From: alpet@ocf.berkeley.edu (Alex Petrushko)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: Re: Speed Metal: Alive or dead?
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:54:54 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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In article <92289.162247JVI100@psuvm.psu.edu> <JVI100@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>
>      I have had a concern for a while about whether or not Speed Metal
>  is dying out, despite the fact that Thrash/Death Metal/etc.. seem to
>  be proliferating. I could be wrong about all of this, but let me
>  explain my reasons for concern.
>
>      6 - 7 years ago the biggest speed metal bands around were(in
> no particular order):
>            - Metallica
>            - Megadeth
>            - Iron Maiden
>            - Slayer (sometimes they were thrash)
>            - Anthrax
>            - MotorHead
>            - Exodus
>            - Suicidal Tendencies (sometimes)
>
>    Today, the biggest speed metal bands around are almost EXACTLY the same!
> It almost seems that we were hit with one (To use a phrase) invasion. Sure
> some small bands came out (i.e. Helloween, Sanctuary, and some others that
> I can't think of now), but where are they today? I don't see any bands that
> are at the vanguard of new style speed metal (Maybe Voivod, but they're
> fairly old, too). Where are the bands musically talented enough to challenge
> the old Juggernauts? I've heard some new bands that really don't sound
> like the stuff classics are made of.
>
>
>    I'd really welcome being wrong.....
>
>                               the Morning Star.
>
> P.S. I don't consider GNR speed metal.{Or, metal at all, for that matter :-( }

First of all, GNR is not metal at all, at least in my definition. I still
think that GNR, Poison, Slaughter and all the rest of the shit is hard or
glam or poser rock. About the speed metal... It is very hard to draw a line
between speed and thrash, although two styles are very distinct. Again,
to me Iron Maiden wasn't speed metal, and Anthrax was always thrash, IMHO.
The thing is , however, that a lot of new speed metal bands employ the
techniques and have such a style that do not allow them to be classified
as "pure" speed metal. Exodus came very close in "Fabulous Disaster."
Overkill did too. I think "1916" of Motorhead can be placed in that 
category, and of course, "Kill'em All." The new speed metal bands appear
in Europe, I think. I have a double various artists album, "Metal 
Invaders, Vol.1," and a lot of the bands are European. There is Violent
Force, Angel Dust (which nobody seems to know about here), Vendetta,
Assassin and others, and the songs that they have there are above average,
considering the fact that some of these bands were just formed a couple of
years ago. Besides, remember that you can no longer have that "pure"
sound with onslaught of all the technology and various neat gizmos that
you can use to create music.  Besides the point, I loved old Kreator and
Sodom, and now they are declining. 

Alex.

P.S. Don't bitch about Helloween and Sanctuary. I think old Helloween is
much better than any Suicidal Tendencies' album. They are still there.

 
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