Very Metal

Despite what its name might lead you to believe, Very Metal is not a heavy metal band per se. Rather, Very Metal is essentially a hardcore punk outfit and their forceful and angry, yet fairly melodic songs have more in common with the Exploited, Black Flag, DRI, and the Cro Mags than with Judas Priest or Iron Maiden. Nonetheless, the Midwestern foursome can be metallic and some of its material shows a slight awareness of Motörhead, which was the first metal outfit to seriously incorporate punk and was arguably the first thrash metal band. But Very Metal is a punk outfit first ...