Originally Posted by: jamesplaysgitari wouldnt call anything "fake metal"

but it gets annoying when people call things like iron maiden, disturbed, black sabbath and stuff like that metal.

megadeath is hardly metal.

You're kidding right? Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Megadeth are some of the few real 'metal' bands that actually have good songs that will stand the test of time. Loads of heavy bands have heavy sounds and fast riffs but weak songs that will never be remembered. Metal is something that was created in the late 70's and exploded in the 80's, all the new stuff is just an extension of that, which unfortunately (for the most part) went downhill with the dumbing down of guitar playing popularised by the grunge movement. When I look at modern 'metal', for the most part I see on one hand the evolution of sound quality and recording methods with the devolution of musical quality and abilties on the other.