The Triumphant Return of Metal

We all have enjoyed Metal from time to time, although most of can’t recognise it from its lighter, more famous cousin, Rock. But, the hardcore musical genre is due for a return and looks like it is all ready to make our head bob. So it’s time throw up the Devil horns and listen to it on loud.

In the early 90’s, before the boy bands Like Backstreet Boys and N-Sync came and took over the billboard top ten, there were two Genres which were ruling the air waves. Rock and Metal. Rock stars partied gloriously, got most of the girls and features on MTV. While, it's lesser known cousin got infamous for violent fans, mosh pits and really loud music.

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Even its sub-genres have ominous names like Doom, Death, and Thrash etc. And, then there were bands like Manowar who proudly took the microphone and screamed, “If you are not into metal you are not my friend.” This all made the younger fans look at metal in a negative light. What most forgot was one of the most famous bands in the world ‘U2’ is a metal band.

As the decade wound down and the 2000’s began only a handful of well-known bands like Slayer, Korn and Rammstein survived the transition. Fans even forgot about the high budget productions Iron Maiden put into their concert. The only place we could hear in pop culture was the WWE, where the wrestler Triple H came out to Motorhead’s – The King of Kings.

Now, fans around the world are getting bored of hip-hop and Metal is returning. New bands are popping up around the world and reaching out through the ever present internet through hard hitting songs and explicit lyrics. Most notable amongst them is ‘Accept’ who’s tracks ‘Die by the sword’ and ‘The Rise of Chaos’ mix catchy music with hard hitting lyrics. Then there is Australia’s ‘Ne Obliviscaris’ who in their track ‘Intra Venus’ have mixed an acoustic guitar and violin with roaring and screaming voices of the lead singer to make a perfect progressive metal.

But the most memorable track today is ‘Ensiferum’s – Two Paths’. They have a mix of Irish rock guitars riff which gets harder and harder and mixed with Ensiferum’s lead singer powerful voice make Heavy Metal awesomeness.

From the September 2017 issue of FHM India.