So last Tuesday (18 October), Korn and Breaking Benjamin came to town. I took the better half to the concert for her birthday. Sound problems were all over the place at the Kansas Expocentre, to the point we couldn’t understand the first act (Silver Snakes) over their drums, could only understand the plethora of […]
Music Monday
Metal Monday–When Terror Struck the Land
Gettysburg. The name alone brings forth historical visions of desperate fights in wheat fields, bodies heaped before stone walls, and that poor bastard Pickett writing an after action report so incendiary in its rhetoric that General Lee literally had it burned. Whether one thinks that the Union was saved on this day or that Northern […]
Metal Monday–Game of Thrones Edition
I love YouTube. You can find all sorts of great stuff there. Like, say, metal covers of songs you can identify with…like The Rains of Castamere. (“Wait…wait…why do you identify with the Rains of Castamere?” “Because when someone sends you to crush a rebellion, you crush the rebellion.”) Sometimes one just has to be in […]
Metal Monday–Hear Ye, My Words
So I found this song via an I-tunes recommendation. The album is pretty solid as well. I always see a lone rider approaching a temple at the intro, followed by a montage of him killing his way to the central chamber where he confronts an angry god. Yeah, I’m dark like that. Anyway, when I […]
Metal Monday–Leaves' Eyes
So as some of you know from my talking at cons, I was stationed in Germany for two years. One of the benefits of being overseas in Europe is you get exposed to things that don’t quite make it Stateside. This would be how I ended up finding out about previous Metal Monday “guest” Sabaton. […]
Metal Monday–Swedecore!
So I’ve got a few songs that I play on steady rotation. Today’s Metal Monday is one of them–Sabaton’s “Carolus Rex.” I’m not saying the guy was crazy…but I think the king was a little crazy. Not George III mad, but when you think that you’re taking orders directly from heaven? That might be a […]
Metal Monday–A Little Lzzy
To say I’m a bit all over the place with my musical tastes is like saying Soylent Green may be a bit unethical as a long-term solution to planetary hunger. I nearly named this regular feature “Musical Monday” rather than Metal Monday so that I could also include my affinity for soundtracks. Dirty little secret–I […]
Metal Monday 4
A little of a lesser known band this week. Jagpanzer’s Achilles: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On3970mT2tA&w=560&h=315] Achilles seems to be a pretty big staple in the metal world. In addition to this song, everyone’s favorite Myrmidon seems to appear in at least another dozen songs. Another one of my all time favorites is this concept song by […]
Metal Monday 3
So…we’re going to throw a curve ball–Five Finger Death Punch. Acoustic. Just because it’s “Metal Monday” does not mean we always have to be hardcore, right? (Visions of fans with pitchforks.) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2-aim6ebYk&w=560&h=315]
Metal Monday Part Deux
Welcome to the 2nd Metal Monday. Today’s offering is Avenged Sevenfold’s “Hail to the King.” In addition to always getting me in the mood to write, this song makes me think of Joffrey from Game of Thrones. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DelhLppPSxY&w=560&h=315]
Two things…
First, let Metal Monday Begin! The inaugural song? “No Leaf Clover” by Metallica. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd9ohpDDCRU&w=420&h=315] Second, “Pandora’s Memories” is free today.
Song of the Day–The Show Must Go On
So I will say my favorite version of the Queen song “The Show Must Go On” is the Elton John + Queen variant. That being said, Celine Dion and Lindsey Stirling are giving it a run for its money. Edit: However, as the comments show, there is a strong advocacy for the Moulin Rouge version: