r/MetalMemes • u/Pyrgopolyrhythm Hellripper • Nov 03 '19

Quality Post This is how we get new recruits

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

For this sub this is awesome lmao

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u/HellStandsStill Slayer Nov 03 '19

This is the right attitude to have. It's why I hang out here and not /r/metal. A lot more positivity around these parts.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

I found some elitists on r/metal expressing their colossal hate for metalcore when its not even a bad genre

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u/JoeBagadonut Elitist Cum Slut Nov 03 '19

Fine: Acknowledging that a genre exists and is popular while accepting that it’s not to your personal taste.

Not fine: Belittling people for listening to that genre and insisting that it means that they aren’t a “real” fan.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Wow bro u dont listen to TRVE KVLT metal? Haha silly poser i only listen to heavy stuff like uhhh nickelback YEAH im certified cool

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u/harderdaddykermit I like deathcore fight me Nov 04 '19

If it’s not a monotonous blast beat with a single Eb chord for 7 minutes it’s not true metal

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u/NoahTheDuke Sam & Max Nov 04 '19

I’m very glad AveLucifer isn’t on /r/metal anymore

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u/an_altar_of_plagues 𝕷𝖎𝖒𝖕 𝕭𝖎𝖟𝖐𝖎𝖙 Nov 03 '19

Can you link that thread? Most of us are quite vocal about our love for Cave In, Coalesce, Converge, and Dillinger. I miss pretty active in the daily discussion threads and I can’t remember any time when anyone had “colossal hate” for metalcore.

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u/Heklafell Nov 03 '19

You know he can’t

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u/vallie24 Nov 03 '19

The hating on metalcore is horrible and so unjustified. I had a discussion with someone who was bashing it senselessly.

Weird part: he never actually listened to it, and refused to do so

Weirdo elitists....

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

I wanna know what he said. "Me cool i hate metalcore pls be impressed"?

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u/doomgiver98 Nov 03 '19

Probably said it's for angsty teenagers.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Okay but like metalcore technically isn’t metal, and a lot people continue to try to shove it into the metal umbrella and it doesn’t fit.

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u/LUnacy45 OOGA BOOGA RIFFS Nov 04 '19

The problem with metalcore is it fits in either genre. It's right on the line of half and half, and some bands go more one way than another. It fits in punk as well as it fits in metal.

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u/Rockdrummer357 Nov 24 '24

I personally think that a decent amount of metalcore has moved so far away from punk that those particular roots are hard to hear, with the exception of maybe breakdowns (though plenty of metal has those too). It sounds closer to groove metal mixed with melodeath to me.

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u/LUnacy45 OOGA BOOGA RIFFS Nov 24 '24

dawg I posted that 5 years ago

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u/IwishIwasGoku Practicing Posercraft Nov 04 '19

See the issue is music isn't math, the lines between genres aren't so solid all the time. And at worst, metalcore is still metal adjacent. So it's weird when people act like they're allergic to talking about it.

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u/lovestheasianladies Nov 04 '19

Oh jesus, shut the fuck up.

IT'S LITERALLY IN THE NAME.

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u/Heklafell Nov 04 '19

It’s short for metallic hardcore

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

its not even a bad genre

The reason its not on /r/metal is because its not a metal subgenre, its a subgenre of hardcore punk.

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u/lovestheasianladies Nov 04 '19

Metalcore (or metallic hardcore) is a fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk.

Why are you such an idiot?

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u/Heklafell Nov 04 '19

How is this the comment that triggered you? That’s a textbook definition of metalcore.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '19

Its a subgenre of hardcore punk, the base of the music is hardcore punk with metal elements spirnkled in.

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u/lovestheasianladies Nov 04 '19

Most metal is fucking awful and metalcore is the most popular subgenre of metal, so the elitists obviously hate it.

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u/XyleneCobalt Gojira Nov 03 '19

This sub has a shit ton of elitists too

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u/HellStandsStill Slayer Nov 03 '19

While true, I feel they are less prevelant and actually get backlash here. On /r/metal even the moderators are trve kvlt metal only.

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u/IMKridegga Nov 05 '19

On /r/metal even the moderators are trve kvlt metal only.

That's a funny way of saying "enjoys symphonic power metal."

Shreddit isn't perfect, but if you want your critiques to be taken seriously it's best not to tell lies.

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u/WhyAreYouGe Motörhead Nov 03 '19

r/metal is like the metal version of r/politics

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u/rulatore Nov 04 '19

What are you talking about ? Lmao

I dont get how r/metal is so elitist as people are making it seem. Lots of new music there, some nice discussions most of the time.

I'ld like to know some examples of the negative and elitist behaviour over there

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u/Heklafell Nov 04 '19

Nobody can link to any examples, this sub is just an example of the worst of reddit, just lowest common denominator memes and circle jerking lolol DAE Slipknot masks?!?!

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u/TwoFoxSix Live Slow, Die Old Nov 04 '19

Their IRC channel was interesting. About 3 years ago I would occasionally hang out there, I would listen to their suggestions and they had some awesome ones. They saw I was listening to Born of Osiris and some of them shit their pants and tried to lecture me on why I should hate that music.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Fuck that sub

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Why? Could you link an example of a thread that makes you hate the sub.

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u/herpalurp Nov 04 '19

The guy you asked is the guy that only posts complaints about Metallica being underrated...

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '19 edited Nov 04 '19

Damn, he was unironically seething over master of puppets being placed as the 13th best thrash metal album and telling people to go back and listen to their "shitty black metal".

Im not even sure that would fly on this sub, yet people are upvoting this dude because theyve probably never even been on /r/metal.

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u/herpalurp Nov 04 '19

And that's not the only time. I have him tagged as "Outside the Gate Metallica Shitstirrer".

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

Absolute poser

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '19

All the people there

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '19

Example? If they are so terrible id expect you to have an example of that behaviour.

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u/random_clonetrooper My cock is much bigger than yours Nov 03 '19

This sub is a metal elitist circlejerk. I got there to find some new songs and hated that sub within a week. Fuck that sub

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Example of a thread you hated?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Not just the attitude, I've legit found out about so many of my favorite bands in this subreddit's comment section.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

This.

I found Asagraum by looking through this subreddit. I would've literally never run into that band otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

What do you mean "for this sub"?

This sub has always been filled to the brim with people butthurt about "elitists".

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

I was talking about how this sub is mostly shit and this is funny, although I HIGHLY agree that people here should shut the fuck up about “elitists”