Music Genres?

[Stabwound]

I listen to a lot of different music, but the only genre I really subcatagorize is metal. For example, here's some of the selections of the "metal" genre on my winamp music library: death metal, doom metal, power metal, thrash metal, folk metal, gothenburg, melodic death metal, etc.

For most people, they would all catagorize bands in those genres as "hard rock" or "metal" but I listen to so much of that kind of music, it's really important to me that I seperate them into seperate subgenres because it's much easier to sort the bands and there truly is a huge difference between all the subgenres.

Other than that, most of my rock is under "rock" or "hard rock" and most of the rap is "rap".

I think you don't really have to pidgeonhole all music like that unless you're a music snob, or REALLY into so much music that you care enough to do something like that.

[Bob (SRB)]

I hate having music categorized, I swear there have got to be hundreds of different categorizations for the music I listen to, and it gets pretty annoying..

emo
punk
hardcore
post-hardcore
grind-core
fashion-core
hardcore punk
screamo
experimental
progressive
noise
pop punk
powerpop
melodic hardcore
indie
metalcore
etc.

These people went way overboard with their different kinds of "core" music

[The Hawk]

I hate having music categorized, I swear there have got to be hundreds of different categorizations for the music I listen to, and it gets pretty annoying..

emo
punk
hardcore
post-hardcore
grind-core
fashion-core
hardcore punk
screamo
experimental
progressive
noise
pop punk
powerpop
melodic hardcore
indie
metalcore
etc.

These people went way overboard with their different kinds of "core" music

i disagree with you on some points, the only think is that Hardcore and hardcore-punk are basically the same accept hardcore punk is a little bit more soft (ex. COmeback KId compared to bands like Shai Hulud)but mainly the same. If you listen to hardcore u know that ppl who listen to hardcore hate any type of emo(screamo,emo-core all of that pussy crap that sing about cutting and hard break-ups), Metal, pop-punk..its really all seperate and distinct but ppl who arent really into 1 genre dont understand and thats wer the argueing comes in..

[Ilya]

Despite TW community's constant fighting over who listens to the superior bands and types of music, there's one thing for certain, and that there's a huge variety of music that we listen to. I'm sure everyone has a few groups that they are especially more knowledgeable compared to others. I'm just wondering what kind of lines you draw to sort the bands into the numerous musical genres out there? Are people constantly coming up with new categorization methods to sort bands into groups? I've heard people using the term geek-rock for a band like Weezer (while other people may disagree), while Our Lady Peace is alt-rock. Groups like The Killers, Bloc Party, and Franz Ferdinand would be considered...? Some say pop-rock. I mean, would you group bands like Slipknot and Poison The Well together as the same genre? Just wondering what you guys think are the main groups, and if possible, name some of their subgroups as well. The reason I made this thread is that 1) I simply suck at categorizing groups into their specific genres. I mean I'd know the general group they are in, but based on today's specifics, it just doesn't cut it anymore, and 2) Its good for comparing a group to another band/group that is closely related to them music-wise.

Provide examples :turned:

[Edify]

i listen to Rage Against the Machine, so rock/rapcore.

its a bit weird considering i listen to rage, but i'm a church-goer so i listen to christian music.

[Tone]

did you know that what the vast majority of people think of as trance music isnt trance music but very far from the sound and style of real trance music?

[DoTheFandango]

Doesn't matter Tone, it still sucks.

[Tone]

Doesn't matter Tone, it still sucks.

agreed (the music you know of as trance music)

i also believe that all music is non emotional

[DoTheFandango]

Including Drum+Bass, House, and Rave.

[The Hawk]

ok here maybe this will help you... i'll give examples for types of music

Emo-Thursday,fallout boy, sences fail
Emocore(scremo)-Silverstien,Hawthorne heights
pop-punk-Good charlotte,simple plan,Blink 182,Green Day
punk-H20,Gorilla Biscuit
Hardcore-Poison the well,Most Precious Blood,Converge,Shai hulud,Modern Life is War,Champion,This is Hell
Hardcore-punk-Comeback Kid,Rise Against,Madball(kind of)
Death meatal(black metal,metal, all that stuff)-Slipknot,Pantera,Otep
Alternative/rock-THe killers, The Hives, White stripes, The hives



im sure ppl will argue w/ me that green day and blink-182 arent pop punk and stuff but watever.. lol.. and im sure i have sum of the metal stuff is wrong bc who listens to that crap... fucking HXC SXE BICTH!

[Squeezer]

agreed (the music you know of as trance music)

i also believe that all music is non emotional

Then I believe your an idiot.

Music is art, and art is emotion retard.

[Mr. Peanuts]

fucking HXC SXE BICTH!

LOL

[Jeansi]

someone want to tell em what genres like these are?
triphop
happy hardcore
dance
trance
techno
goa
psy
progressive trance

etc.
there are like thousands of them and I can't hear the difference.

[Ilya]

HICK-HOP

[genocidal]

cant really think of what category the Gorillaz fall into, anyone help me out?

I would classify Gorillaz as a hybrid with Brit Pop/Rock, rap, and dance elements to it.

By the way, have you heard the new album? I hear it's kickin.