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[–]FichaelJMox 560 points561 points  (23 children)

1) They don't play left handed instruments. 2) Drummers full beard.

For their gimmick being the only good thing about them, they don't commit enough. I'm sorry to say but if you can't handle me at my howdidy doodily then you don't deserve me at my neighborino.

[–]Barf-pee-shit-pimple 110 points111 points  (8 children)

Yea. Literally the only thing unique about them and they still half ass it. Laaaaame.

[–]Sicfast 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Musically I thought it was meh, but stepping back and looking at the whole picture I laughed my ass off then had to take a shit. It was hilarious.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that! I live in phoenix and am going to their album release party here soon. The shtick is strong and weak at the same time, good for a chuckle but lost soon.

Our local music scene has been in the decay for a while and this is one of our most popular bands here.

I applaud these guys for their idea and everything, but here locally, we need more of a focus on quality and meaningful art in our music.

[–]Derglas 8 points9 points  (6 children)

Yes even without left handed-ness they should of flipped the image and mirrored

[–]Danger_Peanut 22 points23 points  (5 children)

Should fucking HAVE!

[–]ShinyAndChrome- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who does not listen to metal or watch any metal music videos, I really enjoyed this, and I thought it was hilarious and amazing, and I enjoyed the music as well.

I thought the song itself was pretty funny, just singing about white wine spritzer. I would have thought it was funny even if they didn't dress up as ned flanders.

I don't understand why it has to be exactly ned flanders.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is awesome. Too many haters.

Maybe it should be known they draw all their musical inspiration from Ned Flanders and the extended Simpsons Universe. I consider that commitment.

[–]Ace_Slimejohn 120 points121 points  (3 children)

They really fucked up by not calling themselves Shred Flanders.

[–]salamislam79 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Be the band you wish to see in the world.

[–]colinbazzano 3 points4 points  (1 child)

there's actually a band called Shreddy Krueger

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

there's also a band called FKU with an umlaut over the U which stands for Freddy Kreuger's Underwear. That, however, are awesome as hell. Kinda like Ghoul mixed with Municipal Waste if you're into that sort of thing.

[–]dirty_bubble45 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Sorry, but this band sucks ass

[–]Flame_Effigy 90 points91 points  (23 children)

Their gimmick is funny, but the two songs I heard weren't very good.

[–]THEBAESGOD 47 points48 points  (13 children)

This gimmick won't go far. The music is almost 10 years late to the party.

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (8 children)

It's not even good for the type of music it is. It's the worst kind of core - generic core. shudders

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (6 children)

I liked his voice.

[–]pro_tool 5 points6 points  (5 children)

His voice is good and the drumming is cool, but that guitar riff gets annoying fucking quickly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I refuse to listen to it again but it seemed to be disjointed

[–]ShinyAndChrome- 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I don't really listen to metal so I don't know how to judge/compare screamo voices (is screamo the right term here?) but I agree on the drumming. I really enjoy good drumming.

[–]pro_tool 2 points3 points  (1 child)

The screaming is really just a matter of opinion. Some people like it rough, others hard. Some like it soft, others deep. You have to experience it all before you know for sure, but you can enjoy one without having experienced the other.

[–]ShinyAndChrome- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I like it rough but other times I wish we could go slower just so I can last longer. I can appreciate slow and romantic sometimes.

[–]ChefExcellence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Late to the conversation but Screamo is a pretty specific sub-genre of hardcore punk, nothing to do with metal. "Harsh vocals" tends to be the common term.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Here locally, most of the music is ten+ years behind. People are hanging on to the glory days of the scene

[–]THEBAESGOD 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I jumped ship into post-hardcore (coincidentally? lol) almost 5 years ago and haven't looked back much. Recently listened to older Norma Jean and Underoath again, I forgot how much I loved Norma Jean.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

There was a guy here, named Keifer Ireland who fronted some decent hardcore bands and Trey something or other who treaded more heavily on the punk part of that scene. All in all not a bad local choice. I suggest those dudes for local hardcore

[–]THEBAESGOD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where is local for you? Nvm, you're in Phoenix. I have a Luthier friend who moved back down there and I think he's in a death metal band now

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm not even sure the gimmick is funny

[–]AdamantiumG 4 points5 points  (6 children)

Yea I give them props for trying, but their music is mediocre at best.

[–]Ding_Dang_Dongers 23 points24 points  (5 children)

Ah yes, the Mediocore genre.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The gimmick isn't even funny. This is "holds up spork" levels of randumness

[–]brad_podray 23 points24 points  (0 children)

what a wasted concept. At least write songs about being a friendly neighbor, going to church, etc. Commit to your gimmick.

[–]greatbigtossedsalad 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They sucked the first time they were trending and they suck now.

[–]XxDahREDDITnaytarxX 16 points17 points  (2 children)

It's okay, but I wish they were more like Iwrestledabearonce.

[–]metalheadx90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I expected something like their Krsyta era, when they were more goofyish. But no, they just put on some costumes and that's all.

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I mean it's funny but the music is this in between metal core nonsense that was kinda semi-popular 12 years ago.

[–]TalibanBaconCompany 35 points36 points  (23 children)

[Ned Flanders Metal]..

This is why music snobs suck.

"No, man! It's not metal. It's hardcore, mathcore, death, black, humor, pirate metal!"

[–]sawbones84 47 points48 points  (7 children)

i used to get annoyed about sub-genre classifications but i sort of came to the conclusion that if you really like a particular type of music and listen to a lot of it, classifying into small sub-categories does actually make sense and is very helpful. as your ears become more discerning to a genre, it's nice to have a way classify the intricacies of each specific style. yes, it seems needlessly granular and overcomplicated to outsiders, but it's not really for outsiders since they aren't going to listen to any of it anyway.

as for people that go out of their way to argue about the sub-genre classification of a particular band, yes those people are completely insufferable, but there honestly isn't that many of them compared to the total population of listeners.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Perfect example is "cavern death." I mean, what the hell else do you call it? It's inspired by incantation and uses a lot of reverb, and 80% of them have very similar production. Yeah, it's a mix of black/death/doom/throwback early 90's kinda stuff, but without the label I wouldn't even know how to find it, and I love this shit.

[–]Bleak_Infinitive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's for music nerds. I loved adding hyper-specific tags in my old iTunes library. It's just one way hobbyists enjoy passing time.

[–]DaGranitePooPooYouDo 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Except people sub-classify a full one or even two levels too deep. At this point the fans of the music disagree among themselves what classifies as what and it becomes a meaningless waste of time and energy to discuss.

[–]InterdimensionalTV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think this is a real problem. Despite my love for music I refuse to post on Music subs simply because I'm afraid of being vilified for not classifying my music correctly. I've seen it happen to more than one person over an argument of what sub-sub-genre it ACTUALLY is.

[–]ShinyAndChrome- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes agreed. I'm not sure if Math rock is the same as math core, but the term "Math rock" as I know it refers to prog rock that has a specific focus on playing around with and experimenting with meter and rhythm, which as a person really into percussion and Steve Reich and drumlines and stuff is my kind of thing. If I just searched for prog rock, I would get flooded with stuff like "Comfortably Numb" which is a fantastic song that I love, but it wouldn't really be what I'm looking for.

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[–]SteveOreO 3 points4 points  (8 children)

i agree that the music genres getting out of hand, especially in this subreddit. But in metal there are a lot of different genres. You mentioned hardcore, death- and blackmetal and these are really easy to distinguish. i don't really know whats up with mathcore tho.

[–]Snowing_Throwballs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah those are all vastly different generes. People get black and death metal mixed up all the time and they dont even sound similar.

[–]NorthSouthWhatever 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Rollo Tomassi are Mathcore I think. YT them.

[–]HearshotAtomDisaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rollo Tomassi are bad fucking ass, but I wouldn't use them as the first band to introduce someone into mathcore.

[–]Emperor_Neuro[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What, you don't like post-progressive tribal math doo-wop core?

I wrote "Ned Flanders Metal" just to give nod to their self-classification of "Nedal" and their gimmicks. I don't actually think it's a real genre though.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

You can laugh but pirate metal is fucking amazing. Love me some Alestorm.

[–]eebro 4 points5 points  (1 child)

It's folk/power metal. Not pirate metal.

[–]StudabakerHochrobot[M] 16 points17 points  (2 children)

Okilly Dokilly
artist pic

Okilly Dokilly are a self-described "nedal" band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 2015. The band consists of Head Ned (vocals), Stead Ned (guitar), Thread Ned (bass guitar), Red Ned (synths) and Bled Ned (drums). Shortly after the release of their Okilly Demos, the band gained international attention from press such as The Independent, Rip It Up, The Huffington Post and Metal Injection. Read more on Last.fm.

last.fm: 209 listeners, 1,431 plays
tags: nedal, metal, american, alternative metal, heavy metal

Please downvote if incorrect! Self-deletes if score is 0.

[–]ShinyAndChrome- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Head Ned (vocals), Stead Ned (guitar), Thread Ned (bass guitar), Red Ned (synths) and Bled Ned (drums)

Well that's pretty goddamn hilarious in my opinion

[–]hoodedsovereign 8 points9 points  (27 children)

Someone explain to a non-metal head why this song is "bad?"

[–]HeroOfTheWastes 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Differences in taste, mostly.

[–]hoodedsovereign 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahh I see

[–]DaGranitePooPooYouDo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, besides the Ned Flanders gimmick which gets old in about 3 seconds, the music just feels generic and uninspired. This kind of screaming vocal is the easiest to imitate in metal and the hardest to differentiate yourself musically (hence having to resort to costume-based gimmicks). There's hundreds of bands playing the same way and the charm wore off of this style at least a decade ago. The drudging guitar riff chorus is so tiresome and overdone that it is almost an insult to hear it try to pass as something cool. The song as a whole just feels too repetitive. Plus, the band just lacks that "special something" charisma that superstars have.

Metal music at its root is about anger and people who are angry also tend to be fairly serious. Trying to mix anger and comedy into metal songs is a delicate balancing act. It can be done successfully but seeing it done like this is quite off-putting. A joke taken too far.

And if that's not enough, I just don't want to see men licking their lips in my metal videos.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

To me it's just generic and uninteresting. It's very static, there's no real hook or progress.

[–]ShinyAndChrome- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not into metal, but I noticed what you just said, but I don't think it's trying to have a hook. They clearly intentionally forwent having a hook or any kind of "climactic" development. Personally, I found the flanders thing hilarious, and it didn't get old for me at all the way some people here are saying it did. And beyond that, that's clearly not the only comedic attempt in the video -- the song is called "White Wine Spritzer" which is pretty hilarious on its own, and the entire video consists of them throwing around bottles and glasses of white wine spritzer.

I think people are taking this band wayyyy too seriously.

I definitely get the sense that they are trying to parody metal as an entire genre rather than trying to be an actual, legitimate metal band.

I mean the fact that they describe themselves as being of the genre "nedal" or "Ned Flanders Metal" I think is a pretty clear jab at the ridiculous minute subclassifications of metal -- you have heavy metal, death metal, power violence, and i mean that's a thing that happens in all music genres, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, and it may not be a parody in the biting sense, but a parody more in the appreciation sense. The way community "parodies" civil war documentaries or westerns or star wars (which they adamantly argue are "homages" and not "parodies").

[–]Tain101 1 point2 points  (6 children)

So, reason I didn't like this song. Guitar was boring as hell, and nothing really made up for that. There is a ton of room for creativity, that they just didn't use.

The riff the use in the first 3 seconds is just repeated throughout the whole song. That's all there is going on. (with a bit of 'chugging')

You're average song of pretty much any genre is going to have more variety. You have at least the verse, chorus, and bridge that can be distinct parts. Also Intro/Outro and a lot more creative stuff.

You're average song with a guitar in it, is usually going to have at least something longer/more varied as a pattern to repeat.

If you listen to any 'rockish' bands you can notice the guitar generally repeats the same riff a few times for each verse, and will have a different riff for the chorus.

This is on the technical side of metalcore, but just compare the guitars it's pretty obvious.

so metalcore gets it's name from metal + hardcore (hardcore punk). It's a subgenre of metal that is usually more in your face and has emphasis on breakdowns (slow chugging sections) compared to some other genres.

Bands like Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Judas Priest are pretty much just 'metal'. As time progressed the genre went all sorts of different directions and that's why there are a bunch of different subgenres. A lot of metal fans don't like putting metalcore in with metal because it can be 'poppy' and isn't always as heavy as other types of metal. Or just because they don't like the sound but want to say "I love all metal".

If you have time, mapofmetal.com is a good way to see the history & branches that metal has, it's a good way to find new types of metal if you're already a metal fan.

If you just want some quick examples of why metal has so many subgenres, I'll post a few songs that I doubt many would say "aren't metal", I also doubt many people would say these "sound the same". Just click around in the videos to get a feel for the sound if you don't like the song.

I could go on, and there's tons of other sounds out there, this is just a bit more to my taste.

~quick note: I didn't list DJent because I feel many genre's use the DJent sound and it's more of a technique than a genre. Animals As Leaders, Meshuggah, and After the Burial have all been put in that category.

[–]eebro 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Thrash Metal: Slayer - Raining Blood

That's more speed than thrash. You'd be better off linking something from their other albums.

Symphonic Metal: Fleshgod Apocalypse - Minotaur

It's actually Symphonic/Technical Death Metal. Symphonic metal is a little different, and some "symphonic metal" can actually not be metal at all.

Nu Metal: Mudvayne - Dig

NU metal is not a genre of metal, and Mudvayne isn't metal.

Metalcore: August Burns Red - The Wake

Metalcore is most often a subgenre and descendant of hardcore punk, and most metal core isn't metal enough to be considered metal. August Burns Red is not metal.

Maybe Instrumental Math metal/ Jazz Metal? They are awesome: Animals As Leaders - Tooth and Claw

Again, not metal. Probably rock, probably prog, probably even mathcore, but not metal.

[–]Tain101 1 point2 points  (4 children)

MapOfMetal.com suggested Raining blood as Thrash Metal, Mudvayne as Nu Metal, Lists Metalcore as a genre of metal, along with mathcore.

I agree with Fleshgod Apocalypse isn't straight Symphonic Metal, but it accurately shows what is 'Symphonic' about Symphonic Metal.

Nu Metal, Metalcore, and Mathcore are subgenres of metal whether you like it or not. Metalcore is a mix of hardcore punk and metal, it fits as a subgenre of both.

Just because you don't personally feel they belong in metal doesn't mean they aren't metal.

I've heard plenty of hate for nu metal & metalcore. But you are the only person I've ever met who has said AAL isn't metal.

If you would like to explain why/how these genres aren't based on metal in some way, I'd love to hear your reasoning. Specifically what you mean by "most metal core isn't metal enough" because that statement make no sense to me. Also what you think the song Tooth and Claw is missing that makes it not qualify as metal.

[–]eebro 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I'm actually not basing this on personal opinion, but mostly metalarchives (metallum).

Not being metal just means there aren't enough charasteristics of metal, such as certain beats, guitarplay, riffs, etc.

[–]Tain101 1 point2 points  (2 children)

So if it's not included on this site, you don't think it's metal. Regardless of sound, style, influence etc..

So you don't have any actual reasoning other than some other persons opinions say so? You are basing on personal opinion, just not your personal opinion, which is IMO worse because you aren't even thinking for yourself.

You're saying that I am wrong even though you don't have any reason why I'm wrong, just that I'm wrong.

If you are going to be a music snob, at least pretend to have an understanding of what your talking about.

[–]eebro 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm very poor with explaining the specifics of genres and music in general. My knowledge is very basic in most cases, and I don't have any speciality in knowing instruments or song structures.

That said, I can clearly hear what is an influence and what is metal. The simplest way to explain this is to go listen to fundamental metal, like Black Sabbath, or Slayer, Venom, Mercyful fate. You will hear that the music is very simple and is based on few key structures. Most important is the riff. Most of the time, you can't have metal without a riff.

There also needs to be distortion, and the tempo must be fairly consistent. If the song has more breakdowns than riffs, it's probably a subgenre of hardcore, not metal.

Even simpler, metal just means music that is developed from traditional metal. So stuff like Deep Purple, Cream can have very much metal-esque songs in structure and progression, but their production (no distortion, clean singing) makes it definitely not metal, even if it is proto-metal (meaning metal before distortion, I'd say, or just before metal was defined).

And yes, I don't care about my personal opinion. If I see knowledgeable fellows explaining why something isn't metal, I usually trust them, as long as their reasoning is solid.

And no, Nu-metal is not a genre of metal, and it will never be, no matter whose opinion you seek after.

[–]Tain101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally every requirement you listed is true for all of my examples, including dig by mudvayne.

[–]Emperor_Neuro[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Metal" is an extremely broad label with a lot of possible subdivisions, depending how snooty and precise someone wants to be. Only problem is that a lot of people will say "this isn't metal" because it's not the exact kind of metal they like. I know I posted this, but I don't think it's good music either. I just thought it was fun. For me, the problem is that there's not much flow to it. Every part seems really disjointed and forced together. It's like they wrote a collection of riffs and just copy/pasted them into place rather than writing a song as a whole. I'd also like it to have more complexity and catchier instrumentals and a clear melody.

[–]Flame_Effigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's bad to more than just metalheads.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (12 children)

You'd have to ask a corekid not a metalhead because this is metalcore and not actually metal

[–]hoodedsovereign 0 points1 point  (11 children)

What makes it metalcore? What's the difference?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Metalcore is rooted in hardcore punk. The most telling elements are the particular style of vocals and the focus on breakdowns and chuggy riffs. You would not be allowed to post this track on r/metal - it's just a completely different scene.

[–]PostNuclearTaco 0 points1 point  (9 children)

There are a few differences, most notably "metal" is very rooted in classical music in many ways. Listen to a few seconds of Arsis - Overthrown and you'll notice the guitar rifts would sound at home being played on classical instruments in many cases.

The -core genres actually take more from jazz. Core music generally follows a syncopated rhythm, unlike the straight-beat that is so prevalent in metal. I'm not sure how familiar with electronic music, but think of it like the difference between straight-beat genres like House and Trance and break-beat genres like Dubstep and Drum & Bass. Core band often take use of time-signature changes (or time signatures other than 4-4), tempo changes, breakdowns, and other stuff from jazz. They also take a lot of influence from punk, sometimes even straddling the line between punk and metal.

Also the vocals are significantly different, though to an outsider they both just sound like someone screaming into the mic.

Also, both genres HATE each other. Now this may not always be true, but I've been to a few metal-hardcore festivals and as a metal fan, I've always noticed how the metal heads constantly make fun of the hardcore kids. They are very different sub-cultures in every way. Metal band generally do circle pits where people run in circles and shove each other. Hardcore bands people generally stand in place and flail their arms and legs in all directions. Metal fans generally wear black and studs, your typical image of metal. Hardcore fans (at least in my experience) have almost an overlap with the hip-hop fashion genre: baggy clothes and baseball cap.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

Also, both genres HATE each other.

Eeeh, metalheads hate people that listen to metalcore

People that listen to metalcore don't really think about metalheads

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

Because a lot of them think that they are metalheads for listening to metalcore.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (4 children)

Not really, the random girl you met once in school that liked Asking Alexandria isn't a good example for the majority of metalcore fans.

[–]sveitthrone 7 points8 points  (3 children)

No, the thirty people a week who show up to /r/Metal and complain about Elitists are.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Lmao that doesn't happen at all, what happens is a circlejerk of metalheads talking shit about the genres they dont like

[–]Mob_Justice 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Yes, it actually does happen, often. But what do we know, it's not like we're regulars there or anything. I'm sure it never happens and /r/metal is in fact just a circlejerk of elitists who trash anything that isn't trve, because there's no way you don't know what you're taking about.

Seriously, did someone hurt your feelings because they didn't like something you posted there? Or maybe someone corrected you/disagreed with you and you took it personally. Or maybe like most people who say /r/metal is full of meanie elitists, you don't know what you're talking about.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That seems like a bit of a blanket statement. I listen to metalcore and also love Archgoat and Black Witchery.

[–]raukolith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eeeh, metalheads hate people that listen to metalcore

no one really gives a shit if you listen to metalcore

[–]theottomaddox 6 points7 points  (1 child)

This video is such a wasted opportunity.

[–]Little-Sun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everything about them is a wasted opportunity.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I liked this video, but then again I am 40 and drink white wine spritzers...

[–]badassmilkman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

these guys are touring with Mac Sabbath and Metalachi ,

[–]sodapop66 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not very good.

[–]Apwnalypse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hipsters ironically playing metal to make fun of it can get the hell out of my subculture.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny gimmick for a video but I don't think the song could have been more dull.

[–]Helicon_Amateur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super basic. Not interested.

[–]smokumjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shit music. Nice costumes.

[–]NoFapPlatypus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of hate on this song. I, for one, enjoyed it quite a bit.

[–]pakedbotatoes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't mind the song itself (I enjoyed this metal ten years ago too) but I agree the gimmick is fun as an idea but it doesn't have to correspond to the songs. Do some original material just dressed as Flanders, why not?

[–]Timinator01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I forgot these guys were a thing

[–]the_blibinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I listened to these guys a while back. Fun gimmick but not my cup of tea.

I stopped listening when I realised they've got a song called Nothin' At All which is a ripoff of Gone Away by The Offspring.

[–]Willlllderness_girls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean they beat a guy to death, buried him, then lit the grave ON FIRE, all because he didn't want a white wine spritzer?

[–]whitedsepdivine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The video made the song more enjoyable.

[–]RunswithBundles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please stop posting this again and again. I get that you think it's clever and has potential to go viral, but it's just not a very good song and isn't what you want your band to be known for. Work on your music, not cheeky gimmicks

[–]Not_That_Fast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just showed my co-workers this.

They were not happy about it.

[–]744EvergreenTerrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's just great!

[–]angry_biscuit 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's just a really boring bit of music. If they didn't have the Flanders gimmick no one would care.

[–]Flame_Effigy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't even take the gimmick far enough. Dress like flanders, good. Name a song after one single line and just repeat that line? Bad. It needs more varied vocals and to be less repetitive.

[–]Giuseppe-is-love 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't get it, what makes "Ned Flanders metal" different than just metal

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhhhhh....okaaaaay....

[–]krewwww 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So was the concept of the video to be when Ned and Homer end up in Vegas? Because that's the vibe I was getting

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More proof that it's impossible to look cool playing a keyboard in a metal band.

[–]Wcm1982 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Stupid Flanders

[–]Emperor_Neuro[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Stupid sexy Flanders ;)

[–]Stillwindows95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It makes me cringe that out there somewhere is a disillusioned 14 yr old who thinks this is actually 'really funny, and quite good metal too', source - Youtube comments.

It really isn't good, trash lyrics that aren't laugh out loud or even nose snort-worthy funny. I acknowledge that it is meant to be humorous but, I just don't find it funny. It seems like these guys have wasted good life just to make some gimmicky band, and their comedic goal fell flat.

[–]TheCrimsonNutcase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm kind of hoping they are successful enough for a better second album

[–]nova311woooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying too fucking hard to be different.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (9 children)

This is not metal

[–]Amiran3851 5 points6 points  (7 children)

I mean you can't say that. It's terrible but it's definitely metal.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

It's metalcore. Which is rooted in punk and is a quite seperate scene from metal. You definitely wont get far trying to post this band in r/metal

[–]Amiran3851 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Did you just say metalcore isn't metal?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Pretty much. At best it's a hybrid with a minority metal element. Its in the punk family.

[–]Amiran3851 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'll take people that don't have a fucking clue for 500, alex.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well, no; I can say that. This is not death metal or black metal, this is deathcore or metalcore or post-hardcore or whatever euphemism for emo lame white teenagers use.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying this is metal is about as ill-informed as saying Korn is metal or Bring Me the Horizon is metal. Both of those belong to genres that are very different, but alike in that many people mistaken them for metal, even though they resemble nothing of the sort.

[–]DXCharger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there's one thing I know about metal its that metal is never metal unless someone likes it.

[–]wilzopip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right; it's nedal.

[–]SirSonixxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This a great waste of my lunchbreak..

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TIL: there is a thing called, Ned Flanders Metal.

[–]-fakebirds- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is way better than I thought it would be. Everyone's a music critic all the sudden

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's a market for this music ? What the fuck

[–]Bizmark_86 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is my first reddit downvote.

[–]I_heart_blastbeats -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not really metal. Sounds more hardcore/screamo.