It's a superb mix of show and message at times. If they take one of those things serious to the extreme it gets kind of pathetic in my humble opinion but since I'm into this subgenre I know the serious part is mainly exaggerated for shock or entertainment value. Outsiders that don't have a clue like to take the generalizations too serious and so the circle is round as usual
Not trying to sound elitist or something, it's quite a common thing with any generalization. It gets accepted as the majority of the subjects are this or that but in reality it's nothing to get your panties in a twist for. I know it's just a show thing and the main group that takes corpsepaint serious consists of people who are not into the music and scene at all. Unfortunately the lyrics is another thing, but here it's not the musicians themselves but more often their fans that take it too seriously. I think that's the only thing that could bother me about NSBM.
I know oh there not. see why I sort of dont take black metal or NSBM serious. black metal lyrics arent that bad but as a whole its a bit of a joke no? same thing said with power metal but not a all together. but anyways am a fan but maybe not at your level.
I'm very selective as well. Black metal lyrics can have very different intend and meaning. I'm not sure how often NSBM lyrics are ment seriously by the musicians though. To be clear: where I said I'm into the subgenre I ment the black metal subgenre not the NSBM (sub-)subgenre, stop the time.
Please, keep this in mind. I'm gay, so I'm often a target in the lyrics of these NSBM bands. Still, good music is good music. To my ears, some of these NSBM bands really strike a chord in my ears. However, I feel some of them are complete garbage and are only in the industry to get thier beliefs across and disregard the quality of the music. Some of these bands include Gestapo SS, Aryan Blood, Heretical Warlust, and Auschwitz.
Faeries wear boots, Iron Man, War Pigs Bring Back the Bomb Any Means Necessary Die with your Boots On, Run to the Hills, The Trooper Countdown to Extinction, Peace sells.., Kill the King ...And Justice for All, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Master of Puppets, One N.W.O. (hell, Ministry in general) Crimes Against Humanity, Surf Nicaragua, The American Way Mandatory Suicide, War Ensemble Speak English or Die (Stormtroopers of Death in general) War? Perilous Nation Schism