i find it funny listening to a lot of the reviews of styles here, hehe.
i must say tho, i do agree about the straightedge kids really getting on the nerves. it's cool if someone doesn't smoke cigarettes, or doesn't drink alcohol or doesn't do drugs, but to go down people's throats because they smoke cigarettes or they struggle with addictions is just really unnerving (that is the PC/PG way of putting it.)
yea i kind of agree with people that have said about the styles. i will admit that i am one hundred percent in agreeance with punk going soft. which in of itself is fine with me. meaning punk musicians or bands going soft. they can do what they want, but call what it what it is. if it isn't punk anymore that's cool. if it is pop-punk, then call it that, it is only rock then call it that. that's the only complaint i have with some of these "punk" band, i'm more into metal anyways.
i may be into metal a lot, but there are some screamo bands that i do like. i think hey that's their style and they do it good and there is some stuff i like out there in the screamo genre. but at the end of the day, nothing gets me going more than awesome breakdowns, fast riffs, awesome solos, and awesome voicing ranging from beautiful singing to beautiful screaming, haha, and REAL double bass drumming.
the hardcore side is cool, but some of the band, i am sorry, just get really old and redundant. but i'm sure it gets that way with metal so i am not trying diss the hardcore scene. there are some good acts out there though that are just awesome. Eso Charis, one of my favorite hardcore bands. just simply amazing in my opinion. LikeDvid, Strongarm, Focal Point, Figure Four, No Innocent Victim(NIV) are some examples of hardcore Christian bands i like.
but again, at the end of the day, and at the end of this thread, i'm a metal head
