1. A Heavy Metal song that defines the genre:
probably "master of puppets" since it has a bit of everything without really going into extremes or being defined by genre.
2. A Heavy Metal band that defines the genre:
sabbath from 1969-1981, roughly.
3. One Heavy Metal album you would want on a desert island:
isis - oceanic
4. One Heavy Metal song that makes you dance:
the toxic waltz!! hahahaha; seriously, i'll go with meshuggah's new milennium cyanide christ.
(demonrail: this should have been one song that makes you headbang! sheez!)
5. One Heavy Metal song that makes you drink:
curiously enough, not one metal song makes me want to start chugging booze, but judas priest, especially british steel with their anthems "breaking the law" and "living after midnight" and maiden's run to the hills make for excellent drinking music...i do have the tendendy to yell in falsetto when listening to these songs and drinking.
6. A band that should be thought of as Heavy Metal, but rarely are:
early einstürzende neubauten because of their instrumentation. for other reasons, i'll go with big black or swans.
7. A band that shouldn't be thought of as Heavy Metal, but regularly are:
not counting ratm or nü metal or metalcore and their malltv irk, kiss.
8. British or American:
i'll go with japanese: zeni geva, corrupted, boris, coffins, s.o.b., etc.
9. Sonic Youth's most Heavy Metal song (no covers):
besides 'cross the breeze, which is too obvious...i was going to say kool thing since it has some badass riffs but fuck it, i'll go with 'cross the breeze.
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