Why is metal not considered a part of the main stream music ?

[thewisecrab]

I luv Madonna. wtf? despite being in for too long, she got the tricks.

Anyways; you guys heard Lamb of God?

Its my view man....if you like her music...then Okay.... I'm not bothered

 

[rhitwick]

I prefer more melodious stuff though, like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Dream Theater, Led Zeppelin, Anthrax, System Of A Down, etc.

I don't listen to Death Metal, nor do I listen to Nu Metal like Linkin Park.

Thats the main reason most of the people stay away from Death, Thrash metal and our beloved KP is into it.

But I do like LP, bcz it was my beginning, and my first love to ROCK. How can I forget 'em.

But @ MetalHeadGautham, ur choice(the bold ones) matches to my interest. I like to call myself a beginner in ROCK/METAL. Not like a pro. I search for a good melody, rhythm and lyric with obviously Guitar riffs.
Thats d reason I've, Nirvana, GnR, IronMaiden, BlackSabbath, Metallica, DeepPurple, Eagles, LedZepplin, Ozzy, Santana etc. in my list.

U listen to one n you've heard 'em all.

exactly.
Got hold of some videos from these bands, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Black Label Society, Bleeding Through and then listened to SlipKnot(only for KP, he is so mad abt it, and I had to know wat SlipKnot is) and found that they all play like same, sing like same.
Seriously it didn't appeal me. Sorry KP, but it didn't.

 

[ancientrites]

ahem....i think the thread should have been "why black metal is not considered a part of the mainstream music"
bcoz its anti religion but not necessary tho.this genre is very popular and common in europe.i also see ppl here in india enjoy this genre and popularity is enormous i.e if you see in orkut.
i always say nothing is compared to european black metal bands ofcourse some of you may say its sub genre from thrash metal but who cares.europeans are ones who groomed it into perfection.

 

[esumitkumar]

^^++1 ..

 

[Psychosocial]

@karnivore

Please, go check my Last.fm profile for more info.

 

[ratedrsuperstar]

so here we have people advocating LP(MAINSTREAM....) and Slipknot(Mainstream again.although i love Joey).a couple of pro n00bs advocating more Mainstream rock/metal=Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin,Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy,etc.

u may be forgiven just becoz u r an indian rocker or maybe u've been listening to music as long as the 14yr kiddo but here's a fun fact.ALL OF THEM ARE MAINSTREAM!!!!!!

so quit whining about them not being mainstream.u f'n are living in India not UK or Sweeden,Finland or USA.how less mainstream can it be that u can buy a COB t-shirt over here!

one thing that 've realized listening to music(which i hated b4 i got into rock) that mainstream is here to stay and wont ever go away but always appreciate and promote artists who sincerely make a record and dont have the biggest labels to show their talent.coz these are the gems u don't wanna miss.

and it's not like u r going to buy the album so why not listen to something different which maybe be equally complex musically.stop being fanboys and listen to whatever good is out there.

finally metal is mainstream enough but you surely don't want it to be tainted.aren't we guyz happy that we know so much of tech and everyone asks our advice before buying something or that we like to label almost 99.9% people n00bs bcoz they are that
if PROism would be mainstream(common)there wouldnt be enough n00bs.would any of us like that?

 

[Psychosocial]

Thats the main reason most of the people stay away from Death, Thrash metal and our beloved KP is into it.

But I do like LP, bcz it was my beginning, and my first love to ROCK. How can I forget 'em.

But @ MetalHeadGautham, ur choice(the bold ones) matches to my interest. I like to call myself a beginner in ROCK/METAL. Not like a pro. I search for a good melody, rhythm and lyric with obviously Guitar riffs.
Thats d reason I've, Nirvana, GnR, IronMaiden, BlackSabbath, Metallica, DeepPurple, Eagles, LedZepplin, Ozzy, Santana etc. in my list.


exactly.
Got hold of some videos from these bands, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Black Label Society, Bleeding Through and then listened to SlipKnot(only for KP, he is so mad abt it, and I had to know wat SlipKnot is) and found that they all play like same, sing like same.
Seriously it didn't appeal me. Sorry KP, but it didn't.

Everyone's taste differs. I understand.

And its actually hard to understand the instrumentation of Metal. At first, it sounds all the same. My local street friend (who thinks Himesh Reshmiya [sorry for the spelling] sounds like Heavy Metal 0_0) also said that all these (CoB, Slipknot,etc) songs sound the same. BTW, Arch Enemy's lead singer is a female So she cant sound like the rest.

I also like Lamb of God. Great band.

so here we have people advocating LP(MAINSTREAM....) and Slipknot(Mainstream again.although i love Joey).a couple of pro n00bs advocating more Mainstream rock/metal=Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin,Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy,etc.

u may be forgiven just becoz u r an indian rocker or maybe u've been listening to music as long as the 14yr kiddo but here's a fun fact.ALL OF THEM ARE MAINSTREAM!!!!!!

so quit whining about them not being mainstream.u f'n are living in India not UK or Sweeden,Finland or USA.how less mainstream can it be that u can buy a COB t-shirt over here!

one thing that 've realized listening to music(which i hated b4 i got into rock) that mainstream is here to stay and wont ever go away but always appreciate and promote artists who sincerely make a record and dont have the biggest labels to show their talent.coz these are the gems u don't wanna miss.

and it's not like u r going to buy the album so why not listen to something different which maybe be equally complex musically.stop being fanboys and listen to whatever good is out there.

finally metal is mainstream enough but you surely don't want it to be tainted.aren't we guyz happy that we know so much of tech and everyone asks our advice before buying something or that we like to label almost 99.9% people n00bs bcoz they are that
if PROism would be mainstream(common)there wouldnt be enough n00bs.would any of us like that?

Pranam gurujee.

 

[manishjha18]

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-so many people into metal--very goddddddddd

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and yes do download gracenote tune up companion

 

[thewisecrab]

so here we have people advocating LP(MAINSTREAM....) and Slipknot(Mainstream again.although i love Joey).a couple of pro n00bs advocating more Mainstream rock/metal=Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin,Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy,etc.

u may be forgiven just becoz u r an indian rocker or maybe u've been listening to music as long as the 14yr kiddo but here's a fun fact.ALL OF THEM ARE MAINSTREAM!!!!!!

so quit whining about them not being mainstream.u f'n are living in India not UK or Sweeden,Finland or USA.how less mainstream can it be that u can buy a COB t-shirt over here!

one thing that 've realized listening to music(which i hated b4 i got into rock) that mainstream is here to stay and wont ever go away but always appreciate and promote artists who sincerely make a record and dont have the biggest labels to show their talent.coz these are the gems u don't wanna miss.

and it's not like u r going to buy the album so why not listen to something different which maybe be equally complex musically.stop being fanboys and listen to whatever good is out there.

finally metal is mainstream enough but you surely don't want it to be tainted.aren't we guyz happy that we know so much of tech and everyone asks our advice before buying something or that we like to label almost 99.9% people n00bs bcoz they are that
if PROism would be mainstream(common)there wouldnt be enough n00bs.would any of us like that?

Well said....you cant put it better....