Same, except it was the local trve metal scene instead of punk. "If it ends in -core, I don't like" was a common thing to say, and anything pop/rap/hip-hop wasn't considered to be music at all. Even bigger metal acts, like Metallica, weren't popular because they had "sold out." The NWOBHM was all I lived for in the early 2010s.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

got really tired of the "-core" haters, they seem to get upset only at the naming convention because hardcore influences often make a subgenre even heavier

like have you ever heard of mathcore?? that shits peak, its one of the noisiest subgenres i know AND it has hardcore influence

gatekeepers can stay mad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It took me a while, but when I started getting into death metal, that's what paved the road to hardcore genres for me. And I'm so glad that happened because I would've missed out on so much great music, so many fun nights in the pit, and some really cool shows with, like, thirty people there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh don't get me started on "Sell outs" I've always been very adjacent to the metal scene but had no idea that the same argument applied. I think what opened up my tastes more was when I got into synthwave/Electronica massively about 10 years ago and branched out from there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I don't mean to hate on rap artists and their fans, but the second half of this meme hits home: