warfleloup wrote:
Adveser wrote:
GeneralDiomedes wrote:
Power Metal like Epica or Sonata Arctica or Kamelot is simply beautiful with an underlying element of aggression. Beautiful in a way which no other metal can be. You won't find me singing along in my head, slightly mesmerized, in near emotional ecstasy, to something like Nile or Napalm Death, as good as they are.
Want to know the concert I've been to which proportionally was the loudest, most responsive, and had the most people singing along?
Hammerfall.
That is generally my reaction. I love Power Metal more than all the other genres combined. I didn't understand why when I call something cheesy synth pop they assume I mean it negatively.
Because most metalheads don't appreciate good cheese.
See all the hate that's being thrown at Rhapsody. Yet, their latest albums is one of the finest releases of 2010.
Also, many metalheads are elitists who think the more obscure and weird a band is the better he is. Do they really believe this crap? I don't know but I'm sure some secretly listen to things they pretend to despise...
I wouldn't exactly say that that angle is based on thesound of the band, but for me, the less people that know about a band, the more personal and ultimately pure the way I feel about them is. I think one of the greatest albums ever was Morifade's Domi<o>Nation partly because there is virtually no one to dispute that with any amount of first hand knowledge. Not saying no one else has heard it, but when chances are you have heard the album more than anyone else in the world, quite literally, then that is something you can't get from a Led Zeppelin or a Rolling Stones. The more limited an audience is for an album or band the more personal it is and the more indisputable my opinion can be. Having heard the example album probably no less than 100 times, but closer to 200 times, I've likely heard the album more than the band or anyone else, so when I put it in my top 10, I do so without a second thought.
I think that is it. People want something that is theirs, like they are connecting with the music in some way that absolutely no one else can say they have. Maybe that there is something there between only them and the artist. Depending on how few people are listening to a band, that can be highly likely or delusional. o matter how much Metallica you listen to someone has heard it more, has a closer interpretation to what was intended, has heard it on better equipment, ect.
I don't know about listening to stuff because it has the most unique sound. For me there has to be something to anchor onto that is deeply embedded by this point, then I can appreciate the differences after that.
