KaiKaspareK's Kremling Kreator

              Folks I have just entered my 40s, ergo, I was around when Papa Roach, Linkin Park, and the rest of these certifiable twat waffles were "poppin off" as they would say.  And while I can only speak for my school, NOBODY LIKED THEM.  Nobody liked nu-metal back then. People either liked Marilyn Manson (who I think is more responsible for Slipknot's popularity than the history books would tell you), Green Day, Wu-Tang, Eminem, Blink-182, Deftones (who I hate more than Limp Bizkit), System of a Down and Cradle of Filth.  Korn at best had early albums that were respected but were thought to have "sold out" with Issues  (which has the only two songs by them I like, go-figure).        Point is, nu-metal was not the universal gateway to metal Groomer mcCunty would have you believe.  I was certainly aware of it, but my opinion was always indifference at best.  Yeah they were all over TRL and I wa...

We all know I insufferably give metal artists shit for abandoning guitar solos.  Exceptions to the rule as J-Dawg says.  If I should have to wonder if your band does solos or not, you're doing it wrong.  But every purple moon a song comes along that is so Mr. Perfect that I give it a pass.  Below are 10 songs that I feel are acceptable in this regard.  There will be more of a bias towards the 70s and 80s because that was when the solo-less song was the exception. 10. Castle Rat- Cry For Me They don't all have to be from the 70s, but strangely enough Castle Rat has the most 70's aesthetic out of any recent bands.  Solid Iommi like solos adorn the album, but this tense, dark ballad with it's needle sharp hook is bereft of any lead.  Concerning, but it's so strong that it works.  (but please don't make too much of a habit of it). 9. Pantera- Slaughtered As many God-tier riffs as Dimebag has laid to tape, when you think of him maniacally abusing whamm...

Artist rendition of core-cunts squawking "plant" at Castle Rat's rise while being nostalgic for nu-metal on TRL           Being a metalhead sucks sometimes.  The biggest reason it sucks is you think the world revolves around you and that you're opinion matters the most (which in my case, it does), when the reality is it couldn't be further from the truth.  Now I like to think my thoughts are a mixture of reasonability, and unreasonability.      One opinion I hold that I think is very reasonable is that metal should be just as big as any other genre in American pop culture.  At various points in time, for reasons correct and incorrect, it was.      Now the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, and Iron Maiden certainly never had the cultural currency of a Prince, a Michael Jackson or a Bruce Springsteen, but they were still major players.  They headlined arenas, had songs your average Joe Q fuck-face would kno...

1. The term "classic rock" is dead:      90s and 00s bands can't and shouldn't be considered classic rock.  For one thing, they didn't have the small backlash period that 80s and 70s band did only to be re-curated under this new moniker.  It could be argued that grunge never "died," but more accurately it never went through a backlash period and those bands are still loved.  Fair enough, but Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana never has been, nor will it be, classic rock.  and I like those first two! 2.  Lars was right about the Napster, but...       ... he was a terrible spokesperson for the cause.  He should have picked Jason Newsted instead.  Granted in that timeline he takes so much abuse he leaves Metallica anyway, but at least there would be less bad juju surrounding Metallica considering he was forced out for the sake of the brand (which ultimately succeeded.  Stupid asshole posers). 3. Pantera was not cal...