IWantMoreSpamPlease's Journal: March of Kings

I wonder, where did all the Metal go? And I'm not talking about todays "metal", crap like Spineshank, Slipknot, Linkin Park. Shit like that is more rap than metal. It's an embarrassment to have them even be associated with metal.

Real metal, the likes of which started in the early 80s and gained momentum from there, completely fell off the radar screen of radio and (empty)V when grunge hit.

Bands like Exodus, Cyclone, Destruction, Mayhem, Bathory, Venom and others didn't stop making excellent tunes, but their record contracts were dropped like hot potatoes.

Some couldn't deal with it and broke up. Others took a long hiatus. Still others, like Bathory went back to their homeland and started a genre (in this case, Nordic Anthem Metal) that swept the european metal scene by storm and spawned countless imitators.

When the delightful end to grunge (rot in hell Cobain, you nearly destroyed music as we know it) and the drug-related death of 'modern' rock singers, metal has made a wonderful comeback to American shores, albiet not in the strength it was in the 80s.

Real metal fans will be overjoyed to find stalwart bands like Venom and Destruction still producing first class metal (Prime Evil and All Hell Breaks Loose respectively)

Other bands like Exodus, Fifth Angel and Shok Paris are sadly no long with us, but their music remains and will far outlast the REM and N'Sync clones of today.