penski said:Glad to see you're approaching it with an open mind, eh?
To be a pedant, few if any heavy bands use power chords; You'll find that they're most often used by generic 'rock' bands.
Okay...
It is:
Organised
Audible
It has sounds
It has periods of silence
It has pitch
It has Rhythm
It has harmony ("any simultaneous combination of notes")
It has timbre
It "involves complex generative forms in time through the construction of patterns and combinations of natural stimuli, principally sound."
So...Basically your argument boils down to "I don't like it so it's not music"?
Christ...I can't stand the Beatles but they're still music.
*n
now playing: Neil Young - Like A Hurricane (it's music!)
He's right you know. I've handed industrial grindcore in at uni under the guise of acousmatic composition. It's definately 'music' in the technical sense. Though it is 'extra musical'
.Funnily enough I can't stand it loud loud, but love it when it's on down low.. Kinda defeats the point I spose.



And Carcass are amazing, in particular, ''Necrotism: Descanting the Insalubrious'' and ''Heartwork''.