Rate Your Music / RYM / Sonemic - Music-themed Autism Magnet with a serious troon / pseud infestation

[unholysedation777]

They've also recently added a RABM tag, as even though I've been on this website for years and have seen countless arguments of all users going against the idea of having lyrics based genres and how NSBM is not a genre, I guess they can make an exception if it means they can further promote their ideologies.

 

[unholysedation777]

"takes advantage of very traumatized people" the pooner states without a hint of irony

Leaving a cult-like ideology and exposing to the world that it's a cult-like ideology? Must have been brainwashed.

 

[_______________________-]

They've also recently added a RABM tag, as even though I've been on this website for years and have seen countless arguments of all users going against the idea of having lyrics based genres and how NSBM is not a genre, I guess they can make an exception if it means they can further promote their ideologies.

Let the tag serve as a guide. If you want to listen to black metal, then avoid this tag. If you want to listen to mediocre crust punk with shit production, then seek out this tag.

In a way I would argue that there is, overall, a somewhat distinct sound for both RA"BM" and NSBM. Enough to have as distinct genres? No. This addition was pointless because even if you can't immediately tell from the other genre tags, descriptors or just general aesthetic of the band then it's not like all the information you are after isn't just a google (or metal archives) search away. I mean heck there's literally lists for rabm already on rateyourmusic.

 

[Chris Konon]

They've also recently added a RABM tag, as even though I've been on this website for years and have seen countless arguments of all users going against the idea of having lyrics based genres and how NSBM is not a genre, I guess they can make an exception if it means they can further promote their ideologies.

There is also Conscious Hip Hop which is a pretty popular tag.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

They've also recently added a RABM tag, as even though I've been on this website for years and have seen countless arguments of all users going against the idea of having lyrics based genres and how NSBM is not a genre, I guess they can make an exception if it means they can further promote their ideologies.

They should just have a "WARNING THIS RELEASE CONTAINS COMMUNIST CONTENT" like they do for NSBM and when you see that on a black metal release then you have that as the RABM tag. Although if I'm reading the fine print, this is meant to serve as a "movement" tag and not a genre tag per se since it shows up separately. But RYM is such a broken-ass, horrible-looking website these days that it's hard to see a distinction.

I have zilch clue why NSBM isn't a "movement" by this standard. The charts literally say it all. Almost all the pre-2009 albums are just random we wuz Aztekz n shieeet Hispanics who happen to be commies. How is 15 years of a few Hispanics putting out "imperialism suckz " albums followed by American theater kids/scenefags discovering black metal a movement?

In a way I would argue that there is, overall, a somewhat distinct sound for both RA"BM" and NSBM. Enough to have as distinct genres? No. This addition was pointless because even if you can't immediately tell from the other genre tags, descriptors or just general aesthetic of the band then it's not like all the information you are after isn't just a google (or metal archives) search away. I mean heck there's literally lists for rabm already on rateyourmusic.

RABM = Samples of ecofags and left-wing folk music
NSBM = Samples of Hitler and apolitical folk music

I notice the top albums there is loaded with atmospheric black metal. What's the difference between the communist-flavored version and the non-communist flavored version? If I switched the lyrics and samples, there'd be no difference between Panopticon and a Nazi project other than it might not be as pretentious.

 

[Ayana Otonashi]

RYM deleted a bunch of prominent bootlegs (mainly Cloud Rap stuff like Hi-C, Bladee and Ecco2k) for little to no reason and everyone's pissed

 

[unholysedation777]

Only difference between RABM and NSBM is that NSBM is good sometimes while RABM isn't.

If I switched the lyrics and samples, there'd be no difference between Panopticon and a Nazi project other than it might not be as pretentious.

I guess when RABM isn't just plagarising from NSBM, I've noticed it tends to have a somewhat softer, more uplifting sound. However, a softer more faggoty sound isn't what I'm looking for in my male rage testoterone music, sorry liberals.

 

[whahahahaha]

RYM deleted a bunch of prominent bootlegs (mainly Cloud Rap stuff like Hi-C, Bladee and Ecco2k) for little to no reason and everyone's pissed

I hope this and the scenes & movements stuff kickstarts the end of the entire site.

 

[Ayana Otonashi]

I hope this and the scenes & movements stuff kickstarts the end of the entire site.

to be fair, places like Albumoftheyear aren't much better

 

[unholysedation777]

I feel like all of this super strict genre classification has ruined any sense of fun the website had. It used to be fun to go down internet rabbit-holes looking for new music, but now everything is labelled so specifically that anyone can find EXACTLY what they want immediately with no real challenge. Nothing's special or sacred anymore.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

I guess when RABM isn't just plagarising from NSBM, I've noticed it tends to have a somewhat softer, more uplifting sound. However, a softer more faggoty sound isn't what I'm looking for in my male rage testoterone music, sorry liberals.

You'll find that in non-political black metal too, like all of Drudkh's newer stuff to me sounds kinda soft and there's RABM bands with similar sound. Even though Drudkh's members are all unironic Ukronazis (and maybe should count as NSBM on RYM given the RABM tag is applied to any album of any band whose members are avowed communists regardless of what their lyrics are).

I feel like all of this super strict genre classification has ruined any sense of fun the website had. It used to be fun to go down internet rabbit-holes looking for new music, but now everything is labelled so specifically that anyone can find EXACTLY what they want immediately with no real challenge. Nothing's special or sacred anymore.

No one on the planet loves labels more than zoomers, hence why in the past decade the site gets flooded with all these microgenres I've literally never heard of.

 

[unholysedation777]

No one on the planet loves labels more than zoomers, hence why in the past decade the site gets flooded with all these microgenres I've literally never heard of.

I'm extremely surprised I never put two and two together before, this makes so much sense. It's exactly the same thing!

(and maybe should count as NSBM on RYM given the RABM tag is applied to any album of any band whose members are avowed communists regardless of what their lyrics are)

Damn, I somehow did not realise that. I've seen a lot of people label bands like Drudkh to be an okay pass because their nazi shit TECHNICALLY isn't present on their albums, but I genuinely don't know what's RYM's excuse now that they have introduced RABM as a genre (or scene I guess) and it's slapped on any individual who has a distinctly left-leaning background. What's going to be the logic this time around?
Anyone miss back when underground music actually had some mystery to it? I swear, you can find the full history and political ideology of any band thanks to idiots obessively trying to figure out whether they are """sketch""" or not. I admit this sounds stupid and it's likely nostalgia talking, but I miss back when underground musicians seemed like mysterious inhuman spectres that crafted strange art only for the ears of a select few. There's this weird culture surrounding RYM users where they try to mine and dig up absolutely anything they can find and it ruins so much of the fun and mystery the underground used to have.

 

[Ayana Otonashi]

Anyone miss back when underground music actually had some mystery to it? I swear, you can find the full history and political ideology of any band thanks to idiots obessively trying to figure out whether they are """sketch""" or not. I admit this sounds stupid and it's likely nostalgia talking, but I miss back when underground musicians seemed like mysterious inhuman spectres that crafted strange art only for the ears of a select few. There's this weird culture surrounding RYM users where they try to mine and dig up absolutely anything they can find and it ruins so much of the fun and mystery the underground used to have.

understandable, but when enough people are interested in an underground artist, there's bound to be at least a fair amount of documentation.

 

[Doktor Grimm]

This new Scenes & Movements thing is a total joke. Isn't that what we had lists for? I understand there was confusion regarding whether certain genres were actual genres (whatever that means), but the crazy thing is it doesn't even solve that problem -- Britpop, for instance, is apparently a genre and a scene. Just another pointless feature designed to give mods something else to do other than fill out job applications.

I swear, the average RYM user spends more time reading lists of adjectives than listening to music. Coming in 2026: a new "vibes" section beneath the descriptor list & a graphic on every release page showing the artist's position on the political compass.

 

[unholysedation777]

Isn't that what we had lists for?

Lists were also more fun because it gave insight into the user's own opinions too and they would actually be interesting to look through. In general I think all of these genres and movements and scenes stuff sucks compared to the simplicity of just looking through people's lists and seeing what people had to say about things. There's so much less discussion and more arguing over what should be called what.
This super precise genre tagging demands everyone to decide on an objective truth on a subjective artform. Good art cannot be labelled and placed in a neat tidy box. All it needs is a vague description just for the sake of basic categorization and people should be left to just figure out the rest for themselves and what they personally find works best.

 

[Stocking Anarchy]

Bump, but I feel as if AlbumOfTheYear/AOTY is far more deserving of a community watch thread than RYM at this point. Nearly all of the degenerate trannies, faggots, hyper-poptimists, autists, retards who can't separate art from artist and go on and on about problematic songs or musicians, you name it moved over there recently because of the numerical 0-100 rating scale instead of RYM's 0.5-5 stars (remember: these faggots love being autistic about specific rating systems!), as well as notable and budding music lolcows such as Brad Taste (who thankfully has now completely fallen off a cliff, both career and life-wise) frequenting it.

It's now pretty much the Reddit of music rating websites, which means it has all of the bullshit that website does. Incredibly forced toxic far-leftist positivity, being an absolute echo chamber, tons of brigading (that now puts even RYM to shame by far), pandering to any tranny or faggot, and a bunch of other shit, since there is a fair share of actually sane people who stay on RYM and don't on AOTY (yours truly included).

And also, AOTY is mostly unmoderated unlike RYM and also has replies enabled for reviews, which means you get to see all of the site's toxicity and drama at first glance, as well as endless low-effort joke reviews and the constant incredibly immature and autistic overreactions to them that are just as lolcow-worthy. There's also a ton of notable users that easily qualify as lolcow material over there, such as the aforementioned Brad Taste, as well as Myxogastrid (whom multiple users have requested to have wanted banned in the past yet the mostly inactive mods refuse to do it solely because they donated), Black Metal Lexa/Knewnie, and countless others.

I'm saying this because I feel as if AOTY could be easily spun off into it's own completely separate thread, either that or it could be merged into the OP and title here (highly unlikely since OP author got married and has fucked off elsewhere, congrats to him).

 

[Stocking Anarchy]

Long delayed double post, but fuck it. Just because an LGBT tag wasn't enough means the website has to further add more redundant tags to appeal to dykes and the autistic troons looking to soon join the 41%!

 

[Doktor Grimm]

Long delayed double post, but fuck it. Just because an LGBT tag wasn't enough means the website has to further add more redundant tags to appeal to dykes and the autistic troons looking to soon join the 41%!
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This is redundant. I can already tell an album was made by a trans person if it has "female vocalist" voted all the way to the top.

 

[Dickinson's Real Deal]

Long delayed double post, but fuck it. Just because an LGBT tag wasn't enough means the website has to further add more redundant tags to appeal to dykes and the autistic troons looking to soon join the 41%!

Dykes? What dykes?

 

[Merzbow]

Finally I can search for super homo music like Village People, Manowar and Anal Cunt with LGBTQ tag included and tranny/lesbian tags excluded charts. Before LGBT tag was usesless because 99% albums was tranny slop.