Instead, Punk Rock and Heavy Metal filled the niche that folk protest music previously occupied, and embraced the disillusionment and hopelessness that revolved around the nuclear uncertainty of the decade. Sonically, the speed of punk rock and the intensity of heavy metal combined perfectly with the confrontational lyrics of the former and the pessimism of the ladder to create the perfect backdrop to the Cold War (Hartigan). In particular, Heavy Metal dramatized themes of nuclear annihilation and embraced doomsday prophecies (Hartigan). Metallica, a punk influenced metal band released a slew of atomic themes songs in their debut album Kill Em’ All. Metallica’s opening song of the album, Fight Fire With Fire, warns that “Time is like a fuse, short and burning fast/Armageddon is here, like said in the past”. The lyrics prophesize a nuclear doomsday based on the “blank check proliferation” policies both practiced by the Soviet Union and the United States (Hartigan). The staccato delivery and fast paced tempo underscore the message of impending doom based on unstable nuclear edifices. The paradigm shift in foreign and nuclear policy created an entire genre that explored and internalized the fears of the intensification of the Cold
Instead, Punk Rock and Heavy Metal filled the niche that folk protest music previously occupied, and embraced the disillusionment and hopelessness that revolved around the nuclear uncertainty of the decade. Sonically, the speed of punk rock and the intensity of heavy metal combined perfectly with the confrontational lyrics of the former and the pessimism of the ladder to create the perfect backdrop to the Cold War (Hartigan). In particular, Heavy Metal dramatized themes of nuclear annihilation and embraced doomsday prophecies (Hartigan). Metallica, a punk influenced metal band released a slew of atomic themes songs in their debut album Kill Em’ All. Metallica’s opening song of the album, Fight Fire With Fire, warns that “Time is like a fuse, short and burning fast/Armageddon is here, like said in the past”. The lyrics prophesize a nuclear doomsday based on the “blank check proliferation” policies both practiced by the Soviet Union and the United States (Hartigan). The staccato delivery and fast paced tempo underscore the message of impending doom based on unstable nuclear edifices. The paradigm shift in foreign and nuclear policy created an entire genre that explored and internalized the fears of the intensification of the Cold