ah, i see - this will be a "greatest hits of metal" comp. cool! i can see the informercial now: "KTEL Presents: The Essence Of Metal. 25 of the greatest achievements in metal can now be yours for only $19.95!" sweet! but why stop there? this could be a series. we could shove the sabbath, maiden, fate, etc. onto "KTEL Presents: The Protoplasm Of Metal". then, we could put the early bathory, the whiplash, COC, DRI, crumbsuckers, etc., onto "KTEL Presents: The Beginning Of Metal." man, i hope this comes on 8-track too....
seriously, i do see the intent of this. it's something psychologists could listen to and/or study before appearing on TV to discuss another wayward fan's behavior, or perhaps one could give this to the parental units and they might garner some appreciation of the genre that has been a mystery for so long. but if one finds oneself in a discussion with someone who is wearing a slipknot or dimmu borgir shirt about what is death or black metal, is this disc really going to be a shortcut to help that person? and if so, do we want that?
granted, when i was getting into metal it would have saved countless fortunes just buying stuff at random through the mail order based on Metal Disc's one-sentence quip about them, but then again i got to watch the genre unfold around me at that time. the only real use i can think of for such a thing would be for someone that is young and curious about metal; perhaps this would help save them from going down the wrong path. however, there are some massive peer presures around to listen to popular things, so....
anyway, wtf do i know. it's too early for this.
