Marty Friedman's "Dragon's Kiss" isn't heavy metal

First Post July 18, 2023 09:32 PM

While there are clearly a couple of tracks that fit the criteria for heavy metal, I don't think it's fair to say that it's a primary genre on Marty Friedman's 1987 debut album 'Dragon's Kiss' as the album traverses a number of different metal genres including progressive metal & speed metal. Neoclassical metal is the primary sound that ties everything together so I feel that it should be the lone genre tag here at the Academy. For that reason, I'd like to see the Heavy Metal genre removed from the release while maintaining its position in The Guardians under Neoclassical Metal.

This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.

https://metal.academy/hall/392