And, what are three ways other than welding to fasten metal?
Nonsense. There's always been tons of different kinds of metal. That hair metal thing on the left is o e kind of metal not thriving so much now. And meaningful lyrics? Motley Crew? Ha ha ha. As for the homophobic thing, what about Metal god Rob Halford? A rawer more manly and more talented vocalist you will not find. And he fancies men! Go figure! Open your mind and your prejudices a little!
Metal Man. Your name doesnt do you justice. Being Metal Man you should know that there are still tons of real metal bands out there besides just the emo metalcore emocore asking alexandria type stuff. There is a thrash revival and and a traditional metal revival happening with tons of amazing new bands coming from places like Sweden, Finland and Germany etc. Stop complaing about the mainstream metal scene in the US and start living up to your name.
Nothing happened to metal. The whole emo metal thing is just another mainstream trend that is somehow influenced and pretended to be metal. This has happened before, in the 80s it was hair metal, in the 90s it was nu metal and now it is metalcore and scene music. However I think this is in USA, since in Europe the local metal bands are not metalcore or emo. You also have to understand that metal or as people say real metal will never be mainstream and will always survive as an underground form of music. In the 80s for example it was thrash metal that was underground. Also, many people say that real metal died in the 90s and only bands like Pantera were playing metal, while this is not true at all, because it has survived as death and black metal, especially in European countries like Sweden and Norway. Metalcore and emo would pass away, and the underground second wave of thrash metal and heavy metal would remain.
The first metal Grammy was Metallica's One.