Categorising Metallica
In the wake of our item about Metallica last night we've had an interesting email from viewer Biren Shah, querying the way metal is reported on the Â鶹Éç. Biren takes us to task for describing Metallica as a 'rock' band and draws a parallel between this and the absence of metal as a genre on the Â鶹Éç Music website, saying, "The listed genres are "classical, classic pop/rock, country, dance, desi, folk, hip hop and RnB, jazz, rock/indie, soul & Reggae and World." Where is Heavy Metal music? Why is it not there?" Biren is correct to say that metal is missing from the list but is this indicative of a slight? Do you think heavy metal sits comfortably within rock or does it need a category of its own? What did you think of our item on Metallica? Did it do the band justice? We have a 30-minute special on the band coming up on Sunday 31 August, so we definitely think they are worth covering.
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