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Originally Posted by ATAT
I think his point was that this music seems almost scientifically designed to be repulsive as possible to almost all females.
Not trolling here, but I've listened to a few of the links and can someone explain to me what's to like about extreme metal, b/c I truly don't get it. I mean, besides the level of musicianship, which is obvious.
Yeah I get your point.
Extreme metal is definitely an acquired taste though. I don't think anybody just randomly starts listening to Nile one day.
When I was maybe 13, one of my classmates had Slayer on his portable CD player. I though it sounded like horrible random noise, with zero melody and that all the songs sounded the same. He made a comment about how they were more talented than some random pop group, because they "played their own instruments". I lol'd at this, because I thought their playing sounded horrendous.
Then when I started playing guitar I stumbled across some Slayer and was impressed by how fast they played. Still thought it sounded mega weird but eventually got into it.
Like even a year ago I thought something like Nile was just taking things way too far, but now I don't blink an eye when I hear it. I'm not that into the more extreme side of metal though. I love Goatwhore and Meshuggah, but a lot of stuff just sounds like they're trying to play as hard, fast and noisily as possible. Stuff like Nile, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse etc. is the sort of metal I'd classify as "extreme" and on the whole it's pretty lame. It just has such a tired, uninspiring sound (although Nile aren't bad).