No, I'm not talking about those bands that get attention outside of the metal scene. This topic is specifically dealing with the metal scene itself.
Lately, I've noticed that there's something of a "mainstream" being established in the metal scene. A sort of
Unwritten Law book that says "Thou shalt love these bands (usually involving Iron Maiden,
Slayer and a majority of sound-alike
Black Metal bands) in order to be considered true metal". This is even further established by the whole "battle of the bands" that has erupted between major acts like Ozzy,
Dio,
Megadeth and
Metallica, where the "metal mainstream" sentiments are towards
Dio and Megadeth. Even worse, well, for me, is the idea in the metal mainstream that
Black Sabbath sucks...that is, until it lost the original vocalist, that is. Basically, once it became
Heaven and Hell/Iommi, then it was "good".
After All, this is a genre about rebellion!
Black Sabbath rebelling against the hippies,
Venom and
Bathory against Iron Maiden,
Metallica against hair-metal, or even a bunch of narcissistic, sociopathic Norwegian teenagers rebelling against religion.
Metal = rebellion.
And as such, there should be no rules that says you must listen to this band, or you must
Hate that band, or you must sound like this, or you're not metal. People should be able to listen to whatever the fuck they want, dress however they want, like whatever bands they feel like liking and let that be that! By setting up these rules and regulations about what the metal
MOB says what is or is not metal is rule-making, boundary-setting and inhibiting people from just doing what they will: true freedom.
Metal must be allowed to grow, to evolve, to change, or else it dies.
Therefore, the elitists, the founders of this metal mainstream, are the ones responsible for the death of heavy metal...is there still hope that we can save our genre and bring back the spark of
Rebellion, or have we become just another clique of elitists, like all the rest?
Peace, Love and Heavy Metal! 
