YOUR QUESTION:

2022 Duckie

I know you've spoken on your love of 80s metal bands. What are your thoughts on the metal genre in the 90s? In particular
1. Metallica becoming radio friendly but at the same time challenging their audience (albeit with subpar album's)
2. Slayer canning Lombardo and going nu metal albums
3. That whole nu metal scene lead by Korn and Slipknot
4. The only metal bands around that time that seemed to stay true to their thrash roots and not change for the trends were basically Pantera and Meshuggah
Thoughts on metal in the 80s progressed (or regressed) in the 90s

MY ANSWER:

1. I essentially took a substantial break from listening to any new metal in the ‘90s having ridden the wave for a good 10 years and needing fresh genres. I heard ‘tallica’s “One” in the grocery store today. Gawd, what an awful sounding recording. I mean, I already knew that, but it is so blatantly bad. Ew.
2. Misguided.
3. Yuck.
4. Pantera was a glam metal band at one point, so I’m not sure what their roots are, nor care. I would say that the ‘90s was a transitional period in metal. That said, Voivod was always ahead of the game.