i don't want to come off as a metal purist or something, because i basically despise everything about metal to it's core, from the pretentious musicianship to the silly satanist themes. there's not much i like about hip-hop or folk or opera, but i don't have the same kind of visceral dislike for them that i have for metal.

i really hate metal.

and, because i wouldn't normally go anywhere near the genre, i don't know if this is novel or not. i mean, maybe there's a hundred pop-rock faux-metal cheese rock bands like this with autotuned female vocals and heavily photoshopped photo spreads. i really have absolutely no idea. and, i don't really care, either.

but, because i want my survey of toronto to be deep, i'm going into dark, foreboding crevices that i would normally avoid, and i bumped into this. i'd never listen to this under normal scenarios, but i feel like i need to mention it.

again: maybe it's not novel to have a talentless taylor swift wannabe (she sounds more like celine dion) fronting a watered down dream theatre cover band like this. maybe there's all kinds of stuff like this out there. but if there is, i don't know anything about it and i don't want to.

my reaction is just that's it's really comically awful. and, so, if you want a laugh, check this out.

https://cecilemonique.bandcamp.com/album/genesis