Who Destroyed Metal?

[Dogbreath]

(sigh)

ok.


shit.



sorry.

It was me.
I killed metal.


I was rockin out on my kazoo and started playing Enter Sandman and... well...it was all over.

Terribly sorry guys.

 

[fuzzsniffvoyage]

None of the above. Metal is alive and kicking.

 

[Greg_L]

If it hasn't been destroyed yet, I hope it happens soon.

 

[cakewalkKaKed]

if it hasn't been destroyed yet, i hope it happens soon.

hahahhahhahahahaaaaaaaahahaaa !!!!!

 

[snow lizard]

The "video killed the radio star" model clearly points to the role of relative ferric content and oxidization in these types of discussions.

Or something.

 

[RollTape]

I don't know,but whomever it was,...Thanks.

 

[rayc]

80's hair metal did it but not properly so Metallica and then Death Metal (incl. all sub genres) dessicated the corpse and plant new seeds of demonia in the compost which flowered like the dead meat plant & there we have today's variant.

 

[loldoaflip]

I'm sure every point I can possibly think of has been beaten like a dead horse, but since I don't feel like reading through 49 pages, I'll just say this:

-Metal does not just equal hair metal or mainstream metal
-With that said, the only metal that 'died' was hair metal
-Grunge didn't kill hair metal, hair metal killed itself with its insincerity and oversaturation
-Just because hair metal bands generally had talented musicians doesn't make them better than the grunge bands (I'd rather take an emotionally engaging and intense 'grunge' song than a cheesy cock-rock song with an indulgent, reverb-soaked solo)
-Generally speaking, metal is far from dead nowadays. In fact, despite not being popular in the media, metal is doing better now than it ever has, both old bands and new bands are flourishing

 

[fat_fleet]

dessicated the corpse and plant new seeds of demonia in the compost which flowered like the dead meat plant

Sooooo heavy!....and then the flower petals died in the autumn and fell in the compost where they were eaten by the forgotten woodchuck OF DESPAIR!!!!

 

[dbogdan]

I picked Bon Jovi 'cause that ain't metal. And if it is, hmmmm. I'd say it's not.

 

[grimtraveller]

What really killed metal was the onset of studio perfection allied with record labels no longer giving bands three album contracts to develop.......
That and Hannah Montana.

 

[andrew_s]

Pop and mainstream did it!!!

 

[bileshake]

I blame MTV for playing MUSIC only 42.87 minutes of each 24 hour period.

Agreed! start a new channel for pop culture reality crap if that's all you want to air.

 

[ibleedburgundy]

Uh, metal isn't destroyed. Not even close.

 

[fat_fleet]

Uh, metal isn't destroyed. Not even close.

All those bands are like 30 years old. Metal has been resurrected, killed again, resurrected again, killed again, and resurrected again since.

 

[Greg_L]

Metal sucks.

 

[moresound]

Twas beauty that killed the beast.

 

[fat_fleet]

Twas the vultures of timeless sorrow that brung forth it's bane.

 

[moresound]

Twas the vultures of timeless sorrow that brung forth it's bane.

Whoa! That's deep.

 

[moresound]

I would have said that it was WHAM.