Music Discussion thread

[Kman]

wellll

one of the things that makes grindcore a lot harder to appreciate compared to other genres of heavy music is that it's essentially a wall of noise and unless you actually give it a chance and listen to the details of it it can be kind of repetitive. like being able to identify the intricacies of blast beats or the technique of the vocalist or each time signature and how it evolves. it's those details that make it interesting and unless you actually pay attention and train your ear to be able to pick up on them it really does just sound like a massive never ending wall of noise.

like for example with the one you linked




there's a ton going on here and unless you actually pay attention to the details instead of just letting it wash over you there's not a whole lot that's very impressive about it. for one the vocalist has one of the highest pitched yells in all of heavy music (note: yell. it wouldn't be nearly as impressive if it was just a scream since you're projecting from the top of your throat, but with a yell you're projecting from much lower giving it a throatier and deep texture, and the fact that he can still push his vocal chords that high when he's projecting from that low is insane). hardly ever through it do they play a steady time signature for more than like 10 or 15 seconds or keep the same blast beat or riff, there's a ton of technicality put into making something like that. the production on it is perfect too since it's very dense and raw giving it even more of an aggressive feel.

a lot of that's what sets it apart from other heavy genres since it's so unrelenting and inaccessible. the entire idea behind it according to the bands that founded the genre is just to make the most aggressive, most intense, and most disgusting form of music ever created, and if you're giving out that label it wouldn't be a bad genre to give it to. once you learn to appreciate the intricacies of it though it can be pretty interesting to pick apart and judge.

so yeah. there you go.