Metal is the new... Dance??

People have been dancing to metal for, like, 40 years.

and boy, my legs are tired.

ba-dum-tish.

yer I know.

I just. I'm bored, and wondered if it might actually be starting to creep in and up-end a few of the sonic signifiers we've got used to simply being there all the time, if it's what the kids are actually up to whilst the old men are arguing about Girls Aloud, Grime, Minimal and Simon Reynolds... just seemed like there might be a thread in it?

i just can't believe Penaut Butter Wolf is still knocking around.

Boomkat's review was pretty funny:

Here’s something I wasn’t expecting – Stones Throw label boss and general underground hip-hop super-dude Peanut Butter Wolf turning in a mix album that isn’t hip hop. Oh so it will be funk, rare groove or soul you think? Wrong, it’s metal. Yeah you heard me right, and it ain’t that trendy doom drone metal we’ve all been banging on about, it’s proper, no holds barred hair metal, death metal, black metal, industrial metal and a bit of EBM thrown in for good measure. This disc is in fact like my ideal night out; cheap beers, a sticky floor and loud, heavy music… oh and don’t forget the goth girls because by the sounds of it Peanut Butter Wolf must have had his fair share. Why else would he throw a power-punch suicidegirls-friendly combo of Ministry-Venom-Necrophobic and the Cure? Seriously the man’s after some deep black eyeliner and cracked nails, trust me, I know. The surprising thing overall though is that this mix, mixed not so much like your metal club DJ but in a hiphop fashion, is absolutely blinding. The track listing is admirable and very knowledgeable, the blending inspired and the overall effect is blisteringly good fun. Hell, there’s even a picture of the man himself on the back wearing a Maiden teeshirt, I used to have one just like it… I think I have a tear of nostalgia in my eye… aah. Want the perfect party mix for that girl at work who watches ‘The Craft’ too much? Look no further! Roots, bloody roots!

Don Passantino moonlighting again?

fucking terrible idea for a thread this. man was I bored this afternoon.

it's ok. synthesized heavy distortion on mid range frequencies confuses us all, sometimes.

It all comes back to goth in the end. I will forever argue this.

METALDANCE!!! SPK were right after all.

At high school dances in mid 70s we danced to the likes of "Smoke on the Water" and BTO, well I guess you'd call it dancing.

The Moley is back and we must all tremble. (Did he metal dance with R*n J*remy?)

It all comes back to goth in the end

otm!

Mary Shelley invented the first headbanger of course.