Prediction: In 2009 there will be…a strong commercial heavy metal revival

Posted on 30. Oct, 2008 by Jonathan Cherry in Totally Whack

In tough times, nobody wants to hear Usher ft Chris Brown croon about the bottle of Bollinger they just poured over some loose groupie in a lame attempt to make music that has meaning in a world filled with BMW repossessions and slumming it with Pierre Jordan Brut.

Metallica are back with Death Magnetic – easily the best album release of 2008 and now another 80’s classic outfit AC/DC have hit number 1 on the Billboard chart with their latest offering "Black Ice" smashing that High School Musical drivel into submission.
What’s next? Iron Maiden cracking the nod for the soundtrack of the next Bond movie – a proper Guns and Roses reunion resulting in the band strumming the backing track for the next Sony Bravia ad which features many multi-coloured Fenders getting smashed on an ice stage?

Somebody get Phil Wright to stop selling out by doing voice overs for Top Billing and back on late night rock radio. Stop disrespecting Barney Simon with an arb 30 minute show on GO and give the legend his Night Zoo slot back on 5FM.

Recession times call for something a little stronger. Forget slurping on an alcopop to take the edge off after getting retrenched for the third time, it’s time for Jack Daniel’s slammers with an Absinthe chaser delicately flava’d with a pack of Camel Plain.

No more Amy ‘Whine’ house – the real gods of rock are back.

Read: Heavy Metal clobbers High School Musical – NYTimes
And: Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on AC/DC and music’s latest sales model – Hollywood Insider

3 Responses to “Prediction: In 2009 there will be…a strong commercial heavy metal revival”

Jamie Alexander

30. Oct, 2008

Amen.
We need some hard stuff, time to ditch these R&B softies.
Not a fan of Metallica (They killed Napster) and ACDC bit before my time.
But Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance, Kings of Leon.. Yeah
Karl Tessendorf

30. Oct, 2008

Awesome, awesome post. Did i mention awesome? Yes it is definitely time for a change, we have been shoveled this drivel for long enough. But we still have some work to do. DevilDriver, the headline band at a metal festival that was supposed to happen in JHB, DBN and CT has been canceled due too upset Christians. The name says Devil! it must be evil!! I ask you with tears in my eyes, would you judge a deviled egg so harshly? Well my friends suck it the fuck up because the hard shits back.
red

30. Oct, 2008

The Black Keys are going to kick some RnB ass this year. Mark my words.