They sound the same to you. While I agree that gatekeeping and snobbish "whell achtually"s are just pointless and annoying, they are still useful to people experienced within those genres to identify common styles and just as a fast and efficient way of describing the piece. The genres definitely have their purpose. If they have no use to you personally, don’t use them, that is fine, and you shouldn’t be criticised for that.
Comment on What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them?
fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org 11 hours ago
A lot of subgenres are entirely made up.
What makes Speed Metal different than Thrash Metal? They sound the same.
What makes Death Metal different than Black Metal? They sound the same.
It is just ways for people to sound very technical for no reason other than to pretend they're so different.
serpineslair@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 11 hours ago
Nah. I’m not even a big metal fan and unless a band is blending the genres (“blackened death” etc.) they’re pretty distinct, the vocal style in particular should be pretty easy to tell apart. As a rule of thumb, Black Metal vocalists croak, Death Metal vocalists growl.
Tujio@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
As a metalhead, metal subgenres are fucking exhausting. I don’t know how to describe bands I like without sounding like a fucking douche.