One of the most polarizing topics when it comes to underground music is genre wars. Because of the ever-expansive sonic landscape of metal, hip-hop, and rock music today, listeners tend to group a lot of their music into sub-genres, and the list of musical styles can become quite lengthy. The problem with this process of organizing music is that listeners tend to needlessly waste time on social media arguing about an artist’s “true” genre instead of having discourse about the music itself.
On a surface level, the character in the meme corrects another’s interpretation of a metal band’s sound to be under the genre of death metal. However, under further examination, the meme implies that the correction itself is absurd and unnecessary. This is accomplished through the character’s response, which is hyperbolic in nature (“progressive blackened thrash metal,” cmon son.) The smug, elite composure from the character also plays into the social viewpoint of the creator, that being that genre wars are silly and pointless. The commonplace within this meme is the shared statement that sub-genres hold great importance when discussing music. This commonplace may be held under the ideology of pretentious music discussion (to be blunt). Clearly the meme is making fun of this commonplace, as it rightfully should. Logically, the meme reasons with the audience that the idea of genre wars is ridiculous in itself. Music is an art form, and art is completely subjective. If you enjoy a certain song, album, or artist, I encourage you to express why you enjoy it. Don’t worry about pretentious music fanatics that “know more music than you do” and disregard your opinion because you can’t describe music properly. Discourse among music fans is vital in that is leads to discovery, and I only hope you take the genre wars dispute with a grain of salt.
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