Sabbath @ MindSay

Who are the forefathers of metal as we know it today? To answer this question one must ponder what true metal really is? VH1 wants you to believe that bands such as Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith paved the way for today's metal gods with their "oooh" and "ahhh" lyrics and undistorted sound. If a band is inpired by the likes of Aerosmith, should they really be considered part of the metal genre, no matter how far it continues to expand? Do metal bands really play at the MTV music awards? Do true metal bands really wrap scarves around their mic-stand? To me metal is defined by bone-chilling, heart-wrenching, pulse intensifying guitar riffs in standard or drop tuning combined with throaty, screaming lyrics and growls about death, dishonor, payback, retribution, war, religion, and the like, not about girls and love - unless of course we are referring to certain songs by Cannibal Corpse and Pantera. To the first-time and experienced listener alike, true metal (including underground, black metal, pagan metal, dark metal, death metal, extreme metal, gothic metal, grindcore, hardcore, heavy metal, metalcore, sludge metal, speed/thrash metal, viking metal, and the like) should conjure "a new level of confidence and power", not something that I have experienced while listening to Stone Sour. Metal should make you want to reach out and decapitate someone.

 

In my mind, the forefathers of Metal (bands formed pre-1990) are:

 

BLACK SABBATH

SLAYER

CANNIBAL CORPSE

IRON MAIDEN

JUDAS PRIEST

 

 

I have often wondered why the Christian church celebrates "pagan" holidays (noteably Christmas, under guise of celebrating Jesus' birth though the season is all wrong; & Easter) and has left their heritage, the biblical sabbaths (both weekly and annual) behind.   I am fascinated by the biblical feasts,  Sabbaths, observed by the Apostles and Jesus.  It is further compelling that Jesus is a fulfillment of most of the feasts.   Anyone else ... curious?

 

Naturally, some of you are more learned than I on the matter, but I will post here 2 articles I have started to read with which, so far, I agree.  I am by no means, advocating or bashing either Christianity or any other belief.  I am ... just curiously seeking answers to some of those nagging "backburner" unanswered questions. 

 

Food for thought: 

Biblical Holidays 

*Pagan Holidays? or God's Holidays? ~ Which?

 

*NOTE:  Yes, I know who the author of this article is and his history, however, I also know that Truth sometimes hides in peculiar spots.  I do NOT advocate or deny the beliefs of this man, but this particular article is, so far, interesting.

 

~ B 

P.S. We still have an 18 yr old refugee at our home ... ?

Happy 666 day everyone!

Black Sabbath with Ozzy..Randy Rhodes with Ozzy... after that.... I'm disappointed!

I know I said it before but I have to say it again: This new Black Sabbath album is great! It's called "Fused".. You've got to check this out! It's amazing!