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Metal Misconceptions

Once i told my friend that my favourite love song is 'Nothing Else Matters' by Metallica, he goes 'How can that be a love song? Metallica and love? You gotta be kidding me.' And then another day, everyone tells what their favourite melodious song is. My turn - Dance of Death by Iron Maiden. Again 'Maiden and melody? Wake up bro.' If only they took the trouble of understanding the lyrics of Nothing Else Matters, they would know that the song truly is a classic love song and that Metallica is not a band which loves to sing about killing or about psychos or drugs and sex. If only they opened youtube and heard the song Dance of Death, they would realise that Maiden has got an excellent melodious sense and they are not all BOOM BANG DISHUM or something like that. Infact that is what most people seem to think. Agreed that there are bands who do sing(shout rather) about psychos, etc. But hey metal is not synonymous with that. Whenever i play some rock song when i