But Marty, RYM isn't published from a university!
I actually think that putting a number or strict definitions on music genres is really funny. I'm probably going to use that 26 number at some point elsewhere because it's hilarious. "Sir, I'm sorry, you can't listen to Structural because their unique blend of Melo-Tech Death isn't on the list!"
I am a capital-N Nerd in lots of ways, including metal, but I don't actually care to define bands or split hairs between albums or even particular tracks of any given band. I think extreme metal as they use it is generally a good descriptor for things that aren't like, Motley Crue, or Metallica, or Limp Bizkit (even though Wes Borland is a Chad). I think the study pretty clearly is intending to use it in the non-defined term sense as well, listing "progressive metal, neoclassical metal, thrash metal, death metal, and in some cases black metal", but without any sense of irony, Extreme Metal itself did not make the cut (Sorry Meshuggah).
March 22, 2024, 8:07 a.m. - Lu Kz
But Marty, RYM isn't published from a university! I actually think that putting a number or strict definitions on music genres is really funny. I'm probably going to use that 26 number at some point elsewhere because it's hilarious. "Sir, I'm sorry, you can't listen to Structural because their unique blend of Melo-Tech Death isn't on the list!" I am a capital-N Nerd in lots of ways, including metal, but I don't actually care to define bands or split hairs between albums or even particular tracks of any given band. I think extreme metal as they use it is generally a good descriptor for things that aren't like, Motley Crue, or Metallica, or Limp Bizkit (even though Wes Borland is a Chad). I think the study pretty clearly is intending to use it in the non-defined term sense as well, listing "progressive metal, neoclassical metal, thrash metal, death metal, and in some cases black metal", but without any sense of irony, Extreme Metal itself did not make the cut (Sorry Meshuggah).