Posts tagged emo
Posts tagged emo
What the hell is going on here? What is this? Is that supposed to be a reference to Jim Morrison? Do these children even know who Jim Morrison even was? Mostly, why is it so terrible? Help me Wikipedia you’re my only hope.
“Exit Ten are an alternative metal band fro-” Oh lord, last time I cared what ‘alternative metal’ even means it meant Melvin and the Helmets and such (I am old). Sorry, go on.
“Exit Ten are part of the ‘New Wave of British Metalcore’” Shut up Wikipedia, you are so crazy with your made up words. What the hell is metalcore oh god I feel the regret already it burns.
“Metalcore is a fusion genre incorporating elements of hardcore punk and extreme metal. The name is a portman-“ Ok fine Professor Buzzkill that’s enough. I’ll take it from here.
Here is the main thing that is bad in this song and by extension this ‘metalcores’ business: the crushing, suffocating self-seriousness of it all. I understand that to them this is not a joke, but shouldn’t they have enough self-awareness to realize how silly it all is, even a little bit? Pretending to be lying dead with a spreading pool of fake blood? Are they 13 year old girls? Oh right, their target audience are.
Dear 13 year old girls. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.