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METAL in pictures, why it will never be cool….
August 23, 2009 in #5 Metal: why it's great and why it's dreadful, Topic of the week | Tags: Behemoth, Harry Potter, Highlander, Lord of the Rings, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Slipknot, Thrash | by nolangiles | Leave a comment

Are these dickheads wearing scary masks because they are hard, or are they trying to hide the fact that they look like sad computer technicians who got bullied at school?
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METAL: Where I Stand
August 18, 2009 in #5 Metal: why it's great and why it's dreadful, Topic of the week | Tags: Black Sabbath, commercialisation, death metal, Iron Maiden, Led Zepplin, Lemmy, metal, metal heads, Metallica, Motley Crew, Motorhead, Slayer, Stairway to Heaven, Triumph Spitfire | by sarahjr | 4 comments


Metal derived from rock music and started off back in the 70s with bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. (God how I wish I’d been a teenager in the 70s. I dream about riding around in a green Triumph Spitfire and listening to Stairway to Heaven).
After the nuclear holocaust there will only be cockroaches and metal
August 17, 2009 in #5 Metal: why it's great and why it's dreadful, Topic of the week | Tags: bevans, Caboolture, Cannibal Corpse, goths, Logan, metal, Metallica, Napalm Death, Parkway Drive, tattoos, the suburbs, Wacken festival | by babylonisburning | Leave a comment

Metal is a rare point of convergence in music – where the alternative and underground music worlds nod approvingly at the same time as the suburbanest bevans of all.
