Death to False Metal Videos SUCK!!

RanterInShades on “Death to False Metal” Videos

RanterInShades (“Shades”) says his frustration with metal elitists began with “Death to False Metal” videos: basic Windows Movie Maker slideshows sorting bands into “metal” and “not metal.” He mocks their repetitive format, cheap editing, generic captions, and familiar lineup of “real metal” staples—Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, Metallica, and Black Sabbath—versus supposedly fake bands like Slipknot, Korn, Linkin Park, and Disturbed.

His main objection is that these videos present personal taste as fact without explaining their judgments. He also calls out the habit of labeling pop-punk, post-grunge, or crunkcore acts as metal just to reject them, arguing that fans and bands generally aren’t making that claim in the first place.

A running punchline is the videos’ predictable treatment of Metallica: the early albums qualify, but St. Anger supposedly doesn’t. “Black Sabbath, then ‘Paranoid,’” he jokes, is hardly an original choice either.

Shades’ Argument

Shades argues that disliking a band doesn’t make it “not metal,” and liking mainstream or less-extreme styles doesn’t make someone a poser. If the goal is to introduce people to metal, he says, do it respectfully: share bands and subgenres they might enjoy instead of scolding them.

He also pokes fun at a video description that calls itself both “the truth” and “my opinion,” as well as creators who disable comments and ratings while making supposedly educational claims.

Closing

Shades ends with an emphatic “Death to Death to False Metal,” then adds that he’s wearing “the greatest concert shirt ever.”

Personality featured: RanterInShades (“Shades”), the video’s presenter. The Random Gangsta and Undertakerfreak1127 are mentioned but do not appear as presenters.