Is heavy metal poor quality music?

I'm assuming you're not talking about the quality of the recording. But rather the assertion that the music itself is inferior. To which, I say, it's a matter of taste. If you listen to Randy Rhodes (Crazy Train w/ Ozzy fame), you'll realize that he started to bring ideas from classical music to the then nascent genre of heavy metal. read more

Listen to "Child in time" by Deep Purple. Listen to numerous songs by Rainbow. If you still think it's "poor quality", well then, to you it is. But as a guitarist, I know there is a lot of musical knowledge and guitar mastery involved. So, to me, it is far from poor quality. read more

Metal music is a very challenging form of music to get into, mainly because of the barrier of intensity and aggression that appears at face value. read more