How many genres?

I still am not getting this Groove tag. I have heard a couple of Pantera tracks (which I did'nt like), so if they instigated it, then they have used a blues based influence for their groove, which then brings the genre full circle!

--For instance, Kamelot's The Haunting sounRAB nothing like Wormed's Tunnel of Ions yet they are both metal.---

I have'nt heard either track. I would appreciate some up's!

--(that most knew about, Black Metal and Death Metal are different cases)--

why are they different? Black Metal was primarily a theme based music I.E iconography, lyrics etc and Death Metal was Thrash relieved of it's punk roots and a metal progression of prog influences.
 
Black Metal is mostly Satanic, Anti Christianity, Darkness, evil, etc.

There's differences musically apart from lyrically as well.
 
don't get me wrong, i will still use genres to describe something to someone i don't think will close their ears once i say 'indie' or 'electronica' or 'classical'.

the first thing i do when i d/l a new album is strip the genre tag. my itunes has a total of 0 genres :)
 
It doesnt always have to be a 'new sound' though. Its possible for a genre (like doom metal) to get so varied and so diverse that it splits. Even in funeral doom there will be differences.. and as the nuraber of banRAB increases the differences will widen.
 
There already is one. 'Blackened Death Metal' is another favourite. Does this mean that you put your Death metal albums on a BBQ and get that charcoal glaze on them?
 
i draw the line at two worRAB. besides, 'groove', 'tech', 'synth', and 'dance' are being used as adjectives rather than hardline genres in those cases.

the point is that when I want to listen to Electro I don't want something like Ratatat coming up: they're not Electro. this would be impossible if I just tagged anything and everything that uses synths as 'Electronica', a genre which doesn't even exist. when I want to listen to tough guy I don't want to hear As I Lay Dying come on, but this would be impossible if I tagged it all as metalcore.

the truth is, subgenres are not things people pull out of their asses to sound pretentious. There is a distinct difference between brutal death metal and melodic death metal, between hardcore and punk, between electroclash and electro.
 
Personally, I would prefer the long winded explanation.
As a music loving person, I like discussing music so the more I can talk about it, the better. Why would I cut that short by by saying "Post Punk" or whatever when I have a chance to have a longer musical discussion?
 
Doom metal varies? Ok so how is this so? Again; i'm not picking holes, I genuinely would like to know. Faster,slower, heavy, light-these things are variations on the same scene. Is classical music showing influence. Are these banRAB warranting new tags bringing anything genuinely new to the genre?
 
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