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Metal is the closest modern genre to Classical

discuss please.
thanks.



  • ball rolling..

    no it isnt. hip hop is.

  • nah

    It's probibly some ambient electronic stuff like Murcof or GAS which is closer alot closer. They use orchestral instrumentation and digtial stuff to put it in a whole new very modern context.

    • i guess there is a lot of crossover

      especially from artists such as philly glass, but it's also often more avent garde, and as such a direct progression, rather than comparable to older classical music of say the barroque era

      • there is alot of classical influence

        in most music I would think so Metal definatly has some of that goin on in it.

    • no no no.

      doesnt electronica pre-date Metal??? hmmm

      • yeah its older just

      • Ive decided

        my comment was pointless.

        • get back to your cubic balls

          • not you again

            actually i did have a point. Electronica you could argue dates back to early 20th Century, a good 60 years or so before Metal and therefore should be discounted as a modern genre. So there.

  • Metal IS closest to classical

    Country? no

    Jazz? no

    Blues? no

    Hip Hop? maybe

    I went to a "Residents Play Wormwood" show which was The Residents performing their album "Wormwood" (curious stories from The Bible) and I was really struck by The Residents use of "Metal Music and Metal Themes" to tell "Bible Stories". I remember thinking hey, The Bible really is so "Metal" and I think that same correlation can be made with classical and metal- definitely.

  • classical music isn't a genre

    There's some Romantic virtuoso music which has a lot in common with some virtuosic guitar playing (Paganini, Liszt, etc), but then, there's some late-Romantic impressionistic music which is more like ambient electronica (Debussy, some Ravel), some late Classical lieder which isn't massively far from angst-ridden song-based indie, etc.

    • ^^^ Can you leave

      you are obviously very knowledgeable and as such have no place on this forum which is populated by ignorant, opinionated, half wits.

      I include myself in that description.

      • these people who spoil everyone's fun with reasonable and intelligent responses, huh

        who needs em