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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
Serous question. What defines metal? I'm listening to Awaken by Yes, and minus the fuzz pedals and aggressive vocals, it's pretty metal in intensity.
Define metal.
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Dude, stop asking that question. If you consider "Awaken" a metal song/album, then it's metal. If someone disagrees then does it really change how you listen to what you consider to be metal? I haven't heard the song/album, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I probably wouldn't consider anything by Yes to be metal, but that's neither here nor there as far as you're concerned.
I consider many Hawkwind tracks to be metal, but the general consensus is that Hawkwind is not metal, but "Magnu" is still a metal song as far as I'm concerned.
At its core, metal is just rock music at its loudest and most heavy/aggressive/whatever. That is not something that can necessarily be quantified, so quit worrying about it. Slayer is obviously metal, as I can't think anybody on Earth would debate the issue, but when considering 70s rock the dividing line can be arbitrary. Just accept that your criteria might be different than the majority of metal fans and move on.