Whoever thought it was a good idea to put two black metallers in a room together??? They always start arguing about exactly what is and what isn't black metal, and each is convinced they are the only person in the world who likes their type of music.
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Its one of the things that irks me, actually
I'm not sure that this discussion exactly fits, but when metallers start talking about what amounts to musical taxonomy its incredibly annoying. Just listen to the bloody stuff and like it or not - free that grey matter youre using to categorise it all neatly into sub-genres for something more valuable, like tits and tit appreciation.
I know its music that generates strong opinions and has passionate followers, but metal chaps can get just a little bit rabidly opinionated and preoccupied with trainspotting trivialities.
But I sympathise with nfes....perhaps not view, but endeavour - he clearly loves whatever it is he thinks is black metal and whomever he believes it owes its existence to, but recognises the individuals that pass for luminaries in the field as the degenerate scum they are/were and is trying to distance himself and the current scene from those people and their idiologies.
Now I dont know or care if hes right or wrong in creating/defending that seperation, I'm just saying that if the bay area thrash and NWOBHM guys were, ostensibly at least, a bunch of murderous hyper-bigots I'd try and distance myself and what I like now from them too! Probably try and pin modern death metal on Atheist and all thrash on Exodus - metal hippies and libertarians are preferable to that!
