Mark, I think your analogy differentiating Metal from Rock is brilliant!! I think I will save your post for future reference. smile


Speaking about themes, one thing that I absolutely LOVE about Iron Maiden is the fact that they would often sing about historical events and they even had a song about Dune (To Tame a Land)!!!!


Me being a hardcore science fiction AND history person, you can easily see the attraction.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”