name a band that ****** you off because they got soft.

Metallica will ALWAYS be the first band that comes to mind if you follow the metal genre. But if you look at in a perspective of how these bands came to be and are now it HAS to change. If a member of the band leaves, thats pretty much automatically softens the band no matter which member/instrument leaves. And if we're talking metal, most of these bands were young. Meaning as they get older, their "anger" dissapates. That type of emotion is gone and they WILL sound different. If you start off angry at the world, you think you'll stay angry forever? That emotion and originality of the band dissolves and they relax more and just make music. The whole thing about making music is, it's not for you. Its for THEM! Its an epression they felt at that time. That feeling doesnt stay with you forever. Thats my .02