| I used to be a massive death metal noob. When general consensus told me an album was good, I listened and agreed without really thinking for myself. I saw bands like Amon Amarth, Nile, Beyond Creation, Rings of Saturn, Revocation, etc. all being praised highly by everyone and I thought to myself, "Man, they must be good because everyone loves them", and I pretended to like them too, even when I had issues with the music, I tried to ignore it and think, "no, it's objectively good". But then one day I stopped trying to do that, and I started thinking for myself. Now when I make criticisms of bands like these, I'm dubbed an elitist, or a try hard, or edgy, or a guy just trying to get approval from other elitists: no. No, BEFORE I started criticising these bands, that's when I was being a try-hard, trying to win the approval of others by saying, "Hey, I like these bands too!", but when I suddenly grow into my own tastes and discover my own opinions, that's when I'm the fake, posing elitist? rNo, go fuck yourself. |
