I don't hate metal, I just don't particularly go out of my way to listen to it.

But TheBlazeofGlory, you mention some points in your reasoning that I don't quite agree with.

Quote Originally Posted by TheBlazeofGlory
From a musical standpoint, with metal, it's skill. Programming a great sounding drum patch for a hip-hop song requires some form of clever, but is it physically demanding? No. It's not. Playing 218 BPM on a 16th note run with sweeps thrown in for melodic purposes is when you do it for four and a half minutes. Try it.
I'd never argue that playing an instrument doesn't take an immense amount of skill. Usually when I make a hip hop track, I play everything live from my keyboard (even tho I'm not a particularly strong key player). Most of my songs have a simple structure, but that's a composition choice on my part, as I'm a big fan of minimalism. In fact, some of my songs are just drums and a single synth. Fuck a bass line, I'll put bass into the synth sometimes.

My whole sound comes from how I build and create my synth patches, especially when I work on my industrial music. Fairly simple melodies and progressions abusing strange and interesting sounds. Making those sounds takes a long time, as I start from scratch every time. Every sound I make, I've learned more about my instruments.

As such, I don't equate musical skill with physical demand. Do I respect musician who can skillfully play at 218 bpm? Of course. Do I hold someone's music in higher regard because of that? Nope. It's all subjective.

Quote Originally Posted by TheBlazeofGlory
Metal is much more complex than any other kind of music, withholding forms of Jazz Improv. And forbid you bring Jazz INTO your Metal, like The Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried and Me, or Psyopus. The dexterity needed in both the right and left hands of any metal band is something to be amazed at. Feet for drummers, can't forget feet. Even the song structure requires so much more thought then a standard Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Solo-Verse-Out-Chorus. Listen to bands from the "Deathcore" genre. The best way to describe their syncopation is a school of fish.
It all depends on your definition of "complex". Song structure or arrangements are quite different in many genres outside of pop, so the ABABCABB formula on the radio doesn't fly in many genres. If complex is based on notes per minute and dexterity, I'll hand Metal the award for complexity, but in my opinion, electronic experimental music gets my award for most complex. Some of the stuff that those guys make is incredibly mind boggling. Some of it is completely unlistenable, but some of it is great.

So does more complex = better music? Not in my opinion. A plain grey shirt looks better to me than a shirt in every colour with stripes running in every direction. Some people like complexity. Give me a grey shirt with a strip or two