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If you say so... ;-)

No Leonid. I never claimed that hc begins and ends with the D.R.I. You had a misunderstanding, or you got confused... It happens... ;-)

Thank you for the response, Cofras. Indeed, the rock/non-rock issue is quite a lengthy one and, for some (but not for me), trivial. Many fans of bands that are hardly definable as rock, from the Cocteau Twins to Soft Machine, from Kraftwerk to Michael Jackson, get upset if someone dares to say that these groups do anything but rock. I still struggle to understand why: all genres (apart from those that are programmatically commercial, without the slightest artistic ambition) have their dignity, whether they are rock or non-rock. "In the Court" is a great album, but in my opinion, it's as much "rock" as it is jazz ("Schizoid Man"), as much classical-symphonic ("Epitaph"), as much medieval folk (the title track), as much psychedelic ("Moonchild"), and as much pop (of the best kind, in "Talk to the Wind"). The combination of all this goodness has generated what we call progressive. So not a subgenre of rock, but a "supergenre." :-D

Noooo...the Def Leppard noooooooo!!! :-D

Yes!!! This album is a genuine kick in the ass! Dictor's voice dominates (he doesn’t sing: he declaims), but the rest of the band stands out for its tightness and frenzy: we are just a step away from the D.R.I. (overall, superior and even more powerful, imaginative, and influential). "John Wayne" is the gem, not only for the lyrics: with that bassline, it could be a track by the Minutemen! :-)

Re-launch: but did KC play rock?

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Excellent review. I only listened to these once, distractedly, in a friend's car. They've been labeled as "Sabbath clones": is it true? Or do they show a certain personality? By the way, I need to finally get Diamond Head, which have been on my wishlist for years and I've heard great things about them...

Wow, finally a review of BOC, one of the greatest rock bands in history. I haven't heard their debut album, but in the meantime, I've listened to "Tiranny and Mutation" and "Secret Treaties" (for which I've almost completed a review). These are albums that don't have much in common with the British hard rock of the time: with BOC, we can already start to talk about heavy metal, not so much for the hardness of the sound, but for the intricate, dynamic, "symphonic," majestic structures of their songs. A cryptic, ambiguous, unsettling group, influential on much metal (Voivod), but also on certain grunge... I struggle instead to see the connection with punk and no-wave: which bands from these genres would have been influenced by BOC? Congratulations to Velluto for the review, really well done.

Heartfelt review. It's clear that you have gotten to know the members of this band deeply.