“Metal is often about posturing and comparing. Who's the loudest? (I'm the loudest!) Who's the fastest? (I'm the fastest?) Who's the heaviest? (I'M THE FUCKING HEAVIEST!) There's a sense that bands are always trying to one-up each other, overtake each other, outperform each other. Of course there's camaraderie, but it's also no surprise that metal is often seen as a genre of gatekeepers, when inste”
