CNN - Still Not Getting It

[sumairetsu]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/14/metal.makeover.ap/index.html

Shit, Iron Maiden did a lesson on Alexander the Great 19 years ago...

Hey, CNN! Catch up!

 

[Zephyrus]

Wow, CNN talking about extreme metal in a non-contemptuous way, that's fucking ace.

 

[Young Unknown]

Most metal thing i heard from CNN. i was expecting to hear trivium when i started reading.

 

[Zephyrus]

I never thought I'd see the day when CNN.com has a picture of a guy wearing a Suffocation shirt, and talk about a band called Cattle Decapitation.

 

[Eyes Of The Insane]

bout time too.

 

[Astrum]

i love how one of the first things they rush to do is make a reference to black sabbath "conjuring up the dark arts"


and i have a cousin named chris barnes.........

 

[Teh Grimace]

i love how one of the first things they rush to do is make a reference to black sabbath "conjuring up the dark arts"

cos.... they.... didn't?

 

[genocide roach]

interesting article. im glad to see they listed proper metal bands instead of the modern commercial trash.

but i do have one gripe. that article was completly thrown tot he left. no mention of any band that might be supportive of bush or a more conservative view on politics.

how can they ignore bands like slayer (see "dittohead"). there are plenty of metalheads who support the right. i guess we dont get a voice.

lastly, punk and "learned" should never be used in the same sentence, unless theyre saying "that punk hasnt learned anything!"
~gR~

 

[Evil?]

The article was well written and manages to not be insulting, but these types of articles always annoy me because they are only telling me what I already know. I know that it is written for those who don't know, but it is still a little grating.

 

[cookiecutter]

"Metal's punk brethren..."

I thought the article on the whole was good though, referring in a non biased way to semi underground metal

 

[skeptik]

If this is the article that was shown in an excerpt on Blabbermouth a couple of weeks back, then it's still another example of the general ignorance of the mainstream in regards to Metal music. But who really cares anyway?

 

[Astrum]

cos.... they.... didn't?

actually, they did

"More than three decades after Black Sabbath conjured images of the dark arts, heavy metal is growing up. "

grrrr. sort of an "just in case you didnt know what metal is" sort of thing....

 

[Astrum]

haha i checked out the band. they suck.
but theydo have a song called testicular manslaughter, so tht raises their overall rating by one.

www.myspace.com/cattledecapitation

 

[Blinded By Blood]

If this is the article that was shown in an excerpt on Blabbermouth a couple of weeks back, then it's still another example of the general ignorance of the mainstream in regards to Metal music. But who really cares anyway?

.

 

[Mort Divine]

haha i checked out the band. they suck.
but theydo have a song called testicular manslaughter, so tht raises their overall rating by one.

www.myspace.com/cattledecapitation

Cattle Decapitation is good.

 

[skeptik]

lol

 

[Astrum]

Cattle Decapitation is good

how?

 

[Mort Divine]

How not?

I like goregrind and it seems you don't, so obviously I'm going to enjoy it and you will not. Humanure at least, is damned good.

 

[unknown]

I've seen that article. nothing extraordinary

 

[Planetary Eulogy]

1. Metal has touched on the political from the moment of its birth.

2. Explicitly political lyrical content is generally tied to anti-art music (see Death, Napalm and Key, Grand Belial's).

3. The mainstream only notices metal when it starts pandering to the acceptable political prejudices of this wretched society.

4. The bands mentioned here are universally godawful, and fundamentally opposed to the true spirit and meaning of metal.

5. Chris Barnes is a pillow biting faggot.