Re: Re: Old Metal / New Metal (was NEW

[hogge@p.cs.uiuc.edu (John Hogge)]

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(What HAVE I done?  What HAVE I done?)

Come on, metal is pretty easy to identify.  For inst, it's easy to
separate Trower from Metal.  Trower drips with the blues, whereas most metal
I've heard stays away from it.  Other elements: low, crunching guitar chords
and heavy repetition in arrangements.  (Put on a metal album and count the
number of measures of music which are identical (excluding vocals and
incidental guitar/bass embelishments).)  Also, the ever important
dark/ominous tone which excludes the "easy listening metal" (someone else's
term) of Bon Jovi and Van Hagar.

Whatever...I'm genuinely interested in finding good new hard rock, but metal
doesn't seem to offer anything new besides a little speedcore.  Lately I've
found some fairly interesting punk/hardcore albums that break out of hardcore
stereotypes and enter the realm of quality hard rock.  I recommend the
following albums for anyone who likes hard rock.  Find them at your local new
wave/punk/imports record stores:
  Clown Alley: "Circus of Chaos" (strong metal influence)
  Grey March: self titled
  Scratch Acid: "Just Keep Eating" and self-titled EP
  Couch Flambeau: "The Day the Music Died"  (very punked vocals, but killer
    guitar)

There are other great hardcore albums, but these four are probably the most
accessible to anyone who doesn't listen to hardcore.

--John
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