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   From: imnot@home.com   
      
   On 24 May 2005 22:54:53 GMT,  wrote:   
      
   >Apparently, "subRoutine@mmx.ca"  wrote in   
   >news:6ij4915mlothgu5olcpud632vnqmfimpe5@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> Between Goth and Death Metal, I can name numerous Goth bands that have   
   >> plenty of creative genius behind them while Death Metal has less than a   
   >> handful.   
   >   
   >Sadly, none that I'd actually want to listen to. Does The Cure count?   
      
   They suck.   
   >   
   >> Goth tends to more expansive while Death Metal tends to be   
   >> limited.   
   >   
   >In what sense is goth 'expansive'? What 'limits' death metal?   
      
   Style?   
   >   
   >> Had it not been for bands like Iron Maiden who pioneered the   
   >> first speed metal sounds with their pre-Dickinson records ("Killers"),   
   >   
   >Speed metal sounds?   
   >First speed metal sounds?   
   >   
   >I wish you were trying to be funny.   
   >   
   >> then Black Metal and Death Metal bands would not have existed.   
   >   
   >Hahahahahaha. And if you had a time machine, you could kill Hitler and   
   >Jesus.   
   >   
   >> On the   
   >> other hand, Goth is a culmination of the post-punk era and is derived   
   >> from numerous sounds across the spectrum.   
   >   
   >The same can be said of lots of genres, sillypants.   
   >   
   >> Goth tends to be more   
   >> versatile and more reliant on musicianship than the screechings of   
   >> incoherent guitar solos and the terribly cliched off-key yelps of some   
   >> Kronos-of-Venom-wannabee.   
   >   
   >And that's why your average death metal musician can shred your average   
   >goth band's doors off, yes, John Henry?   
      
      
      
      
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