Thrash Is Not Trash!!

Okay....I am personally so sick and tired of people trashing my music and this genre that I have fallen in love with. And the genre I am talking about is death-metal. Most people in their blind ignorance will say that it is not music, that it doesnt have a beat they can dance to (who cares if you can dance to it?)and that the screaming and stuff is stupid. Let me ask you something. How can you convey the morbidness, and ferocity of the lyrics of your traditional deathmetal song by singing it in clean vocals? It would sound so out of place compared to the style of this type of music. Now I ask you, define music. The definition of music has been tossed around and been debated since the middle ages. By definition music means "an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color". Metal is all about rhythm and instrument wise ones rhythm is referred to as "chops". A sub-genre of metal referred to as melodic death-metal has perhaps (at times) the most beautiful harmonies I have ever heard. At times I have experienced goosebumps because of the beauty of a harmony. That and the epicness of a really good breakdown. At times my catharsis in life can be a breakdown, which is usually the climax of a song and the release of such anger in a song helps me. And you wanna' hear masters of rhythm with amazing chops? Then check out Emmure. They have perhaps the most masterful rhythm techniques I have ever heard. So next time you say "Metal is stupid, I can't dance to it" think about what I would say about lets say...rap. "Thats your preference not mine" and I won't tell you my opinions bc I respect your ideas concerning rap. So don't tell me yours.