Metal PEAKED in the 2000s (this is why)

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Thank you, Finn, I was getting worried, there hadn't been a Fred Durst thumbnail in a while

One area of the 00s that i think was overlooked was how many movies had primarily metal/ metal adjacent soundtracks The Saw franchise, Punisher, Queen of the Damned These movies would also have a great impact on their own respective spheres and i think that the soundtracks deserve some credit for that

When I think of 2000: Limp Bizkit, Eminem, Napster, Metallica, Playstation 2, The Matrix on DVD, NSYNC, Britney and Christina

Idk if there will ever be a moment again when you had Headbanger’s Ball and Uranium and Ozzfest and The Osbournes on MTV, but those were beautiful times.

Man, going to places as a pre-teen and hearing them play stuff like Linkin Park 'In The End', POD 'Alive', System of a Down 'Chop Suey', etc. was life altering. The nostalgia is real.

Man ... A "healthy" Bam and the late great Alexi Laiho sharing a brotherly hug. =') It got to me ...

It's not just metal...Lately, I've realized that the 2000s were the last great era of Rock. But damn..it sure went out in style!

You can only understand life backward, but you must live it forward.

I'm glad I got to taste the tail end of 2000s metal. My first show was seeing Trivium/Coheed/Slipknot when I was 13 in 2009. A few months later I went to Mayhem fest. Those memories will always stick with me.

I feel like one thing that really gets overlooked is the overblown hype of Y2K.. for those unaware.. Y2K was basically a huge dose of doomsday propaganda that the media had been feeding us. Basically stating that because our computers weren't technologically prepared for the date rollover in the year 2000, nuclear missile launch and other catastrophic computer failures were imminent.. this, in my opinion had a great impact on the outpouring of creativity and the lifestyle so many of us lived.. because we simply didn't know what the future held or if we would live beyond 1999.

I just realized 'The End of Heartache" was 20yrs ago... wow, time flys

Only Finn w/ the PRMBA can cover the same topic 15 times over 5 years, each w/ a slightly different angle and title and have me continue to come back and watch every time in it's entirety.

I remember when Jack played Meshuggah .. I was all like " WTF ?!?! " Here in Sweden we listen to them but thought no one else did.

In tops of popular appeal, no question. Rock & metal at their mainstream/commercial peak, alongside things like skateboarding. It'll resurface in popularity again eventually.

The 2024 comparisons actually helped my "old" 38 yo ass understand current state of affairs.

I would argue that the 80's/early 90's were the golden age of metal commercially and creatively. You must admit that overall, heavy metal and hard rock grew and became very popular in the '80s and early '90s.

CKY and skateboarding/bodyboarding videos, put me onto so much punk, hardcore and the light side of death metal. I honestly think if it wasn’t faor skate and bodyboarding videos. The most diversity I would’ve had for awhile was the punk o rama CDs

I never really knew what genre Chiodos exactly fell into or how to describe them to others but man their album “All’s well that ends well” was, and still is EPIC. Instrumentals were almost majestic sounding. If there’s anyone that somehow hasn’t heard that album go give it a listen and get back to me

Metal fan for life 🧑🏼‍🎤🎸