I heard a cultural commentator say that Heavy Metal had fallen from grace as you don't hear it on the radio any more. But it is still there, and has a popular, dedicated following, as what you see is what you get. No need to reinvent itself.
Evolving in the 70s, the SSAS has often been misunderstood, but always had a hard core following of devotees. By the 90s, Rock had been replaced by Rap as the biggest selling style of music, and the SSAS by the SIPP. The prime time advertising of AC/DC's new offering Black Ice, which went straight into the album charts at No.1 this week, shows a confidence in the renaissance of the Heavy Metal genre, having had their only previous No.1 album in 1980, and not had an album in the charts for almost a decade. You could say that the success is as a result of the promotional campaign, and tha...
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