Most inaccessible genres?

So what are the genre(s) of music that you find to be the least accessible?

For me there is a clear winner... drone. I have tried for months to like it yet I am no closer :(I might just have to give up lol.

All those underground failed experiments

I'd guess the more extreme types of Metal, starting with Death and Black metal, and just going deeper in that direction. People usually just dismiss them as "nothing but screaming"..

For me It'd probably be hard-core punk. I'll listen to one song, and It'll be catchy, have clever lyrics, and an appealing sound in general all wrapped in a nice short package. Then I'll listen to another song that's the same two chords over and over, and lyrics laced with copious amounts of profanity, bodily excrement, and all manner of nasty things that would make a sailor blush. It's just to diverse. One minuet I'll hear something I like, the next I'll be totally grossed out.

Either Noise Music (possible oxymoron) or Math Rock

Post-rock is the first that came to mind. There are a couple post-rock bands like Explosions in the Sky who are relatively easy to get into though. JML897

I expected black metal, but not post rock lol. Why did post rock come to mind? wigan_gamer

Post-rock came to mind because of the fact that the tracks are usually pretty long and post-rock is for the most part instrumental. I don't know much about metal so that's why I didn't say a metal genre.

Noise like Merzbow was a better answer. I don't get the appeal of that at all.

Anything after 1990. 110million

[QUOTE="110million"]Anything after 1990. DmadFearmonger

[QUOTE="110million"]Anything after 1990. DmadFearmonger

Your favorite bands have done most of their work after 1990 :?

Goregrind / Deathgrind. Stuff like Last Days of Humanity or Imapled; youtube is littered with amateur bands imitating them.

Another contender is power electronics.

Hip-Hop/R&B for me.

I would say Black Metal, but then I actually like some Black Metal songs (especially those with really nice melodies).

So what are the genre(s) of music that you find to be the least accessible?

For me there is a clear winner... drone. I have tried for months to like it yet I am no closer :(I might just have to give up lol.

wigan_gamer

Personally I loves me some drone. I play around and make my own attempts at drone music myself.

I'd say contemporary country (basically pop music with a twang) is one genre that, for the most part, I just cannot get into.

Another contender is power electronics.

Jesus_on_fire

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So what are the genre(s) of music that you find to be the least accessible?

For me there is a clear winner... drone. I have tried for months to like it yet I am no closer :(I might just have to give up lol.

worlock77

Personally I loves me some drone. I play around and make my own attempts at drone music myself.

I'd say contemporary country (basically pop music with a twang) is one genre that, for the most part, I just cannot get into.

[QUOTE="wigan_gamer"]I expected black metal, but not post rock lol. Why did post rock come to mind? JML897

Post-rock came to mind because of the fact that the tracks are usually pretty long and post-rock is for the most part instrumental. I don't know much about metal so that's why I didn't say a metal genre.

Noise like Merzbow was a better answer. I don't get the appeal of that at all.

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So what are the genre(s) of music that you find to be the least accessible?

For me there is a clear winner... drone. I have tried for months to like it yet I am no closer :(I might just have to give up lol.

wigan_gamer

Personally I loves me some drone. I play around and make my own attempts at drone music myself.

I'd say contemporary country (basically pop music with a twang) is one genre that, for the most part, I just cannot get into.

Do I misunderstand the "that you find inaccessible" bit?

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Personally I loves me some drone. I play around and make my own attempts at drone music myself.

I'd say contemporary country (basically pop music with a twang) is one genre that, for the most part, I just cannot get into.

worlock77

Do I misunderstand the "that you find inaccessible" bit?

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[QUOTE="wigan_gamer"] Man drone is so hard to like, for me at least. I wouldn't class country as inaccessible, but I do not like it.wigan_gamer

Do I misunderstand the "that you find inaccessible" bit?

No, not really. In your original post I took the "that you find inaccessible" bit to mean "that you just can't get into". Am I correct in this understanding?

I think theres a difference between not getting it and not liking it, at least thats how I see it. I can at least see the appeal of country and see why people like it, but with drone I do not. Thats how I think of it anyway, if its just noise for example means you don't understand it, so its inaccessible to you.

You answered correctly, I just have 2 different levels of inaccessibility if you like.

Eh, nevermind.

For me, probably death/black metal and hardcore/metalcore. I just can't get into it. It bores me.

I'd say that drone is very difficult to enjoy. It's still more accessible than Merzbow-style noise though. Grindcore and the really harsh, lo-fi style black metal (think early Ulver or something) are probably up there too.

Special award goes to Enka. Youtube it or something if you don't know what it is. While not as blatantly offputting as the above, I imagine it's challenging for Western listeners. I can't tolerate it.

black metal, dubstep, reggae, and scene "rap".

(This is my personal opinions)

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Another contender is power electronics.

wigan_gamer

Speedcore (Techno)
Brutal/Slam Death Metal and Goregrind
Funeral Doom / Drone
Black/Industrial Noise

Post-rock is the first that came to mind. There are a couple post-rock bands like Explosions in the Sky who are relatively easy to get into though. JML897

[QUOTE="DmadFearmonger"][QUOTE="110million"]Anything after 1990. JML897

Your favorite bands have done most of their work after 1990 :?

The most recently discovered: Dubstep.

It seems to be all the rage at universities nowadays but I cannot, for the life of me, find anything pleasing about the sound signature (bass distortions). So far its the second most inaccesible genre to my ears after screamo.

[QUOTE="JML897"]Post-rock is the first that came to mind. There are a couple post-rock bands like Explosions in the Sky who are relatively easy to get into though. Lockedge

I wouldn't say dubstep is too inaccessible, just boring. I think dubstep works better when small passages/noises/sounds are used that would be considered dubstep in other electronic genres. On its own though I just get bored after 1 or 2 tracks.

So what are the genre(s) of music that you find to be the least accessible?

For me there is a clear winner... drone. I have tried for months to like it yet I am no closer :(I might just have to give up lol.

wigan_gamer

Yeah I enjoy a lot of ambient stuff, even some of the more minimalistic songs, but drone is just taking it to another level. I like some of nadjas stuff, but some of it I didn't. Ambient definitely isn't a favorite or popular listen of mine, it is used mainly when I am playing something chilled out, but it has its purposes.

Mathcore

I detest "genres" as such. Waay too many artists have created random sub genres just to be pretentious **** Certain sounds i hate but not i rarely even accept little sub genres. I dont even know what the hell Mathcore is.

I detest "genres" as such. Waay too many artists have created random sub genres just to be pretentious **** Certain sounds i hate but not i rarely even accept little sub genres. I dont even know what the hell Mathcore is.

Ilovegames1992

here are a few examples of mathcore (which is a great genre I should add):

Song 1 - Leaders of the genre IMO

Song 2 - Second favorite.

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I detest "genres" as such. Waay too many artists have created random sub genres just to be pretentious **** Certain sounds i hate but not i rarely even accept little sub genres. I dont even know what the hell Mathcore is.

wigan_gamer

I would highly rec attempting to get into it, My progression went mathcore - mathrock - grind. I actually found mathrock harder to get into lolwigan_gamer

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I detest "genres" as such. Waay too many artists have created random sub genres just to be pretentious **** Certain sounds i hate but not i rarely even accept little sub genres. I dont even know what the hell Mathcore is.

wigan_gamer

here are a few examples of mathcore (which is a great genre I should add):

Song 1 - Leaders of the genre IMO

Song 2 - Second favorite.

Its songs like that that make me empathise with people who just say metal is just noise to them. I love me some metal/hard rock but thats just silly imho.