Quote Originally Posted by English assassin
I guess Spino's point about Sabbath was if a new band came out with that same sound new in 2006 you'd probably call them hard rock rather than metal.
Nah, it would be Doom Metal, like Count Raven, St. Vitus, Electric Wizard, Cathedral...

Quote Originally Posted by JAG
They might not be metal in your opinion, but to the vast majority - no, everyone except you - they are. Chimaira are a very good band, their new album especially, but if you don't like them great, not sure I like most of the metal you listen to either.
Yeah, right, buddy. If you can't tell real metal from this trendy metalcore crap, that's not my problem. It doesn't matter what the 'vast majority' thinks.