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The "hey, like what you want to like" wasn't directed at you.
It was directed at the hardcore fans who will come into this thread and bite my heads off.
I explained why I think it has no thought behind it, but once again:
1. Tracks lack complexity. There are usually only two, maybe three percussive elements. If there is any complexity, it's drowned out by square wave kicks.
2. "Melodies" are often 5-6 notes repeating over and over for the whole song, with a slight variation at the end of a bar or phrase.
3. Build ups are almost never carefully constructed, just simple drum rolls that appear out of no where, and when the song "drops", it goes back to exactly where it was before, which brings me to my next point...
4. Tracks seem to lack progression. The first minute of tracks is often exactly the same as minute or two later. Breakdowns are never special, they usually just involve subtracting an element from the track.
5. If vocals are present, no attempt is usually made to obtain someone who can actually sing. If they can, the words themselves are cheesy and bland (I suppose this applies to happy hardcre more than other hard genres) examples: "get on up", "come on dj", "hands in the air".
6. Track to track, they are all fast and hard, which of course is the idea of the genre, however every genre should still have some tracks that are comparatively laid back, for earlier in the night or as a bridge between two big hits.
Besides all that, I just plain think the music sounds terrible. Most of the melodies sound like an amplified mosquito a or a child being hurt badly and screaming their lungs out.
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