Ok, so what do you think of music today, i know that heavy metal and rock in particular had a slight dry spell during the 90's......not completely because i do realise bands were releasing alot of stuff but compared to the 70's, and 80's the stuff in my opinion wasn up to scratch compared to their old stuff
take these for example
Metallica - Load, Reload, St.Anger
Machinehead - supercharger
also i feel bands arent as positiely influenced anymore and they dont feel as inventive.....i mean right im only 16 but i still understand bands like Zeppelin, Hendrix, Sabbath, Cream, they all made contributions to music and made inventive riffs and lyrics, tday it seems to be the same meaty riffs played over,
DOESNT ANYBODY WANT VARIETY IN THEIR METAL AND ROCK????

QUOTE(Amanda @ Apr 6 2007, 09:05 PM) [snapback]368523[/snapback]the UK thrash scene does not get the credit it deserves.
No local scene gets the credit it deserves. The Western Australian scene is becoming larger and better at the moment, if anyone wants to check out some new bands check out
Atvena's Wake - www.myspace.com/atvenaswale
Gallows For Grace - www.myspace.com/gallowsforgrace
Arms For Armour - www.myspace.com/armsforarmour

but do people see the point im making of bands not achieving such a progression in their music these days and when the get big they dont get half as big as they actually used to do......
also whats your opinion on....does a band get bigger and stay rememberd longer if...a key member dies, they break up when their doing great, theirs some kind of controversy within the band or with another band.........and are they remembered as assholes for this or as rock gods!
e.g Led Zeppelin - John Bonham - 1980 - they are still known as ledgends
Guns and roses - no more slash! - still remembered for when they were great

please dont start raving about underground bands again.....im taking mainstream bands as an example!

thats because they are good.

QUOTE(Glenn @ Apr 7 2007, 02:06 AM) [snapback]368875[/snapback]Sabbat and Onslaught are both great thrash bands from the UK, but neither are part of the "scene".
Even I listen to Onslaught.

QUOTE(Ninju @ Apr 6 2007, 03:12 PM) [snapback]368568[/snapback]I believe half of the problem is that everyone is so god damned elitist these days it's hard for good music to even get recognized AS good music.
Has the power of money and the media not ever occurred to you? It's so ignorant to say something like that, and assume that if all bands received the same levels of exposure, that we'd see the same groups with the largest numbers of fans. If you believe that, you have an incredibly small understanding of how the industry works. The bands that are thrust into the public eye are not the ones perceived as the most talented or promising, they're the ones who will make the most money and appeal to the broadest market. This means they're probably watered down compost, trying to cater for the tastes of the largest number of people. That's entirely in contrast to a band being great at a specific style, and appealing to a smaller market, but being much better at it.

It's also knowing where to look for your metal. In some places it's much harder to find than others, not much here in the Texas Bible Belt, that's to be certain.

I've only heard one good UK thrash scene band, Evile. The California thrash scene is where it's at

I can't really think much of a UK thrash band, except for Sabbat.

Blinded...your friend is a nitwit.

I couldn't agree with that post more man.
QUOTE(Blinded by Fear @ Apr 6 2007, 04:13 PM) [snapback]368592[/snapback]I know someone whose favourite bands (Funeral for a Friend, Alexisonfire, Atreyu etc.) wouldn't exist were it not for Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica etc. but she still denies that they have any relevance to her taste in music at all, simply stating they're shit.
She thinks that because she doesn't have a clue about metal. Or her own music.