Metal (Pro) Vs. (Insert Genre Here)

Hooray. Thanks for accepting. Funny enough that was going to be my original genre but I thought I'd give my opposition a choice. Let's begin. Here are a few short reasons why metal is the best genre. 1. Sheer amount of diversity. 2. Best Lyrics 3. Most vocal diversity. 4. Harsh vocals are a lot harder to do than people think it is. 5. Most difficult music to create and requires the most skill to produce. 6. Attempts to get rid of myths and what I won't be covering. 1. As someone who likes all genres of music, one big reason I find metal to be the best genre period is because, every single genre has been mixed in with metal. Metal is purely the most expansive genre. Here are just the many genres it has. - Metal/Reggae - Metal/Folk - Metal/Comedy Metal/Blues Metal/Swing Jazz Metal/Classical Metal/J-Pop This could go on forever, and even not taking other specific genres into account (like power metal vs deathcore) it has dozens and dozens of variations. No other genre can claim the sheer amount of diversity that metal can. 2. Because of the sheer amount of genres metal covers, it also covers the most lyrically too. Things like Sabaton, describe in great detail about the world wars. A thing this genre that so many other genres lack, our good concept albums. Things like oh,sleeper depict if god and satan we're shown to the world only to both appear to have disappeared, following a older man and his daughter, he was a priest who begins to stop believing in god and kill people because he believes he is a judge, and an atheist daughter who is raped. starts to believe god is still around. It all ends with the world being covered in fire. Stuff like that, I'd read a book about that. It just has the most diverse lyrics and the most interesting. Most genres at best cover love songs, and doing drugs, getting by in life. It's boring to listen to it over and over again. Most genres just don't have unique or interesting things to say. 3. As I pointed out in the sheer amount of content, vocal diversity also rains supreme. It has acapella, clean singers of all kinds, rapping, many different types of harsh vocals, guttural, high pitch, growls. Other genres are limited in scope and there just isn't as many good vocalists. 4. Harsh vocals are made fun of a lot. Saying its just screaming, but most don't understand most of it isn't very loud at all and if not done right hurts vocals permanently. But you can do them in a way that won't. Many good singers try to learn screaming vocals after the already learned how to sing. Because they are hard to do and do safely. It's not as hard as singing maybe. But you can sing badly for hours, try fake screaming and have a sore throat before the song even finishes. 5. Real instruments are far harder to use then a computer. I've made electronica, its really easy to do. Many songs copy off people. Pop songs are usually 4 chords. Rap and techno's music is a lot of sampling and loops. Even rock or folk, some strumming on your guitar verses power metal guitar soloing. Its harder to create and produce metal because of it's complexity. Which means it has merit. It really is pure opinion on what 'sounds' good. One ear will not like what another ear likes. One person will think all of one genre sounds the same and vice versa. But ask yourself, which probably took more time and effort to produce. Metal usually wins hands down. 6. All genres can be good or bad influences, metal is not satanic or any worse influence wise than any other genre. And certain 'fans' of the genre are bad apples and should not effect how the genre itself is. I don't think making any arguments of this sort are helpful or have any truth to them in any genre. So in a nutshell, it requires more talent to make. Most diverse in its music and in its lyrical content. Which is why I think its the best genre overall. Period.