[tinmandespot]

A lot of what is said in the article is true. However the condescension and limited viewpoint are jarring.

Extreme metal is much more than ‘plain old’ death metal bands like CC. There is black, thrash, grindcore, doom, post-metal, industrial and hybrids therof. Just like with any other music (think Leonard Cohen vs U2), there is vast difference in subtlety and sophistication of lyrics in metal. And just because the lyrics are a certain way it doesn’t mean the folks who wrote them aren’t smart - it is hard to ponder the meaning of life while headbanging to the blast beat of a Cannibal Corpse song!

[pavel_lishin]

Most music genres are kind of fractal - I usually tell non-fans that there is as much variation within metal as there is in music in general.