![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe we’re just going to have to accept that a new generation of kids with totally different tastes have claimed the mosh pit as their own, take it as a compliment and grab our place on the seat marked “originators”. Is it any wonder that these shows go off so hard? (And to be clear, whether you actually like the music or not, you'll have to trust me on this one: these shows have been some of the rowdiest I’ve ever attended.) It stands to reason that their shows would be full of the same youthful abandon that surrounded me the first time I saw Machine Head or Fear Factory back at the start of their career. These are big artists, in massive, fresh subgenres, who mainly appeal to a young, excitable fanbase. Where once metal and metal fans were pariahs in the wider music scene, now we’re something the rest strive to copy. That influence has now translated into real-world consequences, little seeds planted that have led to a wider acceptance of our culture, to the point where replicating the feel of a metal show is a genuine aspiration. There are even songs literally named Mosh Pit by many of these artists rappers Baby Keem, Kodak Black, Lil Pump, Lil Gnar and Mist and electronic duo Flosstradamus to name just six of them. From EDM acts such as Skrillex and Steve Aoki directly coming from the underground hardcore scene before achieving huge mainstream success, to rap superstars such as Lil Uzi Vert, Ghostemane and City Morgue’s keenness to talk up black metal, nu metal and industrial as huge influences, we’ve had an elongated period where artists from other genres have positively effused about the influence metal has had on their work. In the last decade, the aesthetic, feel and attitude of metal is something that plenty of artists outside of the genre have seemed desperate to duplicate in their own form. But why have other genres decided to so aggressively adopt the mosh pit in recent years? The answer is simple - and, instead of feeling robbed or appropriated, the metal scene should actually feel flattered by this turn of events. It’s something we should consider a strength, proving that metal’s finest have wide appeal across generations. That doesn’t mean that there are no young people at those shows, of course: just that the age range of metal is far, ahem, broader than it tends to be at pop and hip-hop concerts.
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