Emo is Dead

When Zarathustra was alone, however, he said to his heart:
"Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!"
Friedrich Nietzsche

Well, at least acting deputy chief subeditor of Sunday magazine, Amelia Dalton seems to think so. This weeks Age featured a short article claiming "emo is over - and metal killed it."

To justify this statement Ms. Dalton points out that metal band Queensryche toured in July, German thrash band Kreator play this month, my once idolised Fear Factory play in September while perennial favourites, Cannibal Corpse are touring in October.

Convinced? Well unfortunately thats the whole argument.

Last week the Hawthorne Heights played at the HiFi bar, Dashboard Confessional are touring in September while October sees Melbourne play host to an entire emo festival!
As much as I would really like Ms. Dalton to be right about the death of emo her evidence is unsound.

So dear reader I ask you.
Do you think the emo movement is ending?
Would the emo kids switching to the metal bandwagon really be an ideal resolution?
Should we instead just organise an efficient and bloody pogrom?