
Originally Posted by
Zirusianna
I can tell you why I dislike it.
I do not like metalcore because I see no red line in it. It is the same reason why I dislike black metal and death metal. I like breaks, I like tempo shifts, I like the guitars to battle and such. But that doesn't happen in metalcore.
Metalcore is pretty much the last step for metal to take before it becomes 'noise', and you have to go /musicnerd to get music out of it. And I can see why many people do not like it: It's too extreme. Metalcore is like what punk is to rock 'n' roll, and many who love Led Zeppelin or Guns'n'Roses doesn't necessarily like Sex Pistols and The Clash.
When talking about metal, the term 'proper metal fan', in my head, means one of two things: Either it's a term used to describe the people who follow the 'heavy metal', the grandfathers of the genre. People who are fans of Judas Priest, Sabbath, Maiden, King Diamond etc. Many consider this the 'proper' metal, because it's the most basic metal sound, this is where it started. I am one of those people (Though I am very open to other music cultures and music).
Then there's what I consider the cultural metalhead, who likes his music fast, aggressive, spiteful, and that's what the metal genre can offer. Growling vocals, screaming vocals, high pitched guitars, very fast drumplay. A jumpstone to metalcore. These are things like death metal, melodic death metal, black metal and such. Extreme metal genres, whereas metalcore and grindcore is one of them.
This is the main reason why me and Sofii never can agree with music. He's number two and I'm number one. It's just what culture you support, what music speaks to you and most importantly: Why it appeals to you.