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I can't stand metal. If I want noisy music I go for brass band marching sort of music.
Fair enough I can understand that, some of it might be that that's what you grew up with. I grew up with nu metal which was loud and pilloried by the old school metal heads, to the point where it's banned to discuss in some circles online because it's not deemed metal by the genre police. I find myself having somewhat of an attitude like the old guard when it comes to modern metal today. It sounds so bad compared to my era and especially earlier eras. It sounds like industrial "refrigerator buzz".* White noise mastering and computerisation has made it so stale. Then again my taste is already set in stone and not liable to change to accommodate changes in commercial production style. However I doubt many modern bands will be playing at rocks clubs in 25-30 years like nu metal still is, so the genre did something right.I'm old school rock from the 70's and 80's, Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith, to name a few. There's got to be actual singing, enough separation to actually appreciate each instrument and vocal, and a good rhythm and beat to it. Judas Priest, Motley Crue, and Metallica is about as "metal" as I could appreciate in the 80's and 90's. The metal from the past 20-30 years is far too "compressed" to the point where it just smacks of noise, and the growling and roaring, it's just a barrage of sound that is irritating, at best.
I got into metal through Blind Guardian, and i still love that band because of their Middle earth themed songs. I was a big fan of J.r.r. Tolkien's books