Shortest Post Evah!

Called it.

Edit 1:
Best part of the article:
Money men could wave a copy of the Black Album at metal bands young and old, and with a smirk drawl the words “Sound like this or be poor. The rules have changed.”

Edit 2:
So what's going to be Band #1? I was expecing Metallica to end up in that spot because let's face it, the Black Album killed metal. The MS guys said so themselves. I've offered up a few alternative culprits (G'n'R, Bruce Dickinson's horrible decision to leave Maiden right when grunge took off), but I sincerely doubut G'n'R or Maiden will crop up in spot #1. Ozzy might, for being a zombie-farce of himself, but that's a long shot. AC/DC aren't metal and even if they were, Back in Black begat Def Leppard, who, though they aren't really my cup of tea, aren't terrible either.

You know what? I'm going to guess Iron Maiden. The Number of the Beast proved that all you needed to generate controversy (read: media coverage, read: free publicity) is a reference to the Dark Prince. That alone unleashed a deluge of Satanic noise, and their decision to go synthy in 86 was comically ill-timed (yes, let's do a lighter album right when Master of Puppets, Peace Sells, and Reign in Blood are about to be unleashed). Did Seventh Son introduce concept albums to metal? I doubt it, but maybe they made them more mainstream. And Bruce leaving in 93 just when metal needed him most was a terrible mistake.

But in all honesty all of these reasons don't come close to what Metallica did. Whatever MS's choice is, I want to see them try to defend it.