Artists are leaving Spotify in droves

[Graves Ruinwalker]

What you said about the "legend status" and "mythos" is so true. Growing up, metal bands seemed larger than life, with insane stories. All the Mayhem lore, Ozzy eating the bat, people carving Slayer into their arms, Slipknot huffing dead crows, The Butthole Surfers having sex on stage, etc - bands seemed like gods amongst men, and their folklore grew with their music.

Now its all considered cringe. People shun that kind of stuff now and its resulted in an overall sterile and safe music industry. Nothing in rock or metal is scary or boundry pushing anymore, and any band that deviates from the mold is deemed cringe or problematic and snuffed out.

I genuinely cant think of any modern "mythology" for any newer bands.

I doesnt need to push boundaries tbh .
Black Sabbath already had already huge impact before the Bat-eating fiasco of Ozzy.
It needs an impact and genuity first . Even boundary pushing stuff were unforseen ideas that suddenly happened and that makes memorable . It came naturally , wasnt forced and its just a simple and maybe stupid idea that was crazy overall.
While Sex on the stage and hurting themselves is kinda cringe ( even Wasp did it with the tour about the crimson idol album with Blacky Lawless banging a nun) , otherwise its still part of the show and underlining the bands style and approach . What really is missing is contrasts . I say it more than often but i even think we actually need hair metal again nowadays . In metal lately we only got more the extreme and hardcore stuff that is rather oversaturating and less or almost nothing to give contrast in a different approach and style that is still awesome to hear .

But i agree wholeheartedly with you that most music is very sterile , outdone and rather safe . Even when i look at older music videos like Morbid angel , Testament , Type o negative and other old bands from the 80s and 90s , they had a serious tone but one that is exciting and was direct with no useless shots of the band just playing in a factory and trying to be wannabe crazy , demonic and just a dry existence of them playing their instruments . EVEN JON MIKL THORS 80s MUSIC VIDEOS ARE PEAK AWESOMENESS IN ITS FLAWED AND CAMPY WAY TOO .

It lacks charisma , stage-presence and a punch behind that ignites excitement from every pore of every fan . Only the legends can mostly provide as long as they walk among us over earths-surface .

 

[DjQuick2008]

Spotify CEO fancies himself as a rocketman lol I use spotify for music he can invest in whatever he wants i live in a war torn country anyway if we boycotted everything here would be nothing to enjoy.

 

[tuesday]

What you said about the "legend status" and "mythos" is so true. Growing up, metal bands seemed larger than life, with insane stories. All the Mayhem lore, Ozzy eating the bat, people carving Slayer into their arms, Slipknot huffing dead crows, The Butthole Surfers having sex on stage, etc - bands seemed like gods amongst men, and their folklore grew with their music.

Now its all considered cringe. People shun that kind of stuff now and its resulted in an overall sterile and safe music industry. Nothing in rock or metal is scary or boundry pushing anymore, and any band that deviates from the mold is deemed cringe or problematic and snuffed out.

I genuinely cant think of any modern "mythology" for any newer bands.

If it helps, underground rap is still doing "mythology" for their sound/image.

The underground artist Sematary and his collective The Haunted Mound has a lot of overlap with the 70's shock imagery mixed with great music. Reminds me of the reception of thrash metal back then (showing my age lol)

 

[BigTony]

Its performative they'll be back. Spotify sucks anyway i just download music or buy it on vinyl