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The point is that I can no longer wrap my head around getting attached to a genre; I always tend towards the classics, in fact. But what’s this story about post-83 having no punk? What nonsense are they saying on Ondarock?? Come on, I can't believe it.

Hairy disc???? Hahaha!

Yes, "tomorrow"... the day after tomorrow, obviously.

"they are only guilty of being born 30 years later," you said damn! Ps: are you ready to wake up tomorrow? :-D

The first track-by-track that makes sense in Deb's history! Great analysis of the songs. And the final image of the triangle is very evocative.

Don't worry Pixies, if certain punk stuff were to be revived today (like Virus), it would be nothing special either.

Oh yes Purpulan? It was indeed too similar..

I understand what you mean; if someone doesn't love a genre, they might seem unreliable in judging any album from that genre. However, the point is that mine is an opinion formed after the experience, in other words, not from a perfect outsider's perspective. I mean, I wouldn't have a problem with metal as such, but rather with that same fried egg, an egg that is also found in the rest of rock, of course. In the end, I always say it's a matter of style and how a musician approaches the genre; it's not a problem with the genre itself, which is just a label. I admit, for example, that I like Keeper of the Seven Keys II by Helloween (even though I hardly listen to it anymore), and yet it's Power Metal, but a fresh, lean, and ironic power (compared to the baroque crap that would come after)... just as there are indie bands that I find a bit pathetic (even though they are very intellectual indie, but if you're not capable, you're just not capable, regardless of the genre). Anyway, the answer to your last line is AOR.

FRANCI my thoughts were convenient conceptualizations. I liked Individual Thought Patterns back then, now... let's say less so.

Yes, I understand what you mean; in fact, that’s essentially what the metal market is based on: churn out "different but the same" bands to avoid disappointing the audience that wants just that, nothing more. In fact, I see it as a vicious cycle. A vicious cycle in which I was fairly deep (here I must disappoint you, I grew up with metal). But I speak of metal and nothing else, because in hindsight, it seems pointless to talk about Power or Prog or Black metal, at least it doesn’t make sense for the discussion I wanted to put forth. When I say classic metal (okay, a ridiculous and empty term), I could mean NWOBHM, 90s prog metal, or epic metal... just as with Post Metal (a term that does exist, although I admit it’s a bit empty as well), I could refer to all those bands in the vein of Meshuggah, which are clearly avant-garde and "post metal" in intent (trying to carry out a process of deconstruction and then reconstruction of the genre). "Classic" and "Post" were just conventional dividing terms used for convenience, but beyond the misleading labels, it is precisely in the broad history of metal that I see the re-proposition of the usual standards as its distinctive trait, and therefore a particularly inflated branch of rock.