Is Heavy Metal dead or dying?

[Feldenak]

Guys, guys, no need to potentially damage your guitars over that tool. Just go get yourselves a Louisville Slugger.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: Maleficus

Originally posted by: Wingznut
It's dead.

And it's sad because I'm not sure people will ever be as passionate about music ever again. Do you really think that bands like Limp Bizkit, Rob Zombie, Linkin Park, Perfect Circle, etc... could sell out stadiums like the bands that ScrewFace mentioned? Or even sell as many seats as the 80's hair bands could?

Not a chance.

Dude, A Perfect Circle is complete ownage.

I'm sure they could. Tool also.

True, APC has, does, and will continue to sell out venues before tickets even go on sale. That is how popular Maynard is. Tool packs the house, too.

Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park aren't heavy metal in the traditional sense of the word. Neither is Rush though... Rush is prog-rock. Always was, and always will be. Now we have the genres of alternative and hard rock, which are all-encompasing terms that include mainly fluff with a few good exceptions.

Personally I think that heavy metal is still alive, but it is less mainstream than it was in the 80's with the "hair" bands. Now we have bands like Hatebreed, who are WAY more hardcore than any of the old metal bands. These kids grew up on Pantera, Megadeath, Sabbath, etc. The original metal bands just can't keep up. People change over time. They can't keep writing and playing the same kind of music. Just because the style has changed doesn't mean the genre is dead.

R

 

Guys, guys, no need to potentially damage your guitars over that tool. Just go get yourselves a Louisville Slugger

I want to be like the WHO

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Roger
If you don't, I will with my '74 Fender strat !

If that doesn't work I'll beat him with my ESP Explorer (old style of course, like Hetfield), that thing is a freakin tank.

 

ESP Explorer

It IS a tank

 

[Relayer]

<-- hoping rap dies

 

[Martin]

I think it is, in north america at least. I know there are some bands that are still doing their thing (Iced Earth, anyone?), but they don't seem to have large followings...

Now Europe...that's a different matter altogether. I "discovered" metal a year and a half ago when I heard "The Rise of Soddom and Gomorrah" by Therion. Ever since then, I have not stopped exploring metal and europe (most notably Scandinavian countries) seem to have an abundance of amazing metal bands - everything from highly progressive metal (heavy metal with chellos anyone?), neo-classical metal (mixing full symphonic orchestras with metal bands), doom metal (the lovely Angelic Voice/Death Metal Growl combo), to good old fashioned Heavy metal, death metal and black metal.

I've been exploring for over a year now and I still haven't heard a third of the artists I want to hear. And I just missed Lucana Coil when they were in TO a few weeks ago.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: rgwalt

Originally posted by: Maleficus

Originally posted by: Wingznut
It's dead.

And it's sad because I'm not sure people will ever be as passionate about music ever again. Do you really think that bands like Limp Bizkit, Rob Zombie, Linkin Park, Perfect Circle, etc... could sell out stadiums like the bands that ScrewFace mentioned? Or even sell as many seats as the 80's hair bands could?

Not a chance.

Dude, A Perfect Circle is complete ownage.

I'm sure they could. Tool also.

True, APC has, does, and will continue to sell out venues before tickets even go on sale. That is how popular Maynard is. Tool packs the house, too.

APC is too soft to be considered metal.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Iced Earth
Nevermore
Blind Guardian
Type O Negative (more of a Goth metal)
Tristana
Hammerfall
Stratavarious
Demons and Wizards
Corrosion of Conformity
Spite (very small but stellar band from NC. Their album "Bastard complex" is well worth the effort to find)
Metallica
Dream Theater (prog rock/metal)
In Flames
Dimmu Borgir
The Gathering
Tool (very pro and not stereotypical metal but they can hit too hard not to tossed in here)

Like others have said here if you like metal start looking to Europe. For some reason Europe cultivates more metal bands than the US does.


Lethal

 

[LethalWolfe]

Also, for a longer list of bands go to Century Media's site. They are a record label that has an absolute truck load of Metal bands (heck they all might be metal bands).


Lethal