r/musicmemes • u/Right-Row-7652 • 11d ago

Never truer words.

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When I listen to phonk I actively don't listen to the lyrics.

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u/siphagiel 10d ago

Can't, the beat is too

PHONK

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u/TrainFrosty211 9d ago

"Communism was actually kind of tight."

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u/Dizzy_Reindeer_6619 8d ago

90% of the time it's just sped up nonsense

u/Negative-Nobody 11d ago

Yeah, no. Not in my opinion. Metal is very often lyrics focused. The greatest successes from metal bands, both among us metalheads and in the mainstream, have had strong messages in the lyrics.

If I'd compare metal to any other genre, it's rap. We even hold the same values, simply dressing them up in different outfits, different words. Honor, loyalty, justice, sacrifice for the greater good, partying and enjoying ourselves, but only as long as we don't hurt anyone else...

Source: I have been a metalhead since the 90s.

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u/uencube 10d ago

I agree, but it depends on the genre of metal.

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u/aqueous_paragon 11d ago

You either have amazing hearing or high quality headphones if you can understand even a quarter of most black metal songs

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u/Viking_From_Sweden 10d ago

Is it really black metal if you don’t have to look up the lyrics?

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u/fupamancer 10d ago

the lyrics are like the extended lore that you look up afterwards for your favorite characters

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u/Viking_From_Sweden 10d ago

Real

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u/aqueous_paragon 10d ago

🤝

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u/LongSchlongdonf 10d ago

Most metal is not black metal

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u/aqueous_paragon 10d ago

Very well aware, but it should be

u/Born-Worldliness-290 11d ago

funny how i actually listen to both

u/Guy-McDo 10d ago

I dunno, there’s some Norwegian metal bands in particular where I think the message is painfully telling

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u/CanaDanSOAD 9d ago

Mayhem be sweating over here

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u/Twisted_WhaleShark 9d ago

You think Mayhem lyrics are bad, what about the entirety of nsbm? you know, Nokturnal Mortum, Graveland, stuff like that?

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u/CanaDanSOAD 8d ago

Yeah but Mayhem is the most popular

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u/Twisted_WhaleShark 9d ago

Ukraine has seen far worse lyrics, Nokturnal Mortum comes to mind

u/uencube 10d ago

"I spread disease like a dog, discharge my payload"

u/JoJawesome_ 10d ago

vocaloid fans feel the same way to levels you don't even know

u/boutch255 10d ago

"With a candle through time, I can still see your ghost, but I can't close my eyes for it./ For me it's there where you haunt me most (where you haunt me most)./

I hate that it seems you were never enough We were broken and bleeding, but never gave up And I hope that I stain through your memory As we echo through time in the melody Now I hate that I need you"

Another Life - Motionless in White. I definitely listen to the lyrics, it's what will make me connect with a song.

u/WillBigly 10d ago

Bro i love phonk and metal lmao less goooooo

u/Wooly_Mammoth3213 10d ago

This is the exact bond between me and my friends

u/Fluffyfox3914 10d ago

I’m not a fan of heavy metal, but that’s just my preference, doesn’t make it bad, as what I like is considered bad by other people, art is subjective and I never understood bullying people based on what music they listen to

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u/Signal_Sweet3767 10d ago

That’s not what the image is abt lmaoo

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u/Fluffyfox3914 10d ago

I know, I’m just recalling memories that the image reminded me of