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 baffl

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.