Un-fucking-believable

[norbinho]

Over here in The Netherlands metal is pretty much still an underground thing.

in austria too we have horrible radio stations here (like OE3) who only play mainstream crap out of the charts (3-4 times the same songs per day)...metal is pretty much never played in the radio although the new albums of the popular and well known metal bands (metallica, maiden etc.) always enter the charts on top.

but there is also a positive thing to mention - the nova rock festival...every year they are able to get a really great line up with a lot of great rock and metal bands. for example this year's headliners will be maiden, system of a down and volbeat

[metmum]

I always thought it wasn't that popular in the UK but having seen some of your comments maybe it is. We have quite a few radio stations that play it although some play the lighter end of it. And have a number of magaizines that cover. And we have the download festival, sonisphere and Bloodstock plus a couple of other smaller festivals that play some metal.

[metallifreak27]

htfu!

[Pete-Rock]

htfu!

now what does that mean??

[CreepingDeath81]

Having Avenged Sevenfold after Maiden could be okay except the fact that 98% of the concert goers would go home after Maiden's set.

The very same thing was the case when Marilyn Manson played AFTER Slayer! I went to the very short and disappointing performance by Slayer, then after they were done and their crew was taking everything down, about 85% of the crowd left, including me.

[hellawaits77]

Having Avenged Sevenfold after Maiden could be okay except the fact that 98% of the concert goers would go home after Maiden's set.

The very same thing was the case when Marilyn Manson played AFTER Slayer! I went to the very short and disappointing performance by Slayer, then after they were done and their crew was taking everything down, about 85% of the crowd left, including me.

x2. BUT, at least we didn't have to sit through Manson's set. I filmed the first half of it after Slayer played, and I just couldn't take his stage show. I mean some of his stuff (mostly Antichrist Superstar and earlier) isn't bad, but the crap he doesn on stage is just not my thing. Dude put his hand down the back of his pants. Not into seeing a dude play with his ass

[hellawaits77]

Another thing I want to add about metal's popularity in the US..............many metal fans from my home country irritate the hell out of me!!!!! They can never be happy or pleased!!

It's true, we don't get many festivals in the US. BUT, we have gotten the Mayhem fest every summer since 2008, 2011 will be the fourth year. It's a GREAT festival, and it plays around 20 dates every year!! True this years lineup isn't the best. But it's still great! Megadeth, Machine Head, Disturbed, In Flames, Godsmack, Trivium, and some great younger bands like Unearth, All Shall Perish and Suicide Silence. Every board I've read about this topic, people are throwing fits about the bands!! Even when Mayhem Fest had Slayer in 2009, people still complained that the rest of the lineup sucked! True, I'm not a Manson fan, but Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, God Forbid, BFMV, Killswitch, all very popular and successful bands were on the bill that year. And people still weren't satisfied!! ROAR!!

Ugh.....just had to get that off my chest

[Pete-Rock]

Another thing I want to add about metal's popularity in the US..............many metal fans from my home country irritate the hell out of me!!!!! They can never be happy or pleased!!

It's true, we don't get many festivals in the US. BUT, we have gotten the Mayhem fest every summer since 2008, 2011 will be the fourth year. It's a GREAT festival, and it plays around 20 dates every year!! True this years lineup isn't the best. But it's still great! Megadeth, Machine Head, Disturbed, In Flames, Godsmack, Trivium, and some great younger bands like Unearth, All Shall Perish and Suicide Silence. Every board I've read about this topic, people are throwing fits about the bands!! Even when Mayhem Fest had Slayer in 2009, people still complained that the rest of the lineup sucked! True, I'm not a Manson fan, but Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, God Forbid, BFMV, Killswitch, all very popular and successful bands were on the bill that year. And people still weren't satisfied!! ROAR!!

Ugh.....just had to get that off my chest

Glad you did

That is another interesting thought. The festivals here in Europe dont tour. They only have one date each (usually a weekend from fri to sun, so thats actually 3 days). But thats it. And maybe that is part of the success. The only festival that plays more dates is the new Sonisphere festival in which I believe they try to copy the american festival style.

[tikimaize]

Having Avenged Sevenfold after Maiden could be okay except the fact that 98% of the concert goers would go home after Maiden's set.

The very same thing was the case when Marilyn Manson played AFTER Slayer! I went to the very short and disappointing performance by Slayer, then after they were done and their crew was taking everything down, about 85% of the crowd left, including me.

x2. BUT, at least we didn't have to sit through Manson's set. I filmed the first half of it after Slayer played, and I just couldn't take his stage show. I mean some of his stuff (mostly Antichrist Superstar and earlier) isn't bad, but the crap he doesn on stage is just not my thing. Dude put his hand down the back of his pants. Not into seeing a dude play with his ass

Amen. I did not stay for Manson either. Everything after Anitchrist was crap for the most part.

[tikimaize]

As far as Metal in the US, I dont think its popularity has changed much since I was a teenager in the 80s. There was not a huge amount of us Metalheads growing up. We were definately underdogs. Radio stations did not play any metal at all for a while. Metallica was around for years before they got any real radio time. If we wanted to hear something we actally had to go out and BUY a cassette or album. We did not have "free" music on the internet like you do now . We also did not have these great forums to talk about new music like you do now, we relied on word of mouth for new shit. So if anything metal is a bit more popular these days and far more accepted, because of the internet.

Nick, as far as the Mayhem Festival, I love those shows. It's a great time and it gives you a chance to see alot of bands in a short time. But I really wish we had something similar to a European festival. Think, take Mayhem and multiply it by 3 days!!! I had a taste of it in 2008 with Bonnaroo, and it was an awesome experience. Over 100000 people 100 bands and I did not see one fight . Hopefully Mayhem comes to Scranton again this year, they skipped us last year.