Music as a whole.. no matter what genre, should be a compelled puzzle peice of emotion and art. It does not matter whether it is pop or country, rap or opera. But the metal genre as a whole emotion and expressive art should be like a bulimic vomitting on their calorie packed, sodium infused meal.
As a whole the metal genre has gently yet ever so quickly taken a fall descending through a downward spiral. Where at one point the genre, the bands, and the fans could be compared to a circle of untamed wolves in a meat factory. Which would be pure fucking chaos.
There has not really been a evolution, more like a metamorphosis. The genre could now be comparable to a bunch of rabid lambs.
Perhaps it could be times change, like how seasons come and go? But why have so many important aspects of this genre changed? When I take a look at all these new and uprising bands I see nothing... Nothing but a dull clone of the band I seen on the previous page of the magazine, or previously heard on AOL Radio.
I have two major aspects I would like to address, one of which is appearence. In the past fifteen years I would have to say some of the major bands that really defined the laws of appearence would be: Marilyn Manson, Gwar, Coal Chamber, Murderdolls, and Slipknot. Each unique for their very own reason. But that is exempting our death/black metal friends like Behemoth, Cradle Of Filth, and Dimmu Borgir. But that is a whole other subject. I glimpse at these uprising bands and I see nothing but a basic look to all of them. Skinny Jeans ( Which by the way they should put a surgeon generals warning on), a tshirt, guaged ears, and ungodly facial hair. What the hell is the convivial excitement of that? The excitement that the band may slap on some cheap eyeliner?
Enough about that, how about the carbon copy music that is being written, recorded, and performed? I would like to also address that I am not going to mention any bands or artists throughout the critism section of this essay! Musically, these bands are extremely talented. But if only they could take that energy and apply it to something more expressive and closer to heart.
Although I do see a simular pattern and that is who can play the fastest, and who can scream the loudest and highest. I am not going too far into this but lyrically it is parallel to many of the other bands out there. These bands do deserve credit by all means. But the new crowd of metal, I feel gives them too much credit. There is so many metal artists out there that do not get the credit deserved. Three artist I would like to mention are Otep Shamaya from the band Otep, Alissa White-Gluz from The Agonist, and last but not least Anders Friden from In Flames. All musically contrastive. But all three write compelling beautiful, aggressive, emotional art that many artist cannot compare to.
Overall there is nothing that can be done about the changes in the metal genre has faced. There is so many amazing artists out there, that do not fall into this. Whether you like the changes or you dislike them, there is nothing that can be done. The only thing we can hope for is new faces to rise against the trend, and walk a different path.
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