Comment by brookst
3 years ago
Not the person you’re replying to, but I think it’s reasonable to dislike a genre when one dislikes the things that define the genre.
I don’t like death metal because I find the vocal affectation silly and the range of instrumentation too narrow. I dislike country for exactly the same reasons.
There are genre-defying artists who transcend the category; Patsy Cline comes to mind.
But if someone’s going to sit down and write a song that conforms to all of a genre’s conventions, people who dislike those conventions probably won’t like it.
For me, death metal is like...black coffee.
Bitter at first, but eventually you learn to appreciate the unique experience for what it is, and then you start drinking it all the time.
You start trying to tell others about your experience, but only other black coffee drinkers seem to understand, and you sound insane to people who have tried black coffee and hated the bitter taste.
Very apt. I'm a black coffee drinker myself, and I love death metal. Maybe there's a correlation.
I used to enjoy some, but found the genre to be a dead end, with new bands just sounding like old bands. I’d love to hear it if there’s innovation going on!