After spending some time in this musical subculture you get to know a lot of people, and a lot of tastes and inclinations regarding Metal and all of its children. You'd think that there might be a consensus between the followers but I get surprised/amused by how a fan of certain metal sub-genre can despise another sub-genre as much as he/she'd despise Justin Bieber.
Which amuses me.
Also this is just for fun, and of course, not everyone is like this, and yeah I know I didn't feature Atmospheric, Dark, Fusion, Industrial, Melodic, Sludge, Stoner, etc, etc, etc here. The graphic is already crowded enough as it is ^_^
I have to agree with you on this one. I've been a rock/metal fan from a very young age, and people think it's bizarre that I can listen to Metallica and still like Black Veil Brides...
3 days ago, I made my poppy friend listen to retro doom metal.
Friend: THIS ISN'T METAL! NO ONE'S SCREAMING OR GROWLING! THEY'RE PLAYING TOO SLOW! *I* can like this music, this CAN'T be metal!
Then I showed the same band to a friend who loves nothing but "OMG, so hardcore metal" like Evanescence, Slipknot, and KoRn.
Mallcore Friend: What has metal become? Who would actually play metal slow? That's not how you do it. (The kicker? He was wearing a Black Sabbath tee! On top of the fact he's a mallcore kid)
I will say that apart from metal, I totally dig electronic dance music, or EDM. There's loads of subgenres such house, disco (some of it), electro, trance, techno, dubstep, UK garage, breakbeat, jungle, drum n bass, hardstyle, hardcore, and tons of others.
I think I'm crazy cause I listen to all kinds of music genres I'm just all over the damn place XD lets see my list andrea bocelli cold play ,the killers and I love Marilyn Manson, slipknot, mushroom head ,Ghost B.C , black veil brides etc from classical and zen to nu metal and classic heavy metal
Friend: THIS ISN'T METAL! NO ONE'S SCREAMING OR GROWLING! THEY'RE PLAYING TOO SLOW! *I* can like this music, this CAN'T be metal!
Then I showed the same band to a friend who loves nothing but "OMG, so hardcore metal" like Evanescence, Slipknot, and KoRn.
Mallcore Friend: What has metal become? Who would actually play metal slow? That's not how you do it. (The kicker? He was wearing a Black Sabbath tee! On top of the fact he's a mallcore kid)
Heeheeheeheee! Aheeheheeheeheehee!