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I was metal when metal wasn’t cool

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Lee M.

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Heavy metal may be the Next Big Thing for kitsch-crazed hipsters according to this Slate article. Well, some of us never stopped loving metal! Though, I admit my tastes run more to 80’s thrash at its peak (early Metallica, Anthrax, etc.), punk-metal fusion (Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I.), and “classic” stuff like Iron Maiden, with an occasional dip into early 90’s Pantera.

However, allow me to plug the great new album from punk-metal pioneers Corrosion of Conformity. It seamlessly fuses Sabbath-influenced Southern sludge with a thrash element that in places rivals Slayer in their prime (and without all the satanic imagery!).

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2 responses to “I was metal when metal wasn’t cool”

  1. Joshie

    I’ve always enjoyed C of C but never bought an album of theirs. Maybe I’ll start!!!

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  2. Kevin Carson

    Never woulda guessed. I didn’t have much use for 80s music myself (keyboard pop, insipid “r&b,” and spandex-and-hair metal). I thought Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots and the rest of the grunge wave of the early ’90s was like a bracing cold front clearing out the previous decade’s miasma.

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