Sunday 21 October 2012

The Metal Project: The Nineties part two

Ever wonder how many Metal songs there are that have "Metal" in the title? I did and that's why I set out to find as many on Youtube as I could. Welcome to The Metal Project.

   The mid-nineties were not looking good for Heavy Metal. The LA scene had been comprehensively nuked, a number of major players were in a creative slump or trying to make the music they thought people wanted, and Judas Priest still hadn't got round to finding a new singer yet.
 The legendary Monsters Of Rock festival drew its last breath in 1996 and "Kerrang" had morphed into an "Alternative" mag that was actively scathing of any metal band that wasn't downtuned and angry.
 But as so often happens, Metal was about to make a bit of a comeback.
 To begin with, since Ozzy Osbourne couldn't find a touring festival that wanted him, he created his own - Ozzfest - and that acted as a springboard for Metal's next wave of bands.
 Whether the likes of Korn, Marilyn Manson and Limp Bizkit are actually "Metal" is an argument going to rage long after those bands shuffle into retirement . But all of a sudden it was okay to use the "M" word in public and you have to wonder how many people rediscovered the Old Masters through Nu-Metal.
  Now while the Anglo-Saxons were getting excited about bands with baggy pants and DJs,  Sweden's Hammerfall and Italian loons Rhapsody were spearheading a new generation of  European Power Metal bands. They were fast, they were melodic and they were not afraid to sing about knights, dragons and the glories of Metal. Expect to see lots of those bands popping up as I move on into the next decade.
 I should also really mention that there's always a determined core of bands going "Screw fashion. Let's thrash"

 So to sum up, the Nineties may not have been a golden era for Heavy Metal but rumours of its death were greatly exaggerated.

    Well that intro turned out longer than I was expecting. Let's have some music.

Strapping Young Lad - Cod Metal King (Canada 1995)

(I'm fairly certain Devin Townshend is taking the piss but it's a good example
 of the sort of thing  Metal Hammer was pushing in the mid-90s )
Honour to; Megam0rf

Moonblood - Warriors Of Metal (Germany 1996)(Demo)

(I will warn you now, the vocals on this one are an acquired taste)
Honour to: Occult Warwulf

Arakain - M. Jako Metal- (Czech Rep. 1997)


Nocturnal Breed - Metal Storm Rebels (Norway 1997)

Honour to: fersalrod77

Sacred Steel - Wargods of Metal (Germany 1998)

Honour to: petrankaras

Saber Tiger -Metal Rider '98 (Japan 1998)

Honour to: BellXlleb


Scepter - Obsessed By Metal (USA 1998)

Honour to: DeathThrasher69

F.K.U. - Metal Moshing Mad (Sweden 1999)

Honour to: extremo8008

Now some US Trad Metal

Killer Khan - Metal Death Star (USA 1999)

Honour to: TheMetallicAttack

Spanish bands really deserve more attention. Like these guys below.

Lujuria - Corazon De Heavy Metal (Spain 1999)

Honour to; ralphbury025
 Hope you found something to enjoy. See you next time.

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