ok tell me if you do and then give me some recommendations.i preffer stuff like folk metal.i have been really listening to bands like tyr, turisas, eluveitie, ensiferum, wintersun, ayreon, and opeth.like give me recommendations for bands like that.
In every genre there are thousands of terrible bands. Talking about how good a genre of music is per capita is simply ridiculous. I'm personally not a huge metal fan, but if somebody likes a bunch of metal bands it would be silly for him to like those bands less because there are other bands in the same genre which are not good.
Okay fine, from now on I will say that I like; thrash metal death metal black metal progressive metal doom metal classic heavy metal melodic death metal gothic metal technical death metal speed metal folk metal progressive death metal etc. and that I don't like; glam rock(not even metal) nu metal(not metal either but I might as well say that too) and that I'm indifferent to; power metal metalcore deathcore grindcore thanks thats a lot easier than just saying I like metal.
For every good metal band there are thousands of sh*t ones, thus (per capita) its not the best genre That's a testament to how influential the genre is, it makes people want to start a metal band of their own despite having no talent, I don't think that takes anything away from the genre as a whole, to use a beverage analogy the cream on top of that poor tasting coffee makes it all worth it. where as other genres make consistently average sounding music.
To seem cool, like an outsider. Even though they like more conventional music, they say that they like metal to have more of a variety. I enjoy mostly underground metal, I hate that glam crap. I really hate people who think that if you like metal, you like Iron Maiden, Dragonforce, Metallica, Megadeth, corpse paint wearing Black Metal bands, wizards, Lord of the Rings, and other nerdy, childish crap. It bugs me that some people don't even consider metal music. I mean come on. Isn't jumping on the anti metal bandwagon, just to be different, not being different. I mean, not everyone is going to like metal. I know that. I accept that. But saying it's not music is ridiculous. I can say the same about jazz, rap, and the current synth pop-crunkcore-dancepop-electohop pansy emo meets hip hop BS.
Because there are so many damn metal genres..I love Thrash and hate Glam as well..But I like alot of other metal sub-genres...I don't want to have to go through every one of them..So I just say I like Metal..
