Subgenres

[Midi]

So I was wondering: under which conditions do some sorts seperate themselves from others, becoming subgenres on itself. Obviously, there's the lyrics, use of instruments... What are the conditions according to you guys and are there any subgenres that you, in spite of the fact they are commonly accepted to exist, do not acknowledge or vice versa?

[BlutAusNerd]

That's not a question that I see frequently asked, and it's a good one. How do subgenres form? It can sometimes be media hype, sometimes a slang term thrown around by members of the scene, some identifying characteristic of the music, etc... It should, in theory, be used to differentiate between sounds once there is a large enough change to make the differentiation, but that is quite subjective. They can be useful to put a name to a sound you like in order to request more, or it can be used to sound like a pretentious twat. I guess it doesn't matter, I like using them, but in the scope of things, it changes nothing. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[deathstorm]

That's. A great point ban

[RelentlessOblivion]

I don't accept the NWOBHM as a stand alone subgenre. It was a logical progression from the sound pioneered by the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Motorhead and Judas Priest.

[BlutAusNerd]

I don't accept the NWOBHM as a stand alone subgenre. It was a logical progression from the sound pioneered by the likes of Black Sabbath' date=' Deep Purple, Motorhead and Judas Priest.[/quote'] It was a movement more than a genre, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal is heavy metal, obviously. The reason for the title is the explosive nature of the scene, just bursting at the seams with tons of new bands in just a few years, and there being a fairly distinct sound of the scene that connected these bands. It's not really any different than saying Norwegian black metal or German thrash metal.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Yet of those three examples the NWOBHM seems to be the only one almost universally regarded as a 'subgenre' as opposed to a location-based movement. Well unless you ask sam dunn but that clown doesn't acknowledge doom as a subgenre.

[BlutAusNerd]

Yet of those three examples the NWOBHM seems to be the only one almost universally regarded as a 'subgenre' as opposed to a location-based movement. Well unless you ask sam dunn but that clown doesn't acknowledge doom as a subgenre.

Their scene was the biggest and most well known of those, so it's not hard to see why. There were tons of UK bands that just came out of nowhere, some of whom became huge, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Saxon, etc..., while many others just recorded an EP, demo, or appeared on a compilation and were never heard from again. And yes, Sam Dunn is an assclown for disavowing the existence of doom metal, as it is one of the oldest and most varied of metal's many subgenres.