Heavy Metal music - new guard vs old guard

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@ mr. stickball I am not asking what makes metal .. metal. I know what does. I know for a fact that anything with disco in it is not metal. I know what metal is and none of the "true metal" bands from the 80's wore spandex as you claimed. That was a completely different genre of music. It was called "glam". Furthermore, I don't need a wig. My hair is long because I grew it.

If you like the modern stuff, then that's fine. You're entitled to your opinion and can listen to whatever you want. I can think that it's trash and that's my opinion, but please don't tell me that I can't seperate the difference between metal and pop music. I do know the difference. Most of those guys in spandex during the 80's were pop music. Not metal as you said. Trust me, most real metal bands back then were not dressing like that. They wore T-shirts, jeans, and leather jackets. They did not dress up like girls.

Also, drumming in a lot of older metal bands was phenomenal. Listen to Slayer or any older death metal band. It puts most of the newer stuff to shame. At least you know that Neal Peart can play drums. I'll give you that. I personally don't consider Rush to be metal though. They're hard rock. I can usually distinguish between the two.