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Shoegaze seems to be making its way into the work of groups like Alcest and In Vain. I also see a couple of older-style power metal bands (Holy Grail, Cage, Hibria) becoming quite famous. This 'modern metal' trend (I think Threat Signal coined the term), which is more or less technical thrash with core-ish vocals, could get more popular as well. The spacey, ambient keyboard of Born Of Osiris seem to be getting more and more popular as well.

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it's impossible to speculate on, it is probable that some band will take what has been done before and warp it into something never heard before like the NWOBHM did with the traditional Sabbath/Deep Purple sound or like thrash did with the NWOBHM sound or like death metal did with the thrash sound

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Maybe there might be more of an emphasis on clean vocals in metalcore-style bands - that is to say groups that play in the metalcore style. Djent bands seem to be doing this kind of thing, especially groups like TesseracT. Clean vocals would attract more of an audience and would therefore make it a bit more successful on the whole. I'm trying to avoid the obvious and say that 'djent will be popular'.

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Atmospheric revivalist djent war metal! Just kidding. There will hopefully be a trend of bands deconstructing the perceived gaps in metal's many sub-genres. Imagine a band that uses death or black metal tonality/scales to beef up a classic metal foundation. I'm sure there's a few out there, but what if it becomes a trend? I think certain sub-genres could use a serious overhaul of this nature (I'm looking at you, power metal!!)

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Atmospheric revivalist djent war metal! Just kidding. There will hopefully be a trend of bands deconstructing the perceived gaps in metal's many sub-genres. Imagine a band that uses death or black metal tonality/scales to beef up a classic metal foundation. I'm sure there's a few out there, but what if it becomes a trend? I think certain sub-genres could use a serious overhaul of this nature (I'm looking at you, power metal!!)
Indeed, this was sort of the function of melodic black metal and melodic death metal, but they pretty much stuck to using the same old scales and patterns from Iron Maiden. It seems that other bands went other ways, but were more underground and didn't have as much company as the trends has. I love hearing new fusions of metal, all of the recent black/heavy metal hybrid bands have been pretty interesting, if doing the style to varying degrees of quality. Metal without borders, still plenty of territory to explore.
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I'm going to do an "indie" metal album very soon. With any luck' date=' everyone will hate it except for a select few and a bunch of bands will rip off my sound and get way more popular for it.[/quote'] I heard it before you thought about doing it. You wouldn't know who you are.
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I hope the "post" trend dies off soon. Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah..... I am not denying there are bands out there that do "post" well but the scene (hate that word - will flog myself in the yard later for using it) is just swamped with them. It borders on Death Metal bands that sound like Incantation in it's incredulity at times. I was told a nu-metal revival was under way but thankfully it was a lie or I have managed to bury my head in the sand long enough to miss it altogether. Djent is not my cup of tea at all - it just doesn't sit right with me, like a dinner that won't digest. I'd like to see more power metal revived personally and some proper cock-rock/glam metal too.

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I hope the "post" trend dies off soon. Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah..... I am not denying there are bands out there that do "post" well but the scene (hate that word - will flog myself in the yard later for using it) is just swamped with them. It borders on Death Metal bands that sound like Incantation in it's incredulity at times. I was told a nu-metal revival was under way but thankfully it was a lie or I have managed to bury my head in the sand long enough to miss it altogether. Djent is not my cup of tea at all - it just doesn't sit right with me, like a dinner that won't digest. I'd like to see more power metal revived personally and some proper cock-rock/glam metal too.
Yeah the whole "post" thing is for a bunch of hipsters trying to be metal! What's next? Post post?
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I hope the "post" trend dies off soon. Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah..... I am not denying there are bands out there that do "post" well but the scene (hate that word - will flog myself in the yard later for using it) is just swamped with them. It borders on Death Metal bands that sound like Incantation in it's incredulity at times. I was told a nu-metal revival was under way but thankfully it was a lie or I have managed to bury my head in the sand long enough to miss it altogether. Djent is not my cup of tea at all - it just doesn't sit right with me, like a dinner that won't digest. I'd like to see more power metal revived personally and some proper cock-rock/glam metal too.
There probably will be a nu-metal revival in about a year or two, per nostalgia.
I'd like to see more exporation of the space between genres there has to be something worth hearing from the void
I agree with this. Some of the best music ever made came about by fusing together different genres.
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I hope the "post" trend dies off soon. Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah..... I am not denying there are bands out there that do "post" well but the scene (hate that word - will flog myself in the yard later for using it) is just swamped with them. It borders on Death Metal bands that sound like Incantation in it's incredulity at times. I was told a nu-metal revival was under way but thankfully it was a lie or I have managed to bury my head in the sand long enough to miss it altogether. Djent is not my cup of tea at all - it just doesn't sit right with me, like a dinner that won't digest. I'd like to see more power metal revived personally and some proper cock-rock/glam metal too.
Post isn't really a trend, as post punk has been around since the 70's, but various forms of post metal and hardcore have been popular in the last 10-15 years. Most people misunderstand what post is, all it is is using the techniques of the genre in question to craft something different than the original intent of the genre. I don't have a problem with it overall, but there are a bunch of hipsters that use it. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Post-metal is essentially a mix of progressive sludge metal and doom metal' date=' IMO.[/quote'] No, post sludge is, but not all varieties of post metal. Check out Flourishing for post death metal, or Mayhem's Grand Declaration of War for post black metal, neither of which are sludgy or doomy. Post tends to be progressive by nature, progressing a sound by taking it in a different direction and using the techniques for different purposes. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Yes and yes. Also the End's album "Elementary"' date=' which is a personal favorite![/quote'] Oh goody, so my insights are actually accurate. I liked parts of Blood Mountain, and I didn't consider it a 'hipster' kind of album although I can see the hipster tendencies inherent in the basic intent of the music.
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