http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/09/has-the-definition-of-heavy-changed/ A Nose for Noise Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:54:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/09/has-the-definition-of-heavy-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Alex Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:45:25 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=618#comment-906 Yeah, the conclusion I'm coming to is, as you say, it applies to both styles, and others too. If it feels heavy then it is heavy. In my mind that applies to other genres too, for example The Prodigy, particularly on Jilted Generation are very aggressive and in my mind 'heavy'. Also some types of hip-hop. Yeah, the conclusion I’m coming to is, as you say, it applies to both styles, and others too. If it feels heavy then it is heavy. In my mind that applies to other genres too, for example The Prodigy, particularly on Jilted Generation are very aggressive and in my mind ‘heavy’. Also some types of hip-hop.

]]> http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/09/has-the-definition-of-heavy-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Gabe Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:45:50 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=618#comment-905 I understand your confusion about this issue. I've thought the same thing myself and in my humble opinion I think that "heavy" can be applied to both of these styles of music. On the one hand, speed and aggression are definitive indicators of heavy metal. Listening to this style gets the blood pumping fast, adrenaline rushing, and will cause those non-metal lovers who hear it to gasp at sheer rawness of this "music." Whereas more doom-oriented music is heavy because of the sheer sonic weight it delivers. Electric Wizard, for example, is by no means fast or aggressive but those riffs are fueled by so much distortion and played with a slow, mesmerizing force that they actually feel heavy. It's almost like a giant taking slow, lumbering steps towards the abyss.. I understand your confusion about this issue. I’ve thought the same thing myself and in my humble opinion I think that “heavy” can be applied to both of these styles of music. On the one hand, speed and aggression are definitive indicators of heavy metal. Listening to this style gets the blood pumping fast, adrenaline rushing, and will cause those non-metal lovers who hear it to gasp at sheer rawness of this “music.” Whereas more doom-oriented music is heavy because of the sheer sonic weight it delivers. Electric Wizard, for example, is by no means fast or aggressive but those riffs are fueled by so much distortion and played with a slow, mesmerizing force that they actually feel heavy. It’s almost like a giant taking slow, lumbering steps towards the abyss..

]]> http://www.theinevitablenose.com/2009/09/has-the-definition-of-heavy-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Alex TK Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:02:11 +0000 http://www.theinevitablenose.com/?p=618#comment-166 I think you've been hanging around with too many doom 'erberts. I think you’ve been hanging around with too many doom ‘erberts.

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