Originally Posted by Aborted

Pigeon holing should function only as a vague description aimed at those who may not have heard the music of a particular band, and I don't understand how it degenerated into an excercise in musical muscle flexing. Personally, I couldn't care less if Dark Tranquility "sold out" because they grew out of Black metal, or if Testament's later albums focus more on death metal than thrash, or if Hatebreed aren't "real" hardcore because their punk influences aren't clearly audible, or if Immortal's last album doesn't qualify as black metal because it has production, and I tend to switch off when people start spouting this rubbish as though it were new. It's all been said before, so what makes people think their particular wording will rekindle interest in over-milked, mundane topics?

Music is music, if you like it you like it and if you don't you dont. Why do such simple concepts always conflict? Why is it that when it comes to music, otherwise decent people suddenly start stating their opinions as if they were facts and refuse to listen to anything to the contrary? It's extraordinary and confusing in equal measures.