Metallica in the archive ?

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Certif1ed wrote: ...But not a very good one, because there is a lot more prog in Metallica than in some bands in the archives. It would have been funnier if Metallica weren't remotely progressive - but they're the most progressive metal band of all time PERIOD. From what I've seen so far, if a band is included, ALL of their albums are included. So no matter how "proggy" Master of Puppets and ... And Justice For All may be, it's impossible to add Metallica. 80% of their albums are not prog. It's the same problem with Queen (Only Queen II and Night at the Opera are prog) or Muse (only some of their songs are prog).

It's the same problem with Genesis, but they are still in the archives...

Hammill wrote: metallica prgressive???? come on guys!! their first album is 100% punk/thrash and the albums that followed were thrash until black album which is a trash. there are so many great bands missing from the archives like coroner, mekong delta, toxik, secrecy and you are talking about metallica?

Those bands you mention merely took elements of what Metallica did, and developed very narrow areas of it in a technical manner - don't get confused between technical and progressive.

Metallica were progressive - PERIOD.

Hammill wrote: Cygnus wrote: OK IF METALLICA IS PROGRESIVE SO IS EXODUS ,SLAYER, ANTHRAX, KREATOR, SODOM AND EVERY THASH GROUP OF THE 80´S. LET´S GET SERIUS. ITS A DIFERENT KIND OF MUSIC. good point. and trust me kreator were and are much more progressive than metallica.

No, it's a bad point.

Metallica were at the forefront, and "Master Of Puppets" was the very first of its kind - there was nothing like it before, or even at the time.

Exodus: Concentrated on riffs.

Slayer: Absolutely revolutionary, but confined to the narrow area they chose to explore - and it's a good job they did, because they were/are fantastic at what they do. "Reign in Blood" is still a benchmark that has never been surpassed - but it ain't prog!

Anthrax - you're making me laugh!

Kreator - don't confuse technical with progressive. Kreator were never progressive. Fabulous technical thrash though.

Sodom - Sod 'em!