History of Heavy Metal Thread

[mr dave]

while i don't have time for a massive post created to justify my opinion here, i'm thinking Fear Factory deserves a nod in defining post-hair metal / nu-metal before it just meant rap mashed in with hard rock. 'soul of a new machine' and 'demanufacture' are brutal albums. although the credit might have to go to Ministry.

and what about Soundgarden and their take on metal in an alternative rock world? (at least up until Badmotorfinger).

[Certif1ed]

Originally Posted by mr dave

while i don't have time for a massive post created to justify my opinion here, i'm thinking Fear Factory deserves a nod in defining post-hair metal / nu-metal before it just meant rap mashed in with hard rock. 'soul of a new machine' and 'demanufacture' are brutal albums. although the credit might have to go to Ministry.

I think they deserve a nod too - which is why I mentioned them in the "Songs that DEFINE Metal" thread.

Let's try and get FF's historical context via a thread like the others I've tried to set up here, with verifiable links, not general straw-man opinions or confusing terms like "post-hair metal".

Originally Posted by mr dave

and what about Soundgarden and their take on metal in an alternative rock world? (at least up until Badmotorfinger).

What about them?