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Your comment and the other replies to this comment reminded me of this interesting article (2015) by philosopher Roger Scruton: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magaz

• maldusiecle 9y ago
  Be sure to read all the way to the end for the (no joke) praise of Metallica. I'm no fan of Scruton or respecter of his intellectual prowess, but it does baffle me how willing old-fashioned aesthetes are to carve out exceptions to their own principles. Surely if late period Metallica has artistic value, large swathes of the music he's condemning do as well.