Suedkiez
May 14, 2024, 11:25am
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Because that’s how the metadata sources did it, I suppose. Personally, I totally agree that metal is a subgenre of Rock and this is not exactly a minority view:
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and loudness.
In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – British bands Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came...
If you disagree, you are free to navigate to the Metal genre in Roon and configure it to be separate top level genre:
Users can already rearrange genre nesting. (Edit: Maybe @Richard_Duncan who voted for this suggestion is interested as well)
Go to Heavy Metal, click the edit button:
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Select Edit under Parent Genre, then open the Choose Genre menu:
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Click Make Top-level Genre:
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