A Yuletide Apocalypse

Bravewords.com >”METAL” MIKE CHLASCIAK:

…Standing there, playing my flying V with a middle finger in the air for those who thought Metal was dead.

That was 2000. Welcome to today: 2006. Heavy Metal is not coming back, it IS here. No need to say let’s keep it alive, we are over that. We live in the Metal world. Just look around… one way to tell is to see a young kid at a mall wearing their Exodus shirt. That did not happen in 1999. Yeah, some people will wear their newly bought studded belts and jump on the bandwagon, it is to be expected. Fuck, I’ll rather see that and laugh silently in victory than to hear people doing it for the Nookie.

Hell yes.
I couldn’t agree more. If anyone’s heard me talk lately about the metal renaissance, this is pretty much what I’ve been talking about. Metal has made its way back into the mainstream, albeit by way of hardcore (sort of), but still there are elements of good ‘ol metal appearing (can someone say DRAGONFORCE?!) (and My Bloody Valentine touring with MAIDEN? Well, they’re not so bad, but still kinda odd).