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Xethuminra posted...

By all means @clyde_frog

Feel free to make a better one

@Xethuminra

The Beatles started their careers by covering other artists and writing music that fit in with other pop music from the early 60s. After becoming the most popular band in the world, they began experimenting with new instruments, recording techniques, and song structures. Whether you like or dislike the Beatles, they objectively influenced the music industry and culture throughout their years together primarily because they were willing to evolve and take risks.

Metallica only progressed in a positive way from Kill Em All to And Justice For All, and I mean in terms of their song writing exclusively (the production on AJFA is awful, for example. Completely inferior to their first 3 records). Also theres only so much you can evolve on within the scope of thrash metal, so theres not going to be alot of observable evolution between those 4 records relative to, say, the Beatles White Album through Let It Be.

And then theres Metallicas Black Album: a stripped down, simplified version of Metallica that would appeal to a mainstream audience. Some would call this a regression, not evolution. But I digress. Then theres Load and Re-Load. I guess if you want to call a thrash band playing southern rock an evolution, be my guest. But I would simply call this a change in genres for the band.

Im too lazy to get into St. Anger and beyond, but hopefully you understand the point Im trying to make.