Thanks for the up vote. I am passionate about music. I frequently up vote posts about music that are not my style simply because they are informative, well done, or in some way interesting. I also up vote people making their own Open Mic RAP videos here, because they are creative, even though I am not a fan of rap. :) So I do as you did for me.

On a side note... ALL of the bands you mentioned (especially Yes, Genesis, Kansas) are bands that I like a lot. A LOT! In fact, I can talk about Thrash as I was around when it came into being and it was important to me for a lot of my earlier life. Though if I had to pick my favorite music genre it is Progressive Metal. All that is really is Yes, Kansas, Rush, Genesis, King Crimson, etc with a bit of a more metal drums, distortion, etc. Though I really love Progressive Rock as well which all of those bands are considered. :)

I will write about Thrash frequently because it was the prominent music style I listened to 20+ years ago. It did shape a lot of my later tastes. I went on to become a music major and physics major when I went to college. Mainly so they wouldn't balk at me taking Music Theory Classes and such. They would not let me play classical guitar (guitar is my primary instrument) as my instrument for my major so I trained in Cello. I didn't get good at the Cello though I liked it because, I still mostly practiced guitar. I played in the Jazz band on campus for a bit to expand my knowledge there.

I also was big into electronic music at the time (more Trackers/MODs than MIDI) in terms of making my own. I'd found that if I DIDN'T like a style of music that if I tried to write a piece in that style myself I'd usually begin to appreciate it.

So yeah I will write about Metal quite a bit (many types)... but I like most music forms. I like watching performers of virtually any style... even those I don't like. IF there is something to actually watch. Not too excited about them bobbing with the beat and pushing an occasional button from a performance standard. Those people I have to just listen to the music from a compositional or arrangement perspective as I don't admire the "performance" so I must focus on the music.

I don't like a particular variant of Techno at all from Poland though most other Techno is okay.

I don't like RAP from the studio. The only RAP I truly have any interest in is rap battles where they make up the lyrics and responses on the spot improvisationally. That I can admire.