I'd like to think there were more open-minded people like myself and Roo in the metal scene, but unfortunately, Roo has hit on something that irks me somewhat too. There are very, very few bands I dislike. Some bands I really like, for instance Periphery, have awesome music, but I don't like the vocals. I still bought their album, though, as I think Misha and co should still be appreciated for the bits they get right.
But what grates me are these elitists who say "This isn't metal" or "That's not true metal".
What is "True" metal? I don't believe there is an answer to that. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you want to trace metal back to it's truest form, you'll find yourself delving into Blues and maybe even stuff before that. In essence, true metal isn't even metal...at least not as these "elitists" know it.
It's the most absurd claim there is in heavy music, and those who shun other bands for not being "true" are just the type of ignorant idiots that give the rest of us a bad image.
I certainly don't like Oli Sykes as a person, having known someone who was just sat on a bus one day, he and some of his bandmates got on and started spitting at her for no reason at all. She hadn't looked at them funny, she didn't know them, she had said nothing to them. It seems more of a case that they had a problem with her and the way she looked. Even though I have a lees than favourable view of BMTH, I would never have the audacity or arrogance to say they are not metal. Who am I to judge that?
When listening to bands, I would rather judge them on their individual merits and not let one band from a certain sub-genre put me off that genre entirely. If it's not what I like, then it is just that. I don't like them. Are they not "true" metal? Who am I to say?
