Sleet wrote:That's a lot less cool than I expected it to be, to be honest.
I happened to think it was awesome. But it might be more because I can't stand Korn, and like, I feel that if it was just Korn the song would be way worse than it actually is. Oh and:
Sleet wrote:I don't mind dubstep, aesthetically speaking, but I think there's a severe lack of flexibility and variety. It's like they tried to make an entire genre out of a cool sound effect.
I wouldn't be surprised. A lot of genres are build this way. What is Drum and Bass, if not an entire genre built around the Amen Break? Or Goregrind, which is basically an entire genre that is just "Grindcore, except silly lyrics."
Daggy wrote:What you're talking about is the silly "Brostep" that a bunch of frat boys picked up and got popular, all based around the drop. Dubstep originally sounded a LOT different, a few years ago.
And by "a lot different" you mean "a lot worse."
I'm biased of course because I have a preference for heavy distortion, dirty sounds and overall heaviness, regardless of genre. I like my guitars detuned and distorted, I like my hip hop to be hard and dirty, my electronica to be harsh and dissonant with high BPM. Oldschool dubstep from years ago I find tremendously boring and repetitive for being so slow and not harsh. Loudness, higher tempos, and distortion kind of distract me from repetitiveness, so I like the modern Dubstep much better.
I do get annoyed though with the "brostep" moniker and the idea that some modern dubstep producers are focusing on the wrong things, missing the point, or otherwise selling out to be mainstream. Genres evolve. That's all there is to it.
I also find it odd that you speak negatively about modern dubstep when Skrillex is most definitely in that camp, and you just posted a song by him.