Along with stem-cell research, cloning and artificial intelligence, scientists are struggling with the search for the "heaviest" heavy metal band.
You didn't read that in Scientific American, but it's true. They're keeping it a secret. A Nobel Prize in Heavy Metal awaits whoever can find the heaviest heavy metal band whose career half-life can be measured in more than a few nanoseconds. The problem is twofold: The biggest heavy metal bands often earn their success with heavy metal ballads - an oxymoron if there ever was one. On the other hand, brave attempts to be heavier-than-thou often result in noisy nonsense with gravel-pit-from-hell vocals and no translator available. Was the guy from Cannibal Corpse singing, "Satan rules" or "Me want cookie?"
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