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Quote Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg View Post
Do me a favor. It'll take a minute, but I'd appreciate it. Listen to this song.
Now try this one.
Try to listen to both ENTIRELY. Even if you don't like the sound, can you really say it's not trying new things? Is it not pushing things forward? They're talented, intelligent song writers.

It has many other aspects you asked for. They play fast, they play slow, one song uses a keyboard, the songs are over 5 minutes, they have a classic powermetal solo near the end of one song, and no one is screaming or wearing eyeliner. They use odd time signatures, and many other jazz/blues stylings in their music. There's no scene kids, they play the music because they love it.
Okay, both of those songs are awesome. I'm definitely checking out more of that guy's work.
His name is Tosin Abasi, if that helps.

Shoden, thanks for giving it a listen. Even if you don't like the sound, I think you can agree they're real musicians. I agree that a lot of those band you mention ARE changing. But they're changing within their genre. You hear them and you know what it is. Perhaps that's just not enough to bring them back to the heyday of when the sound was completely fresh and new. Eventually most of the uncreative bands of this new wave of metal will fade away, and the bigger more original that started the newer genres will keep their loyal fan base. The other fans will move on to the next big sound. That's just the way things are. I have bands from each genre that I listen to. Almost all metal has something valid it brings to the table.

On a lighter note, and for those who haven't seen it, I give you death metal rooster.