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Borondir:
I don't normally post much here, more of a lurker, but when I saw this article I knew I had to post it.  No less an authority than the New York Times is recognizing the amazing innovation happening in metal. Link

They actually do a really good job of describing the conflict between true and commercial metal since the 80s, and the dynamics between scenes, and how genre boundaries are finally being freely crossed.

Plus Sunn 0))) gets their picture in one of the biggest newspaper's in the world. :)

kikanjuuneko:
I must admit, that was pretty well-written, even if the part about how My Chemical Romance and Coheed and Cambria were a mix of emo and metal was kind of off. While I like Isis, I'm usually kind of skeptical of some of the stuff that gets put out on Hydrahead (I call it Nintendo syndrome), but yeah, well-written nonetheless.

KharBevNor:
Hmmn, I don't like this article. I don't like it for several pretty interconnected reasons. It obsesses almost entirely on the American metal scene, and then only the hip bits. There's the general attitude in there that metal has only just got intelligent, or arty, or whatever, and it has only done this because it's seen the light and embraced 'art-school' bs. My arse metal just got clever! Borknagar anyone? Cynic? Edge of Sanity? Yes, it's better written than a lot of articles of it's sort, but GAH! I just don't like this art-metal bollocks. I don't like it because people just like the crowd described there listen to it, and ZING they think they know metal, and they think they listen to better metal and have a better taste in metal than actual metalheads, when the application of the word 'metal' in these bands is a loose and devolved thing...it's just...insidious. Annoying. Plus it's not actually that good when you compare it to some of the cream of real goddamn metal.

gah, I don't like it. Go listen to Saxon and stop cutting your hair, you gits. Stop making me talk about stuff I can't iterate properly.

Borondir:
The writer and the guy from Pelican don't talk about the art kids not knowing real metal in very positive light. The author also talks about bands laying the groundwork for 'cleverness' long ago.  Basically, he's just saying that only now is the mainstream noticing that metal has been smart all along. In a way the article is a bit condescending, but this is the mainstream media we're dealing with.

Kai:
In other news, I just noticed you're from Kansas! what part? I live down in Overland Park, if that happens to mean anything.

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