Did Metal die in the mid-90s ?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Dissidence, Dec 24, 2020.

  1. Curveboy

    Curveboy Forum Resident

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    You haven't been looking...it's a new golden age for heavy metal!
     
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  2. Warren Peace

    Warren Peace Well-Known Member

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    Listening to music in the 70's and 80's and trying to categorize it was so much easier. Hard rock, Prog, Heavy metal and that was pretty much it. Now you must about 40 sub genres of Metal/rock.
    Plenty of music coming out now, plenty of Nordic and European bands bands as well as the more traditional places UK/USA
    Has it died or gone away ? NEVER. It has just evolved ,which is why the current music scene is so healthy
     
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  3. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    Did metal die in the 1990's? Nope, not at all. In the eyes of MTV...metal probably was dead by the mid 90's. The sudden disappearance of Headbangers Ball in January 1995, when MTV abruptly canceled the show without any prior warning to viewers, host Riki Rachtman, or the production staff.

    To me, that was the death knell for MTV...right there. Slightly OT...sorry.
     
  4. Greenalishi

    Greenalishi Birds Aren’t Real

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    The mantel holders of metal are the new jazz/punk snobs. Not music lovers. Just dictating. Heavy is a feel. Much of what you call metal is just pure pop. Metal goes on. More metal today than ever.

     
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  5. ian christopher

    ian christopher Argentina (in Spirit)

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    If metal had stopped in the mid 1990's, we wouldn't have genres such as Atmospheric Black Metal and Dungeon Synth to enjoy in 2022.
     
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  6. bamaaudio

    bamaaudio Forum Resident

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    No, but it's probably a lot tougher to break through now. Metal is over 50 years old at this point and so a lot of ideas have been cultivated. That's not to say there can't be a continued evolution, though. I've heard some really creative stuff over the last few years. But it's not on the same consistent basis compared to when I was first getting into the music. I'm probably just out of loop and need to check out more recent releases.
     
  7. Greenalishi

    Greenalishi Birds Aren’t Real

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    Metal seems more alive right now than ever. Nostalgia and new bands. Lots of really dedicated young fans. Really broad field. Accepted by the press now too. Never was in the 80s. I find the genre minutia too much. But it’s also out of love. Metal is accepted and outside and all over the place.
     
  8. Saturns Pattern

    Saturns Pattern Forum Resident

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    On the contrary. While tribalism is mostly a thing of the past in music, the metal subculture is one of the few remaining subcultures still standing.
     
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  10. Neonbeam

    Neonbeam All Art Was Once Contemporary

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    I guess that's because it's always been extremely open to outside influences. There's some truly amazing, very fertile stuff around.
     
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  11. Weirwolfe

    Weirwolfe Forum Resident

    Metal became significantly less popular then in the wake of Grunge and Nu Metal.
    The European and Scandinavian brethren kept Metal alive. They created the genres of Death, Black and Power Metal. It's glorious stuff and has been very much alive for over thirty years.
    There are thousands of bands and artists who still worship at Metal"s blackened; titanium Church.
     
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  12. DTK

    DTK Forum Resident

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    Mainstream metal fans are often extremely narrow-minded.
     
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  13. Rich-n-Roll

    Rich-n-Roll Forum Resident

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    Here in the US probably but it thrived in Europe and continues to do so
     
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  14. ian christopher

    ian christopher Argentina (in Spirit)

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    South America also, and even the Middle East and Mongolia (The Hu)?
     
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  15. nosliw

    nosliw Delivering parcels throughout Teyvat! Meow~!

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    South American countries, like Brazil and Chile, has a lot of great underground metal bands. Belo Horizonte in Brazil has great metal bands like Sepultura, Sarcofago, Chakal, Holocausto, Mutilator, and others.

    Middle-Eastern bands are also very underground due to the sociopolitical oppression in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon. My favourite, Damaar, is definitely one of the best but only released a demo and has since broken up. Israel has a few decent bands like Melechesh (since relocated to the Netherlands, though), Orphaned Land, Salem, and Sonne Adam. The book, Rock in a Hard Place: Music and Mayhem in the Middle East, is a great read about metal bands in that region.
     
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  16. PhoenixWoman

    PhoenixWoman Forum Resident

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    Another Music is Dead thread. Oh joy.
     
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  17. Neonbeam

    Neonbeam All Art Was Once Contemporary

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    I wasn't thinking of mainstream metal. :unhunh:
     
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  18. DTK

    DTK Forum Resident

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    I know :)
     
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  19. Deibu

    Deibu I Dream of Tangerines

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    Ningen Isu (and other bands from Japan) are doing their part in keeping metal alive. Here's one of Ningen Isu's most popular songs.



    Regards,
    Dave
     
  20. Greenalishi

    Greenalishi Birds Aren’t Real

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    Grunge and new metal are metal to me. There are so so many sub genres now. Still all metal.
     
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  21. Korverrum

    Korverrum Active Member

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    Metal just became less popular then. And frankly, that's a good thing for the genre. Now that metal isn't as popular we won't have another overblown, exaggerated, ridiculous excuse for metal (I'm looking at you hair metal) and more people will be making projects in the vein of black and death metal
     
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  22. Korverrum

    Korverrum Active Member

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    Yes more love for Damaar
     
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  23. Paice

    Paice Forum Resident

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    The modern day masterpiece that is Megadeth's Endgame suggests otherwise.
     
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