Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

Nobody can stop the music! Tear down the walls / Wake up the world / Ignorance is not / Bliss / So fed up with the second-best / Our time / Is here and now I am the enemy / I am the antidote / Watch me closely / I will stand up… now We will rise / Above Stereotype fools / Playing the game / Nothing unique / They all look the same / In this sea of mediocrity / I can be anything / Anything I want to be I am the enemy / I am the antidote / Watch me closely / I will stand up… now We will ri

Metallica revitalized. Not that long ago (well OK, maybe it was... ), when the roots of my inner music nerd/writer were being put in place (1978, Creem magazine), there were several bands whose records were in heavy rotation on my turntable: Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Bad Company, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent. At the time, these artists were revered. It's a stereotype,...