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Originally Posted by ire_works and if they're playing seven string guitars , the immediately get my respect  |
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Originally Posted by Naren My band used to be metal - a kind of thrashy death metally black metally thing - until about a month ago... because I cut my hair... Our music hasn't changing at all. In fact, the new song I wrote after I cut my hair was the most technical song in the band so far and one of the most aggressive and dischordant. And then the other guitarist who has a buzz-cut introduced a 2 and a half minute long grindcore-brutal-deathmetal masterpiece and for cheese-sake, I based the lyrics on zombie movies.
But we're not metal anymore... because I cut my hair. |
noones saying that your not metal with short hair, but the two do go together.
Also, technicality =/= metal. There is technical metal, but the two aren't exclusive. As many have said, for the most part technical players are playing their instruments, not music.