What's the deal of this, today? Rebellious loud music which causes, and whose artists go on to do, what exactly? I'd be curious to know how/whether you discern between living artists and their music, to be honest.
First, im assuming you are talking about more extreme music like death metal, so here we go.
You see, the simple anwser, is that this music is higher art, only to be matched by best jazz and classical composers. But the simple anwser doesn't have an argument supporting it. Why is it higher art, you might ask? Ill quote you these lyrics, by Dan Greening of Cryptopsy (Known also as Lord Worm):
I equate its suffering with
the longevity of a ghost
Who lasts the longest
is who suffered the most
You see, these lyrics emanate with sickness. That particular song, while being heavy, brutal and all, its listen is not about headbanging and having fun. Its more about dark introspection. I mean, you can $lam the fuqq down to this music, but there is something more to it. If you could give a go lyrics to the whole album (Blasphemy Made Flesh, i warn you that they could be a bit disgusting), you would understand that this isn't music made by some idiots randomly bashing their instruments. Its calculated, but emanating with their sickness and hatred for world at the time of the album creation. Lyrics are poetic, and written by actual english teacher. The goal was to be the fastest, the most brutal, the most respected, and making an impact. The goal wasn't to earn world fame and stardom, 90% of money made was reinvested into the band, and 10% was for food and stuff while touring. Its niche. Its a fight for ideology. Not satanism and equally pointless bullshit, but something more. A statement. A statement showing us that the world is a horrible, horrible place, brutal and full of evil. But you might ask, "no shit sherlock?". Well, no shit indeed. But you know, unless you are having such mood, you wont think and
care about people being brutally murdered in the streets for something as superficial as two dollars. Death metal pokes this thing in your face, in world of death metal, brutal murders, tyrannical politicians, starving children, the problem of meaning of life, are just something normal. Very seldom pop, rap, or whatever other music explores such topics. Some people say death metal is glorifying evil. Its merely acknowledging its presence, forcing you to think. Death metal made
me think. I think that after few years of listening to it, it made me a better person.
The instrumentation itself is chaotic, avant-garde (compared to other music), and sounding like noise to non-extreme metal fans. People ask what is the point of this, what is the point of barraging your eardrums with this
shit? Because it is organized noise, and very pleasing to ear. There
ARE melodies, there
IS rhythm. Instrumental prowress is far higher than in other popular music, only to be matched as i said previously, by classical and jazz musicians. If you have even a faint knowledge of music you should know that, but if not, im here to educate you. Songwriting is far more complex. The music as whole is
ambitious. It pushes boundaries. I respect ambitious people, therefore i respect death metal and im drawn to it, even. You see nowadays masses of inambitious sheep, especially amongst the young people, who dont want to do anything else but
just, finish the school,
just work, and
just live and party. These goals are very shallow. My goals are not shallow, the goals of death metal are not shallow. Therefore, death metal is antithesis of these people. You can effectively express your anger towards those people, listening to and being metal. Of course, you are not an enemy if you dont listen to extreme music. Its more about your mindset about life than anything. Death metal gathers people with similiar mindsets. It connects them. It gives people a sense of unity under single banner. Its ironic, but it might seem religious, even. So here we come to an conclusion, written in a short TL;DR
TL;DR Death metal is not just music, its a journey, like life.
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