Nathan

Now that the dust is settling here in my notifications, let me clear up a couple of the more ridiculous takes I’ve seen spawn from this: - No, this had absolutely nothing to do with the new Spiritbox/Poppy/Amy Lee Collab at all. No idea where y’all got that from. I listened to it, it’s fine 🤷🏼‍♂️ - No, it is not “rooted in misogyny” to say anything negative or critical about the popular metal/rock scene. If anything, it’s a lot more misogynistic to assume that metalcore is the only scene that women can fathomably be a part of/consume when metal has had droves of incredibly-talented women for decades across all subgenres (and no, not just vocalists contrary to popular belief). Hell, my favourite album of the year at the moment is a 4/5 mostly-female Doom metal band. Seriously, listen to Tribunal, they’re phenomenal. - No, I never once said “metalcore bad” or “don’t listen to popular music” or whatever. Literally all I said is, only listening to one thing and disliking literally everything else does just fundamentally make you less of a metalhead than someone who likes everything metal has to offer. Again, not an insult, it’s just math. Look at pie chart. - Yes, you are correct I am simultaneously 16 years old and 53. Really nailed it on the head with that one. - Finally, 90% of the replies are some form of the exact-same joke. You guys truly have about as much originality to your personality as the media you consume :)

Modern pop metal (“metalcore”) fans are always so upset that people think of them as lesser metal fans or whatever, but the uncomfortable truth is that a large majority of y’all absolutely are lesser metal fans. You don’t have any interest whatsoever in listening to metal outside of your one little bubble of “baby’s first radio bands” This isn’t to say you can’t listen to or like these artists or whatever, but the issue lies with ONLY consuming this and disregarding literally everything else. You don’t like Heavy Metal, you don’t like any Thrash Metal outside of the “big 4”, you don’t like Doom Metal, you don’t like Death Metal, you don’t like Black Metal, you don’t like sludge metal, you don’t like industrial metal, you don’t like power metal, you don’t like symphonic metal, you don’t like gothic metal, you don’t like folk metal, the list goes on. You don’t even like the more “core” side of your genre like hardcore punk, grindcore etc. Hell, many of you won’t even listen to anything past 1999. Like don’t get me wrong, you’re allowed to dislike things, but when you don’t like pretty much everything in a genre, how can you say you’re a fan? You all are so worried about being lumped in with the “pop” label, yet you treat the genre with the exact same sensibilies and disrespect pop fans do; everything exists in a vacuum to be algorithmically consumed and forgotten within a year. You don’t have any interest in the history of the genre. You don’t have any interest in branching out and learning more about the genre. You have batshit insane, parasocial stans that literally harass artists off social media. You guys are textbook pop fans in every sense of the word. It’s not necessarily an insult, it’s just a fact. I know it makes you sound edgier/more-alternative or whatever, which is ultimately all these people care about but I just can’t fathom how someone who doesn’t like 95% of what metal has to offer can in good faith call themselves a metalhead 🤷🏼‍♂️