Metal Vs. Dubstep

I have never really been that crazy about any electro music. That being said, I understand its allure and contrary to the not so clever title of this post I'm not trying to start a pissing match. I'm a pretty severe music geek. It's upsetting to everyone around me. I'm aware of this but I'm okay with it. Before this gets to sounding like some drugged out manifesto tirade I'll stop the deviation...Alright, we are all aware that heavy metal has always relied musically on a very heavy and dark low end sound. Most experts on the subject start going into detail about the "Tritone" "Diabolus in Musica" (The Devil in Music (Also a Slayer album (All Hail the Mighty Slayer))).Quick history about the Tritone: The Catholic church outlawed it at one point because they thought it would summon the dark lord (typical), it's common in our daily lives from every metal, blues, rock composition to the Simpsons theme song and all the excellent classical songs use it. It's safe to say that the Tritone gives a scary and epic sound to music. My brother made the simple yet perfect point that it sounds like going into battle. There's a trend here; epic dark sounds and battle go together and people who are attracted to metal usually like the helicopter scene in Apocalypse Now. No, wait, that's not it. Back to the point. Metal vs. Dubstep. So, why was I attracted to dubstep when I first heard it? At first I couldn't really figure it out but it became apparent pretty quickly that the drops and wubs were very similar to the stuff that some of my favourite thrash metal bands do in a lot of my favourite songs. Start off with some melody, then blow shit apart with an insane drop and double bass kick and continue mixing the clashing sounds throughout the song. You could also say that the sound is similar to a power metal saga about oh, let's say an "Angel's Holocaust". There's the connection: the dubstep that I find myself wanting to listen to has that perfect juxtaposition of a dreamy and melodic poppy or epic sounding intro that builds and builds but then all the sudden something happens and it goes very low and dark and of course it sounds like a robot on acid is trying to speak to you, or, if you're into Skrillex it sounds like a robot going through a wood chipper. The sound of Dubstep is definitely weirder and darker than any other electro music I've heard. This is thanks in part to the Tritone and in part to the fractured bass lines which sound nightmare inducing. The videos are usually way more fucked up too.The weird will attract. There's definitely some Id related, primal animal psychology thing happening here but that is a LOT of reading, so I'll leave it alone for now.