Well, that's enough politics for one day. You know, I really never had much inclination to listen to heavy metal music or to be part of that 'scene' (Wanna know why? Well, here's one reason!). Having decided that the whole thing was pretty much a wash back in the days of 'hair' metal, I blissfully ignored the subsequent 'rap'-metal and 'nu'-metal phases, and there may have been others too. However, a couple of weeks ago I was in my local on Saturday evening (traditionally live music night) and was absolutely blown away by a nu-metal band. I mean, I went and bought their CD right there at the gig, and I usually don't do that. Anyway, they're incredibly awesome and excellent in every way, they're called Gate, and their web-page is here.