Receipt

“the 2010s... is just like the biggest nothing burger decade of metal for me”

Bradley Hall, at 7:49 of “What The Actual F*CK Happened To Metal?” on Bradley Hall’s channel.

Around it

1. 7:40 nostalgia should really be at like the sort of early 2010s. But honestly, it's around
2. 7:44 this sort of time that I felt like creativity in metal just really started to take a bit
3. 7:49 of a nosedive, to be honest. For me personally, like the 2010s, you know, the time when I
4. 7:56 was in my youth, like this is just like the biggest nothing burger decade of metal for
5. 8:00 me, really. I guess because it was like the rise of metalcore and, you know, like modern

In the paper

• The Creator Desk, week ending 18 September 2026