Metal: Will it revive?

[ZantetsukeN]

If anything, the landscape of metal is better than it has been in recent years. There are so many good bands around. Sure, Metal has become a novelty of sorts, with Guitar Hero and such. There are bands which still fly the flag high. Bands like Chimaira, Mastodon, Alestorm, Devildriver, Even older bands back on the scene like Megadeth, Iron Maiden etc. Seriously, get out there because there are plenty of bands that need to be discovered.

[Dodie16]

I sooo want to link to a Tenacious D song right now...and I think I will!





Anyway, I think that all genres of music hit their highs and lows. It's just the way "trends" works. One moment, one style of music will be popular and the next, it's on it's way out. I don't think any style of music will ever really "die out", but sometimes you do have to break away from the mainstream to find some of the really good stuff. Even a lot of the "classics" are good to rediscover, and there's a whole backlog of music that is still really good. That's most of what I have in my collection. ^^; I can't really recommend any new artists to check out, because I'm still stuck with the older metal, but I did hear a bit of Alestorm though. I approve.

[Rhaps]

All of your points make are interesting, but until we hit a metal boom like in the 80's/90's I'm saying it's dead. . . . or maybe sleeping.
No one can defeat the metal!
Dodie, I love that song btw

[Joe]

I sooo want to link to a Tenacious D song right now...and I think I will!

Anyway, I think that all genres of music hit their highs and lows. It's just the way "trends" works. One moment, one style of music will be popular and the next, it's on it's way out. I don't think any style of music will ever really "die out", but sometimes you do have to break away from the mainstream to find some of the really good stuff. Even a lot of the "classics" are good to rediscover, and there's a whole backlog of music that is still really good. That's most of what I have in my collection. ^^; I can't really recommend any new artists to check out, because I'm still stuck with the older metal, but I did hear a bit of Alestorm though. I approve.

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On topic. I'm more or less a fan of classic metal and prog metal than anything else. Bands like Dream Theater, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire, etc. I'll admit I'm a huge fan of the classics like Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Pantera, and Dio, though. Gotta say, a lot of what I listen to recently probably isn't considered metal, unless Avenged Sevenfold (RIP Rev) and Bullet for my Valentine count.