PWilson
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Within metal, there's absolutely such a range of styles that there's some distinction required. To the layman inquiring, you simply say you listen to metal. But to someone who knows metal, you talk about the genres, because you're talking to an educated party, and your conversation is deeper. It's possible to like all the metal subgenres, or just a select few, just like it's possible to like the romantic classical period, but not the baroque. Or to like instrumental jazz and not vocal jazz (here it's my subgenre knowledge that falls apart).
You've also got the situation where people listen to the harder rock bands and consider themselves metal fans. This is because to the population at large considers anything loud to be metal. Metal fans tend to want to distance ourselves from this scene, because it's not representative of what we listen to in any way.
That's not even about subgenres; it's about people classifying the root genre of music incorrectly, mostly due to lack of exposure.
You've also got the situation where people listen to the harder rock bands and consider themselves metal fans. This is because to the population at large considers anything loud to be metal. Metal fans tend to want to distance ourselves from this scene, because it's not representative of what we listen to in any way.
That's not even about subgenres; it's about people classifying the root genre of music incorrectly, mostly due to lack of exposure.