what makes metal, metal........

[MadBagpiper]

Ok so far I've seen Iron Butterfy, Black Sabbeth, Deep Purple, Zep., AC/DC and others, but you guys have barely scratched the suface!! You didn't even mention Iron Maiden, the godfathers of metal, along with Slayer, Juddahs Preist, Pantera, Lamb of God!!!! All That Remains, At The Gates, Celtic Frost (don't let the name fool you, they are deff. not celtic metal, however that would be cool.)
Venom, Guns N' Roses, KoRn, DIO!, KISS, Megadeath, Metallica, Motor Head, Ozzy Osbourne, As I Lay Dying, War Saw, Pestilent Chior and I havn't even listed them all!

[Raphael]

I have stopped labelling music for a while. I found that it is almost impossible to label music these days without start an argument. Music labelling a marketing tool for the music industry. Every day, the Record Executives are using it to draw fans to buy what they are selling. A lot of music recording are cross breed from many genre. I just buy what I like these days and without worrying what my friends are going to say.

[LK-13]

listen to what you like.
don't worry about labels or being on the "cutting edge"
labels are not worth the bother.
and the "cutting edge" is soon blunted.
just remember:
LOUD!
I wanna hear it,
LOUD!
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES!

[Andrew Breecher]

I have stopped labelling music for a while. I found that it is almost impossible to label music these days without start an argument.

I agree. Most of the music in my iTunes is labeled "Alternative". There's a non-label! I think if it's a little heavier I label it "Rock" - which is really more of a nostalgic label; it includes Metallica, Def Leppard, The Pixies, Meat Loaf, Midnight Oil, and Queen. It's more about what I've "rocked out to" in the past than about what's really rock. I don't even have a "Metal" category.

Maybe it's also because most of the stuff I have that I'd consider metal is on tape, and not on my computer.

Andrew.

[Nick]

Ah, geeze, I was all set to get into a discussion of metalurgical analysis and comparative alloys.