Metal bands: Ignored but still angry

Metal bands fill stadiums and enjoy long careers, but get little attention in the media. Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and Guardian critic Alexis Petridis discuss whyHeavy metal is ignored by most of the media, despite groups who fill stadiums and whose careers span decades. In the week of the Kerrang! awards and the Download festival, Slipknot's frontman, Corey Taylor, and the Guardian's chief rock and pop critic, Alexis Petridis, wonder why metal has never gone mainstream. Emine Saner listens...

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