As Antonio Gramsci argued, ruling groups maintain power partly by making their ideas seem like common sense. This helps explain the political significance of Metallica’s call for disengagement at a time when Israel’s genocide in Palestine demands urgent international attention. Hetfield’s vague agenda of “love, energy and heavy music” ultimately amounts to a refusal to stand for anything meaningful. And that refusal is itself deeply political.

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[–] froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Olivia Rodrigo is more metal than Metallica

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Her music isn't my cup of tea, but I absolutely love everything she stands up for and what she does. Metallica knows a lot of their base are probably MAGA and I bet most of the band vote MAGA. Fuck those assholes.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Her music isn't my cup of tea

Have you heard Vampire? I agree completely otherwise, but her vocals in that are AMAZING!

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

For me it was the lyrics in Brutal

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Vampire was an instant earworm for me when it came out, because I'm a sucker for the Creep chord progression. That, and her energy in the song.

So it makes the occasional appearance in my otherwise mostly metal-dominated song rotation.

Ironically(?) her cover of Creep a while ago was the first time I heard her voice. It did make me go, "Huh. Not bad at all."

[–] froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Would say the same, maybe because of the age gap. Yet many of her songs are earworms which I enjoy. And I love this collab with Robert Smith from her recent album: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8cXUpBguRTA

[–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

Been a metalhead my whole life and fully agree with this statement.

Metallica is the Walmart of metal.