DanTravis62
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I am so impressed that i can tell it is power metal. I am very bad at genres because i am new to metal. I liked tool and pantera for a long time, but who doesn't? So sometimes i will bring up a song, and my friend will be like...That is metalcore, that is terrible. I like how many genres there are of metal. I don't know enough about it, so I just listen to what i like.
The reason for the different genres isn't as much the music, its because of the different fans.
I (and many, many others) shit on metalcore not only because its always the same, derivative, Pantera-meets "Slaughter of the Soul"- with both screaming, and whiny emo vocals, but because the fans of it are always super annoying.
And I was going to say, about my previous reccs, that helloween song is important because it taught me a valuable lesson about chord choice and riff writing. Even in something as frenetic and fast as power metal, sometimes simple choices are the best for the song. (but also, listen to Uli Kusch on drums, holy shit that guy is good)
Shit ALL of those songs taught me lessons like that. That iced earth song taught me the same lesson as above but about lyrics. The Virgin steele song is a fucking insane lesson in changing key, time signature, and rhythm/tempo. But it doesnt feel like it because it flows so well.