The Hall of Judgement: Dokken - Back for the Attack

Daniel has requested that this release be submitted into the Hall of Judgement. If you agree with the below change request, vote YES. If you don't, vote NO.

Request: Dokken's "Back For The Attack" album should be considered Non-Metal and should therefore be removed from The Guardians.

This change would remove the Heavy Metal genre from the release.

Member comment: "As with Dokken's 1985 third album "Under Lock & Key", 1987's "Back For The Attack" possesses an obvious metal edge but whether it should qualify for metal status really comes down to whether you consider the glam metal subgenre to sit below a hard rock or a metal part genre because this is clearly a glam metal release with only three of four genuine heavy metal songs out of the thirteen on offer. As with a lot of glam metal, the guitar work is certainly metal-based but the vocals & rhythm section sit in commercial hard rock territory. Here at the Academy we've always left glam metal for the hard rockers so for that reason I'd like to see "Back For The Attack" removed from The Guardians & placed under Non-Metal."

NOTE: Only members of The Guardians can vote on this judgement. Once 15 votes of Yes or No have been entered, the Hall will make its judgement.