One more point of view:

I come from a (would be) Songwriters perspective on this subject - and not a very good one!

To me: a song is a song, no matter WHAT Genre.


I think it's players, (pure "musicians") who pick what side they're on Genre wise. I'm only concerned if it's a "good" song.
(Let's not go into what makes a good song or a bad song - that's another thread entirely!)


P.S. There is ONE Genre I can't relate to (No, not Rap or Hip Hop - they're perfectly valid musical forms - they've been around for about 25 years now for God's sake!!) but DEATH METAL (and it's sub categories) I can't get a handle on. Mainly because of the Vocals, i.e. understandability of Lyric content and questionable Melodic structure.