Youngsters nowsaday, so naive. Just as I was writing about the rain and stuff, I just realized the parallels to something that has been on my heart for quite some time... So pardon me while this metalhead goes on a headbanging rant about the state of society today.

A typical sunny day, with birds chirping, grass growing and all, is like the bubblegum pop pop/punk and all stuff that reeeks of hilarity, delusion and deodorant. Nothing against music with a positive message, or even happy music.( I listen to Melody Club sometimes for goodness sake) BUT, it disgusts me that anorexic girls singing about 1) how they got laid last prom, 2) how they wanna get laid the next prom 3) how they hate the guy that you know, got them laid , or 4) how after being laid they're 'truly finding myself', and 'it's all me now. Me against the world." can make it to the top of MUSIC charts worldwide! Ok for those power/bar chord whores, aka punk pop bands it's the reverse. Without getting into details they usually sing about what they're gonna do at the 'rock show' to some random girl.*hint hint cough cough wheeze wheeze *

Find, I may be stereotyping, and 3/4 of Singaporean teens are probably up in arms, but that's how it goes. Your teletubbies sunnyday type of music does not interest me. Your so called portrayal of heartache and brokeness is as pigeon holed as well, a pigeon's hole. And you still try to force your commercialised crap down our throats, and whoanelly the sad thing is that we're buying it.. God save us and our orificies...

So all the critics can come out now from under your respective rocks and say "GUSH! Here's the guy that likes METAL trying to teach us about music!Ahhhh"*dies suddenly*. Well kiddos, you forgot that I'm in band right? haha and please la, Not all Metal's "kill kill carnage carnage arrghhhh angry angry fee fye fo fum!!" In fact, the type of metal that I enjoy(melodic death, prog and symphonic) takes more technical ability and prowess to play than all your blink182sum41twothreefivethreefive35 bands combined. And I must reiterate, I'm biased, and provocative, so forgive the repeated jibes at poor music. ;)
Anyway, it might interest the general public to know that all the top names in Metal have been Classically trained and possess an extremely superior grasp of their instruments.

In fact, I dare say that the closest genre to having the pure emotion and majesty of classical music is metal. Which is why neo-classical metal and symphonic metal acts like Nightwish are such wonders to hear. Just ask Simin and Hafiz! Haha. And why I like metal, is because that it really encapsulates the passion for music that only musicians would feel. And it expresses all of life's emotions and tulmults, like Rain. Not just the happy and rosy bits, but everything. I do admit that some Metal's incredulously bad, and annoying. However the good part of metal seeks to express, and be honest. Why is metal considered "a rebel's music"? It's because metallers do not care about how much cds they sell, how many teenage girls are gonna put up their posters on their bedroom walls, or whatever. Rather it's the music, and the message that drives them to play their instruments.

And I'm not talking bout rubbish acts like Slayer or Dimmu Borgir, or even Darkthrone and other bands that think gloryfying Satan means you're cool. Gush you're even worse than Britney friggin Spears.

Wth? Positive metal? How about all those scary names like Death Metal and Doom Metal? *shudders* Well my friends, those are just subgenres. Type of style. I mean, Bubblegum Pop does not really leave you with a pink mess on your face, Surf Rock is not just about wakeboarding Australians, and Hip Hop ain't about jumping from one leg to the other! Man I could go on forever.

Hahah being a metalhead does not mean, however that I don't listen to other types of good music. I'm in band for goodness sake. Other non-metal stuff that I do listen to, just fyi so that you're not surprised when you don't hear distortion coming outta my headphones *ahem minhui* (: I love Creed, but now that they're not together anymore, and I don't really like the new Alterbridge singer, ah well. Oh and recently I've started on a U2/Oasis alt. rock kinda thing..haha Bono and Gallagher = Musical wizadry.

Anyway, I've turned this social commentaray into a selection of fvourite bands, hahah so dear Singaporean teenager or whoever that's reading this and getting heart seizures, I guess I'll say adeiu for now. But do think about opening up your pop crusted ears and maybe try giving metal a chance. I'll be more than willing to set you on your way.

Tee hee hee; Tee tian lee

Ken