Viva Emptiness' relative dumbness compared to other Katatonia albums is marginal on its own terms, let alone compared to Withering vs. DSS/Arche

Ew katatonia why

More like skatatonia

we do not stan mall doom itt

Literally would rather jam sleep token

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"we do not stan mall doom itt"



Speak for yourself

sleep token are the natural heirs to the genre it's incredible how neatly katatonia had the path laid out for them

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Tbh what even is mallcore

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"Tbh what even is mallcore"



It's an elitist term used to describe "poser" metal genres like nu-metal and groove metal



Just look up Sepultura's Roots on Metal Archives, and you'll see the term thrown around like nobody's business

metalcore as invented by atreyu for early 00s commercial boom

nu-metal can be largely included in mallcore if the choruses are pop, groove metal defs predates it and, if not, has a distinct sound courtesy of thrash

unless someone wants to argue that Lamb of God are mallcore gawd we could be here all day

“ elitist”

*patrician

Lamb of god is probably mallcore

I don’t think we need to seek too much nuance here, if it’s metal that can be found in hot topic or can be safely attributed the “alt” descriptor in any capacity it’s pretty much mallcore

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"or can be safely attributed the “alt” descriptor in any capacity"



I don't necessarily agree with that part. After all, I wouldn't consider first-wave alt metal bands like Helmet or Jane's Addiction to be mallcore in any way

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Damn

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I’d rather be a plebeian than a patrician



Less rules, more freedom



Also idk Potsy that’d make Primus mallcore and the idea of that makes me kinda mad

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Alt metal is more listenable than like 80% of “trve metal” honestly but hey

What the fuck did I just say about nuance Kris

Primus is mallcore

Metallica and iron maiden etc can be found at hot topic so they are now the original mallcore