In my younger years as a classical only snob I looked down on all Hard Rock & Metal as inferior rubbish for juveniles. You’d think attending a Stones concert seated under the stage and rolling joints for the band in my late teens would have had me see the light but it didn’t . Then something odd hit me in my mid 50’s. I can’t remember which band it was that knocked my brains out but something clicked. OK, there’s still a lot of metal etc that to my ears is just noise to annoy mummy and daddy with from behind a locked bedroom door but now I recognise some ( still not all) of the harder stuff as emotionally powerful, downright serious and as well crafted and skilfully played as some of the great symphonies. Sadly though too high a percentage is badly recorded. Maybe by recording engineers who think it doesn’t matter much?
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