Whatever happened to heavy metal? On [Sunday night's] Grammy Awards, the five nominees in the Best Metal Performance category might wonder if they even want to be invited to the party; the music has rarely gotten along well with the pop music establishment. And it has been years since an industry spotlight has shined on a heavy metal band.
But though the state of heavy metal may be in question, but partisans can agree on one thing: The form's roots are located in the chugging guitar and wailing vocals of two bands: LED ZEPPELIN and BLACK SABBATH. "It's very powerful music," says Shawn Bosler, a New York writer and musician. "It's bombastic, it's like Wagner, and the themes have always fantasy or war.
" Bosler counts himself as a longtime follower of metal, and its misunderstood fans. It's always been pimply-faced, geeky long-haired kids who don't fit in. They feel outcast somehow," Bosler says.
Accordingly, metal led its fans along a couple of dark pathways. Down one: death and suicide, gore and Satan. Down the other, slightly less-morbid, path: a Lord of the Rings-style fantasy world with monsters and hobbits.
So things went through the '70s and '80s, when British bands like DEEP PURPLE, IRON MAIDEN and MOTÖRHEAD ruled the scene. A scene encapsulated by the 1986 cult documentary "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", which captured the excitement of teenage fans hanging out before the big show. .
To report any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, Anyone posting such material will be immediately and permanently banned. IP live underground. Every once in a while, the mainstream will perk its head and pretend that Metal is a "viable and marketable product" The mainstream is full of shit.
Metal has been around and WILL be around long after commercial trends die off. Just look at the last 10 years at all the lolapalooza pearl jam nirvana crap. Where are all those bands now?
Look at Dio and Sabbath reunited for the summer '07 tour? Just think of how many dumb assess back in 1980 and through the decades have consistently bashed Dio and Sabbath saying what satanic loud garbage they play. and how metal is for idiots and low lifes and fat kids with pimples on their face.
Dio and Sabbath are living proof that Metal is ALIVE and has never died.
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