Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!spar!ellis From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: METALLIC PUNK (METALLICA) Message-ID: <10@spar.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 13:35:40 EST Article-I.D.: spar.10 Posted: Tue Dec 18 13:35:40 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 23:38:34 EST References: <558@aluxe.UUCP> Reply-To: ellis@max.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 22 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