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1. The label is still being applied to too many dissimilar bands to result in any clear sense of what it means for a band to be "post-rock".
2. it is widely heard, albeit not on the radio but rather in film.
ADV You use albeit to introduce a fact or comment that reduces the force or significance of what you have just said. 尽管 [正式] [ADV with cl/group]
例：Charles's letter was indeed published, albeit in a somewhat abbreviated form.
查尔斯的信确实被刊登了出来，尽管有些删节。
3. Post-Rock although a relatively old category in music remains very niche and is limited to very small group of music enthusiasts/connoisseurs.
N-COUNT A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject. 鉴赏家; 行家
例：Sarah tells me you're something of an art connoisseur.
萨拉告诉我你可以说是一位艺术鉴赏家。
4. There are so many great bands making waves in this genre today.
5. Given how most (it’s a pretty broad genre) post-rock eschews particularly catchy beats, lyrics, and if it has hooks at all they tend to be much more subdued, it’s not something they are interested in listening.
-V-T If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. 避免 [正式]
例：Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
尽管他看起来好像很享受那种奢华的生活，但他避免惹人注意，也不去夜总会。
-noun, slang A means of captivating or attracting others, especially a potential customer or consumer; a gimmick.
例：The movie's hook at the time was its incredible computer-generated graphics. Unfortunately, the visual effects look pretty laughable by today's standards.
例：You've always got to have a hook when you're trying to sell something.
-at all :用于条件句，即使，加强语气
-subdued: not harsh, gentle,
例：subdued lighting（the way a place is lit） 灯光柔和
6. Based upon my experiences, being different is essentially a death sentence in black culture.
-a situation that is considered to be fatal
7. But the real nail in the coffin is the stigma around metal. Metal is seen as satanic and violent. The artists are supposedly insane and the music is “just noise”. People who listen to metal are “violent” and “dangerous” because they listen to gory music.
-An event, decision, action, etc., that can or will lead to the failure or cessation of something.
例：The candidate's uncouth comment about the lower class was the final nail in the coffin.
-gory: involve violence and blood
8. Jónsi Birgisson, the vocalist, stands out particularly because the dude’s falsetto soprano voice is off the freaking (euphemism for fucking) charts.
-Quite a lot more or better than is usual or was expected.
例：Our electricity bill was off the charts last month! How could we be using that much energy?
-Especially or unbelievably great, wonderful, exciting, etc.
例：I'm telling you, that concert is going to be off the charts!
9. Their lead singer is a female “Onielar” and her shrieks and growls give many a run for the money.
-To challenge one's ability, fortitude, or patience.
例：Don't underestimate our opponents today—I think they'll give us a run for our money.
10. Black metal is no longer seen as threatening, but merely a curiosity of Norwegian culture.
-[C]something that is interesting because it is rare and unusual:
例：Cars like mine are curiosities nowadays.
例：I kept this old pot for its curiosity value (= the interest it has because it is unusual).
11. At the stroke of midnight one should head for church.
-exactly at a specific time
12. Lose yourself in an ancient rite which bleeds from the TV screen into our world, through the Wii U™ GamePad.
