And in a world of fiction, it's due for a resurgence
(NEWSER) - Heavy metal is outlandish, it’s ridiculous, it’s frightening—and it relates fundamental truths about the dark side of human nature, writes James Parker in the Atlantic . Indeed, its dark lyrics echo the writings of mythographer Sir James George Frazier: “We seem to move on a thin crust which may at any moment be rent by the subterranean forces slumbering below.” But, laments Parker, “today we find ourselves in something of a metal slump.” More»
