odd
odd

For years I was bitter about grunge killing metal, (as I saw it), but now I see it only killed hair metal. Metal, (as I liked it), actually died in 1985*.

*) Yes, there were some holdouts left.

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mandaris
mandaris

@odd this made me think of this video.

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odd
odd

@mandaris Hahaha! šŸ¤£ Havenā€™t seen that before.

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toddgrotenhuis
toddgrotenhuis

@odd alas, you live in the region of highest number of metal bands per personā€¦.just not your preferred kinds. (Opeth and Katatonia are coming up in my shuffle in the next few songs!)

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Changeling
Changeling

@odd You canā€™t destroy The Metaā€”oh shit!ā€”I meant The Metalā€¦

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odd
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@toddgrotenhuis I know, I know! Iā€™m a bad ad for the Norwegian metal scene. Iā€™m sure thereā€™s a vibrant community of great artists, that have their loyal fans, but Iā€™m old and cranky, and I like my metal old, (and I define hard rock as metal too, because thatā€™s how I feel). I have found several other genres to feed my hunger for new music though, and every once in a while, ā€œnewly discoveredā€ tracks from the old metal bands emerge. I have a broad range of genres to listen to now, and I wouldnā€™t want it to be any different. šŸ¤˜ā˜ŗļøšŸ‘šŸŽøšŸ”Š

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toddgrotenhuis
toddgrotenhuis

@odd šŸŽ¶ Iā€™m glad you know what you like and have access to it!

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torb
torb

@odd While it didnā€™t have the biggest mainstream success, Iā€™d argue in terms pr creativity and musical acomplishment the 90s where a wonderful time for metal.

Iā€™d say it properly turned dead somewhere in the 2010s, seemingly creatively bankrupt with little creativity left.

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odd
odd

@torb It is probably in the eyes (ears?) of the viewer. But repetitiveness is probably unavoidable now that the genre is so old. I mostly play other genres nowadays*, even music that I would have scoffed at in the 80s. šŸ˜…

*) Motƶrhead being one of the few exceptions, although arguably it may not even be metal.

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torb
torb

@odd By dead I do mean that the genre stopped evolving, but I donā€™t think thatā€™s bad and itā€™s the natural conclusion to any genre. It konda happened with punk in the 2000s. All the punk bands now have sounds that afe decade(s) old.

But I suppose it could wake up one day.

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