The reason I pose this question here is because my 18 year old son and I had a spirited debate about this subject today. He was browsing through the latest CD's that I have uploaded into my windows media player and he came across the new Paradise Lost CD "In Requiem". He tells me that he doesn't like their CD because it's EMO. I countered and explained that there is a HUGE difference between Gothic/Doom metal and EMO. He sarcastically named the titles of the tracks and exclaimed that any titles bearing those names are most definitely 100% EMO. He went on further to explain that anything with dark, brooding, semi depressing lyrics falls into the EMO category in his music filing system.
So, I thought that I would pose this debate to the learned metal connoisseurs here at metalreviews to help"clear the air' so to speak.
Be kind in your responses, as my son has just joined the metal faithful here and I certainly don't want to deter him from participating on these forums. However, your metal candor will be much appreciated.
Uncle Zad's ear is always open.
