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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: METALLIC PUNK (METALLICA)
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 13:35:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 13:35:40 1984
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Reply-To: ellis@max.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA
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Keywords: immaturity, noise, leather, Led Zep


    Hardcore punks, Led Zep fans, AND PEOPLE WHO LIKE CAPITALS A LOT are
    likely to be pleased by recent events in the Heavy Metal tradition.
    
    Like Metallica, f'rinstance. Ask any junior high school kid about
    these guys..
    
    Though their 1st album `Kill `em All' sounds more like thrash,
    except with longer guitar solos, just about everything contained in
    the grooves of this magnificent 50-minute document has become anthemic
    to the new metallic movement. `Whiplash' and `Metal Militia' are not only
    brilliantly performed, they contain a wild driving force unequalled
    by anything I've heard since early hardcore.

    Last week I heard Metallica's 2nd album (damn, can't remember its
    name). The speed and ferocity of their delivery has been toned down,
    slightly, only to be replaced by a startling sensitivity and range
    of style that one never expected from the genre. I am reminded
    most clearly of the creative level achieved on Led Zep I. The best, 
    ESPECIALLY if you think metal sucks.

-michael