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marshalleck wrote...
It's fine if you don't like it, I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I would suggest however that you may have a skewed perception of metal; in my mind, it is not so much a formulaic composition and mish-mash of heavily distorted guitars and pounding double-bass drum that makes a band metal.
The definition of "heavy metal" and even "metal" seems to change constantly. In the 60s, some Beatles songs were considered "metal" (e.g. Hey, Bulldog). I'm using the more modern definition, which generally includes rythmic power chords, high volumes, pounding bass drums, etc.
There is a conflation of stylistic trapping, which legions of unimaginative followers can impersonate; with the true essence of metal, again in my own opinion, which is a rebirth of the romantic period of western music. It rejects the rationalism and dominance over nature by modernity. Death metal did this with violent, atonal chromatic riffing and guttural vocalization, literally creating the aural aesthetic of "nature, red in tooth and claw." Black metal, being born in the heart of Scandinavian winters, using low-fi recording, fuzzy distortion and harsh screeching vocals evokes images in the mind of dark, frozen, and desolate mountain ranges--a metaphorical rejection of the overtly consumerist, liberal, decadent modern culture that the genre's pioneers found themselves drowning in back in the early 90s Norway. It sought escape to a more primitive time, one where modern humanist moral systems hold no sway, hence all the black metaller fascination with medieval weaponry and armor and such.
These themes also exist in other genres, especially folk, alternative <genre>, and early rock. These other genres usually leave out the guttural vocalization and Viking references, though. I prefer it that way.
That said, I don't understand the appeal of black metal. I'm fine with anti-religious lyrics, as I often share their views, but the songs about National Socialists, Satanism, and misanthropy are pretty ridiculous. I know, not all black metal bands sing about these things. I don't like the repetitive nature of their songs, the screaming, or the insanely heavy distortion, either.
Folk metal is just one more development in that tradition; it is the metal that has become older, wiser, no longer easily impressed by or swayed to violent action and raucous noise as metal was in its juvenile stage. It seeks to create something of the earth, something lasting, something of the past that can be a part of the future, hence the adoption of folk forms.
Sure, and I do like a great deal of folk music. I just don't understand what the 20-30 seconds of distorted guitar added to either of the songs that you linked. I think they would have been better without, and they were otherwise quite good indeed.
Folk and metal are a very strange fusion. Of the examples I've heard (and I've heard more than just those two), songs tend to be either metal songs with a tiny bit of folk (say, a fiddle playing along) or folk with a tiny bit of metal (like the ones you linked). I think the two genres are better on their own.
But hey, what do I know about metal, I've only been listening to it for some 20 years. Some guys online said Motley Crue and Bon Jovi are totally metal. They have long hair and electric guitars. Kick start my heart, right? Soooo metal.
I'll assume that you read and understood my actual point, which was that glam metal is a BS genre.
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