Talk:The Black Dahlia Murder (band)

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INSTEAD OF GENRE DEBATING LIKE RETARDS

Why don't we just say "TBDM is an Extreme Metal band" and then add a genre section to the article?

96.234.65.135 (talk) 09:22, 24 January 2009 (UTC) Jack Bauar

There's a "style" section which would be the same use as a genre section. Well saying they are an extreme metal band would mean they combine black, death, thrash and sometimes doom metal and they surely don't. A band that would suit that tag well is Cradle of Filth. Leaving it as melodic death metal / metalcore is easier. FireCrystal (talk) 22:03, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Wrong. Extreme Metal can be ANY of those genres. And they certainly combine (even if very small) elements of Death, Black, and Thrash.

96.234.65.135 (talk) 23:12, 24 January 2009 (UTC) Jack Bauar

Of course extreme metal can be any of those genres. I really meant to say that extreme metal is an umbrella term for generalizing those genres such as on a band page. Cradle of Filth is hard to define so extreme metal was the best choice. Saying a band is heavy metal when they have subgenres of progressive, thrash, speed, and power metal would be used to generalize their multitude of genres. Though the band's elements of black and thrash is up for debate if any reviewer/etc at all said they had some of those elements. Metalcore is not always associated with extreme metal, while melodic death is but it would still be better to leave it as is. You might get even more people screwing around with it if we used extreme metal so just revert it on spot. Besides a consensus/agreement was reached. FireCrystal (talk) 23:32, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I understand a consensus was reached, and I (as well as hundreds of other people) completely, 100% disagree with the verdict. TBDM is not a metalcore band. They sound like a Gothenburg Melodeath band. Their DEMOS were metalcore. So if anything the opening sentence should not have metalcore in it, and them we put "Metalcore (earlier works)" in the infobox. The only reason we're at such a debate is because of danteferno. He never adds anything to an artice. HE ALWAYS just fucks up a perfectly fine article. (This isn't the first time he went trigger-happy with metalcore on an article.) Oh and before you guys start whining "NO PERSONAL ATTACKS", I'm not making a personal attack. I'm just stating a fact.

96.234.65.135 (talk) 06:42, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Jack Bauar

I have removed "metalcore" and "melodic death metal" from the genres section for the time being. This is not due to any personal feelings I have on the band or their music: I've actually never much listened to them. I removed them because they were given with non reliable sources: one was metal blade, and a band's own label is not a reliable source on their genre; the other was an interview with "Way Too Loud". Whether such a source could be considered reliable at all is debatable, and in this case it certainly can't for "metalcore", because only the band themselves use that term, and even then jokingly. If anyone wants to add more genres, do it with good sources please. I realise there has been significant debate on the genre already; however, I can't bring myself to trawl through so many trolls/flames/personal attacks to find the occasional solid message. If sources were turned up in the discussion here, all you have to do is put them onto the page itself. Prophaniti (talk) 23:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

THEY'RE NOT METALCORE!!!

And I'm removing the metalcore genre since the source is invalid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.220.252.190 (talk) 19:34, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

The genre debate is an old topic and consensus has already been reached, so your disagreement is irrelevant. In addition, removing referenced sources is blanking, a form of WP:VANDALISM. --Danteferno (talk) 16:24, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

With all due respect, consensus can change. We don't have to model ourselves off the IPCC soapbox.--WaltCip (talk) 18:37, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Genre box

(2FireCrystal) I am confused as to why you're confused? Is it because of the long-running genre disagreement? or is it that you don't feel a genre box in a band's article who plays within that genre is appropriate? But then, why would you think that?  ^{.`</sup>^) Paine Ellsworth<sup>diss`cuss} (^^`.  21:21, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

The genre debate is irrelevant here so lets look at it with this point of view: ever seen a featured band article with one? FireCrystal (talk) 22:49, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

A featured band article with a genre box? Well, no. Guess we never will. Of course a good point in your favor might be that a band like this one covers more than one specific genre, so perhaps you're right.  ^{.`</sup>^) Paine Ellsworth<sup>diss`cuss} (^^`.  05:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Also, genre boxes shouldn't be anywhere else but on an article about a music genre. FireCrystal (talk) 05:54, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

apparent genre debate?

so loads of talk about the concensus that was reached in some debate, alot of good it is if noone can see the debate to know why this was agreed. and in my opinion the sources for metalcore is a load of shite.The-deejjj (talk) 14:17, 3 August 2009 (UTC) surfing around i can find only good sources for death metal and deathcore, revolver and metal hammer, but nothing reliable for metalcoreThe-deejjj (talk) 14:25, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Genre debate

so...like The-deej said, apparently there was a consensus on the genre debate? To add my opinion, I cannot see in any way how TBDM can be called a metalcore band. I have listened to basically all their stuff and it seems apparent that they are death metal. Metalcore isn't as aggressive/intense (better wording?) and also includes clean vocals. Example of metalcore bands are All That Remains, Trivium, As I Lay Dying, early Avenged Sevenfold, Demon Hunter, The Devil Wears Prada, Killswitch Engage, Protest the Hero, etc. Death metal sounds like DevilDriver, At the Gates, Here Comes the Kraken, In Flames, Behemoth, Echovirus, early All That Remains etc. Now, which does TBDM sound more like? cheese (talk) 23:18, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

You didn't know there was an archives section in the talk page? [[1]]. One example from that crazy archive (where several trolls/derelicts of Wikipolicy didn't get their way) User talk:Kameejl provided excellent rationale for the metalcore labeling of TBDM:

• reliable sources state they are metalcore
• the band agrees they have hardcore influences
• band members play/have played in (other) death-/metalcore bands
• they will tour/have toured with death metal/metalcore hybrid bands (The Red Chord, Job for a Cowboy, Lynchmada and others). Again, what a band "sounds like" is POV. I could say Dimmu Borgir sound like gothic metal because they use symphonics - doesn't make it true. --Danteferno (talk) 00:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Ok...thanks for giving me the points but: first death metal is technically "hardcore" unless you mean hardcore punk. Second, the types of bands that they play in doesn't make that their other bands genre (for example Tim McIlrath of Rise Against was in a metalcore band. That doesn't make Rise Against's genre metalcore). Third, the bands that they tour with doesn't define their genre (e.g. All That Remains once toured with Divine Heresy, a melodic death metal band, while touring in support of their album The Fall of Ideals). cheese (talk) 03:01, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

"Hardcore influences" obviously meant hardcore punk influences. TBDM's frontman admitted to such influences in an interview, and that the way they carry themselves is "more punk". And yes, bands/genres a group cites as influences and tours with says much about what genre(s) a group belongs to. (And btw, one of Divine Heresy's genres is cited as deathcore, not just melodic death metal. In fact, more sources on the page point to deathcore.) Even Metal Blade (TBDM's own record label) promoted TBDM as "hardcore-influenced death metal". Such a descriptor is not going to be used on any "solid" death metal band. Now change back to "heavy metal/metalcore" or just "American band" on the opening paragraph, this dispute doesn't need 3P comment or admin intervention, it's just you pushing POV. --Danteferno (talk) 04:17, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

So like i said...you never see articles with multiple genres at the beginning, and even if you did, all would be included not just one. All are in the infobox. It is pointless to add them especially when heavy metal relates to the others. Just leave it. cheese (talk) 23:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

"Heavy metal" and "metalcore" are related, but wholly separate. One's a genre, and one's a combination genre. There are two separate articles. It looks like admin intervention will be at hand, it's unfortunate POV pushing is your rationale of debate. --Danteferno (talk) 17:16, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

DO YOU NOT CALL THIS DEBATING??!! And yes, I know there are two separate articles. But you don't see other people saying "TBDM IS A HEAVY METAL/MELODIC DEATH METAL/DEATHCORE/METALCORE BAND." That is because it's really not needed. It is all in the infobox, not the beginning of the article. And the citation I removed went to an error on the site when I clicked on it. Also, just to let you know, you are the only one saying that they are metalcore... cheese (talk) 23:03, 27 August 2009 (UTC)