Comments on: Death metal is good for you http://www.deathmetal.org/2009/death-metal-is-good-for-you Death Metal News, Reviews, Interviews and Articles Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:27:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cody http://www.deathmetal.org/2009/death-metal-is-good-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-2015 cody Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:01:28 +0000 http://www.deathmetal.org/?p=718#comment-2015 I'm doing a school paper on does music help you while working and this really helped rock on I’m doing a school paper on does music help you while working and this really helped rock on

]]> By: DBettino http://www.deathmetal.org/2009/death-metal-is-good-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-1436 DBettino Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:06:16 +0000 http://www.deathmetal.org/?p=718#comment-1436 I suppose it should not bother me so much that hessians are so often thought of as unenlightened half-wits. But, it does. Where punk and post-punk movements seem to have found a kind of academic legitimacy, metal and its supporters have been cast into a more recondite role. It is often thought that the underground aesthetic does not apply to metal, since most of the music deemed 'metal' in the mainstream (Disturbed, et al.) is painfully over-produced crap made specifically for mass consumption. Also, genius metal is still metal, and the casual music fan might fail to recognize innovation if exposed to it in the form of bands like Gorguts, simply because of its loudness and packaging. The image of hessians tends to put off the normals, as well. All that said, perhaps this 'academic legitimacy' is a reason that the hardcore scene has been manipulated and squeezed dry. What was once a youth rebellion movement geared to specific socio-political revolt has become completely commercialized and turned into a pointlessly misanthropic fog of rage with no particular enemy in sight. Youthful angst dissipates ('Sometimes selling out is growing up!'). The most extreme forms of metal, on the other hand, never faded away because death and black metal are not angry. The article touches upon this. All the examples provided in the final paragraph are of bands whose themes transcend the temporal. Metal is rebellion, but not necessarily a youth rebellion. It is not music that is grown out of for anyone truly immersed in the culture. I suppose it should not bother me so much that hessians are so often thought of as unenlightened half-wits. But, it does. Where punk and post-punk movements seem to have found a kind of academic legitimacy, metal and its supporters have been cast into a more recondite role. It is often thought that the underground aesthetic does not apply to metal, since most of the music deemed ‘metal’ in the mainstream (Disturbed, et al.) is painfully over-produced crap made specifically for mass consumption. Also, genius metal is still metal, and the casual music fan might fail to recognize innovation if exposed to it in the form of bands like Gorguts, simply because of its loudness and packaging. The image of hessians tends to put off the normals, as well.

All that said, perhaps this ‘academic legitimacy’ is a reason that the hardcore scene has been manipulated and squeezed dry. What was once a youth rebellion movement geared to specific socio-political revolt has become completely commercialized and turned into a pointlessly misanthropic fog of rage with no particular enemy in sight. Youthful angst dissipates (‘Sometimes selling out is growing up!’). The most extreme forms of metal, on the other hand, never faded away because death and black metal are not angry. The article touches upon this. All the examples provided in the final paragraph are of bands whose themes transcend the temporal. Metal is rebellion, but not necessarily a youth rebellion. It is not music that is grown out of for anyone truly immersed in the culture.

]]> By: Hessian [ Heavy Metal Music and Culture ] :: Contact http://www.deathmetal.org/2009/death-metal-is-good-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-502 Hessian [ Heavy Metal Music and Culture ] :: Contact Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:53:26 +0000 http://www.deathmetal.org/?p=718#comment-502 [...] it has developed a culture.  We furthermore believe that this culture reflects certain positive worldviews that should be identified and supported.  Finally, we support culture and civilization (as [...] [...] it has developed a culture.  We furthermore believe that this culture reflects certain positive worldviews that should be identified and supported.  Finally, we support culture and civilization (as [...]

]]> By: bethany http://www.deathmetal.org/2009/death-metal-is-good-for-you/comment-page-1#comment-467 bethany Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:14:32 +0000 http://www.deathmetal.org/?p=718#comment-467 you can't even pull off pretentious. you can’t even pull off pretentious.

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