Evul Metul ©

a·sun·der
adv.

1. Into separate parts or pieces: broken asunder.
2. Apart from each other either in position or in direction: The curtains had been drawn asunder.

(courtesy of www.dictionary.com)

so, i've been listening to a lot lot lot of Evul Metul © in the last year and i've noticed a trend that has me a bit... curious.
i have noticed the use of the above word in a lot of the metal genre whether it be black metal, death metal, power metal... whatever. why is that? is it such a powerful word that it can only be accompanied by powerful vocals or powerful guitars or powerful drums? was it that metal was just too evil to use more simple words like 'torn', 'apart', 'rip'... then that thought took me down a different path...
hmmm, simple eh?
lyrically, metal music is bluddy brilliant. on a scale of 1-10 i'd give it an 11 ("but this goes up to eleven" - sorry, Spinal Tap moment). not only is it written with a lot more passion and spirit of conviction than most music today, it is also quite blessed in with a diverse vocabulary. for the most part, quite intelligent (there's also the ethereal, the dreamy, the hardcore, etc... aspects of metal that are quite important and will be the subject of a future blog). today's top-40 selection with phrases like "yo, bitches" and "do the hump", have lyrics that rarely break the glass ceiling of mono-syllabism while metal brings a feeling of relief. "yes, there are still intelligent people making intelligent music".
so it is here, where i decree that any bond i have, if i EVER had, with top-40 crap shall be torn asunder!