Kev

It saddens me a little to be honest, as there's certain points in that song where my mind suddenly flicks to Chester singing it Hybrid Theory and LP was a big part of my teen years and his death really hit me harder than expected. But the fact it makes me feel that way means she absolutely fits, so I really am looking forward to the new stuff. I think they've just really got to think about what old stuff they should include in the live sets going forward, as they need a lot of work for me and i'm not sure it'll ever really work well enough.

Actually disagree quite strongly with that. I think if Chester was replaced with another male, he would have almost zero chance of ever being accepted. She feels like more of a new singer than a replacement, I don't think a male could pull that off unless he had a totally different singing style.

Wow, this thread jumped straight in with the toxic. Gotta love the internet, and it's not even just young people it seems. Ugh. But, to briefly touch on that, I am sure the business Linkin Park have explored this to death and are satisfied with the outcome, it would be naive for anyone to think otherwise. On to the music, i'm mixed on her. I really didn't enjoy her performance of the early stuff, and asking the crowd to sing when she was obv struggling was an interesting move. But I really like her voice when she isn't trying to imitate Chester, and the new single is ace. Excited to hear the album!

Thanks for hopping on and providing feedback Sarah

Irregardless of all the above, Bassbros seem to be doing perfectly well, and based on their Trustpilot and other reviews, significantly better than other vendors with "better" online presence 👍

Urgh.

Bugger it, i'll bite. How am I paying for Whatsapp?

Spotify is a free marketing platform to get your music in front of millions who otherwise wouldn't hear it. Its invaluable and worth more than any marketing campaign you could buy. Unless you're massive, if you're looking at it as a source of income, you're looking at it wrong.

The dude who owns Spotify has done more for music and up and coming musicians than almost anything or anyone else, but people don't like to focus on that

One of my all time favourite bands, BSSM in my opinion is one of the best records in the genre ever written. I haven't enjoyed the direction they've gone in recently and definitely prefer the Josh records to the recent two Frusciante, which are largely packed with forgettable tracks.

But If Metallica didn't exist 40 years ago, where would "thrash" be? I think that agree to disagree thing still applies, even if I'm not sure either of us understand's the other's point!

Yes, but if Metallica didn't exist until 2024, would it have been done as well as it ever would be? This is the crux of what I'm saying. Given their pioneer status, it is fair to say if they didn't exist until now, it wouldn't have been done, so thrash would be new. Would they cut through?

But in a lot of cases, it is the fans that are making the comparison to that of old, not the bands. It would be pretty difficult to come across a thrash band now that wouldn't resemble some part of Metallica, given their longevity and how often their core "sound" has switched up. The sad thing is, anything Metallica has done since the glory days doesn't really stack up against other modern offerings, but inevitably comfortably outperforms anything new, even when half the fan base accept the individual shortcomings of the band members. But I digress from my own point, i think we need to agree to disagree. Given the sheer talent on display from literal children, let alone established underground bands, the idea that peak Metallica could be a new band today and instantly succeed is a difficult thing for me to believe. Not without a hell of a lot of marketing that just wan't needed in the eighties.

Perhaps missing the point I am making a little, but if Metallica appeared now, in the current market, would they break through? I'm not sure that, against current competition, they would. Impossible to fairly consider of course, as wiping their impact out would change the platform today. But it's interesting.

Sorry to be blunt, but total pish for me! You're overlooking that the competition now is SOOO much higher than it was back when the artists you name made it. It's true, literally any silly sod can pay £30 odd and upload the sound of the cat farting to every streaming platform. But that's the tip of the iceberg. The sheer volume of music out there is incomparable to anything as recent as a couple of decades ago, and it would be really interesting to see how many of the old pioneers would break through in the modern day. The talent out there is insane and at such a high level it's silly, and even then so few break through. I'm mainly talking from a Metal player perspective, but being at 80's Metallica level now, for example, would get you absolutely nowhere without mastering the crazy world of social media and pouring all your energy into that. Even then, when you hear what some of the underground thrash bands put out now and still play tiny venues, it makes you think.

Surprised to hear that about the Darkglass plugin being better. My captures of the Alpha Omega and X Ultra are absolutely indistinguishable from the real thing, but I've never tried to capture a B*K or a Vintage. It will come to QC but I suspect it will be last on the list. Parallax will be very soon as it's already an X version, Cory Wong won't be too far off.