I have learnt something though - a lot of modern metal or heavy stuff has always sounded, to me anyway, more like what I'd think of as punk... (but I've kept me trap shut all these years in case I'm being daft)
From what Dmoney's said, though, it turns out that this impression could be far from daft :D
But then, when we start bandying around terms like "punk" it's just as broad as "metal" (and almost as broad as "rock" :lol: )
For me, there's a significant distinction between the hardcore (if
that's the right term....!) bands being discussed here and the original UK punk bands or that dreadful modern pop-punk.
If someone says "punk" the first thing I think of is that very fast, constant beat - made for pogoing to! It's loud, aggressive music, but it doesn't really have any
power - in fact it's pretty lightweight. Whereas the hardcore stuff has bigger riffs and
much stronger rhythms/grooves - so to me it's more like metal in that respect, which is why I like it.
Plus (apropos of nothing) some of these guys - certainly Helmet and the Rollins Band, for example - are
seriously good musicians.
