There's a difference between disliking something and calling it overrated. You're allowed to dislike any music you want. When you say Metallica is overrated, you're not saying you dislike them, you're denying the influence they had. So now that I've cleared things up for you, I'll let you reconsider, is '80s Metallica overrated? Please forget your personal opinions of their 4 little CDs and instead consider the countless sounds they've delivered you in the form of heavily influencing other bands.
yes, yes they are
you see, Swedens population is around 10 million people. I'd guess that some 9 million of them heard of Metallica, and 6 millions heard more than one song by them, as they are played on the radio every day, and you can see them on the TV and so on. Everyone knows what Metallica is, cause you can't avoid not knowing it, unless you are senile.
I once had a discussion about music with my class. They asked what genre I listened to, and I simply said "Death Metal mostly". that started a wild discussion about bands playing death metal. half of the class went "Oh, Metallica! they are great!", and then some smartasshad to open his mouth with the awful words, which still today disturb my brain.
- NO! Metallica is not Death metal you stupids! he's listening to Rammstein and Slipknot! that's reaaal death metal.
I just sighed and asked if they ever heard of bands like Devil Driver, Opeth, Lamb of God and so on (not claiming they are all death metal).
but obviously, my class just went quiet.
so what I'm saying in a slightly retarded way, is that every fucking one in sweden know about Metallica, but not one single dumbtwat ever heard of what I consider better music.
not saying that any of those bands deserve more credit than Metallica, but at least 1/50 of what they have gotten.