![]() ![]() Regardless, there’s still great music happening everywhere.īlack Sabbath on the Making of 'Vol. ![]() It’s like different coasts of the same country. If you go to concerts by these artists, though, the only connecting thread you might see are fans wearing Slayer and Black Sabbath T-shirts – two groups who’ve recently mounted their final world tours. The past month or so has seen a spate of albums by headbangers of all levels, from middle-of-the-road head nodders Godsmack to never-ready-for-primetime melodic death-metal stalwarts At the Gates, all of varying degrees of quality. ![]() There has always been a great divide between metal’s mainstream and underground, and it’s grown ever wider since traditional media like radio and MTV have disappeared and the Internet has allowed micro-subgenres to flourish. Metal is still about togetherness, it’s just fellowship in factions. It’s a grassroots phenomenon Saxon chronicled with the lyrics, “Denim and leather/Brought us all together/It was you that set the spirit free.” Metalheads grew their hair as long as they wanted, wore denim battle jackets and studded black leather and congregated at concerts by their favorite bands. In the late Seventies, heavy metal transcended musical genres and became a culture. At the Gates, To Drink From the Night Itself | ★★★ 1/2įive Finger Death Punch | And Justice for None ★★
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