It puts this layer of awfulness. It's like an a certain type of spice that I'm allergic too.

 

 

 

Hey I'll tell ya what, I'll be nice and make you a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich. Does that sound fair?

 

I'm trying to me mean here, because I have found the little bit I've heard from catchy, but how is Type O Negative not cheesy? It's pretty cheesy horror movie in music form. 

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

I'm trying to me mean here, because I have found the little bit I've heard from catchy, but how is Type O Negative not cheesy? It's pretty cheesy horror movie in music form. 

They're Goth, how exactly can you find anything cheesy about it? It's slow and poetic song, if anything it's an Edgar Allen Poe poem in the form of a song.

 

From Wiki Their lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname "The Drab Four"

Edited September 17, 2013 by Maki Natsuo

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

They're Goth, how exactly can you find anything cheesy about it? It's slow and poetic song, if anything it's an Edgar Allen Poe poem in the form of a song.

 

From Wiki Their lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname "The Drab Four"

 

You and I obviously have vastly different standards of "poetic", looking up the lyrics(because between his style and my crappy sound drivers I can't understand him, if anyone wants to help me fix this thing, I'd love to know) it's far from that to me. There's to many lines that veer off into narmy shock-rock cheese. 

 

For me kinda darkish and poetic and something more like(forgive me, I'm having trouble thinking of examples tonight):

 

Edited September 18, 2013 by Shoboni

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

 

 

You and I obviously have vastly different standards of "poetic", looking up the lyrics(because between his style and my crappy sound drivers I can't understand him, if anyone wants to help me fix this thing, I'd love to know) it's far from that to me. There's to many lines that veer off into narmy shock-rock cheese.

 

"From grace she will fall 

An image burning in her mind"

Nothing cheesy about that.

 

For me kinda darkish and poetic and something more like(forgive me, I'm having trouble thinking of examples tonight):

I thought the vocals in that song were annoying, and the guitar sounded way too "bright".

 

I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree. 

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

I love Pantera, Metallica, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, the Faceless, Summon the Ancients, and others.  Your definitely not the only brony that loves metal.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

 

"From grace she will fall 

An image burning in her mind"

Nothing cheesy about that.

 

I thought the vocals in that song were annoying, and the guitar sounded way too "bright".

 

I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree. 

 

 

Yes, then there's lines like:

 

"She'll burn in hell 

Her soul done medium well 

All through mass manual stimulation "

 

 

Despite how deep some of it sounds, it's just dressed up horror movie schlock akin to a artsy-looking exploitation movie. 

 

Personally, the things you described were what I love about the song, I love his singing and the music gives it a interesting mood that's kind of like a bittersweet to match the way the lyrics view death. 

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

 

 

"She'll burn in hell  Her soul done medium well  All through mass manual stimulation "

It's more of a form of black humor. I can think of many songs that have similar lyrics as well as sarcastic and ironic lyrics that overall don't sound cheesy at all. 

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

It's more of a form of black humor. I can think of many songs that have similar lyrics as well as sarcastic and ironic lyrics that overall don't sound cheesy at all. 

 

I didn't say it was bad, but it is cheesy either way. I for example love the hell out of the 90s pop I grew up on, but I'll admit it was cheesy. Being that way can sometimes even make it better because it makes it endearing.