by jamesyoung | Apr 22, 2019 | Music Monday
Relationships come in many different forms. One of the tried and true ones in writing is the couple who suddenly, irrevocably realize they’ve fallen in love. If done really well, it surprises the author as well as the reader. Today’s Metal Monday song...
by jamesyoung | Apr 15, 2019 | Music Monday
I’m a huge fan of Game of Thrones. Even if I’ve given up on George R.R. Martin ever finishing the series (writer’s block is a thing), I do enjoy what HBO has done with Westeros and the story arc. One of the big things is the evolution of the...
by jamesyoung | Apr 7, 2019 | Music Monday
No, your eyes do not deceive you. For some reason, Simon and Garfunkel seem to well and truly appeal to heavy metal bands. A lot of readers may remember Disturbed did a cover of “The Sound of Silence” [youtube...
by jamesyoung | Apr 1, 2019 | Music Monday
Heavy metal, as a genre, often gets a bad rap for being nothing but screaming and guitar riffs. As I’ve alluded to when discussing several other bands, there’s often a lot of higher concept work involved. As one of the undisputed “Masters of...
by jamesyoung | Mar 25, 2019 | Music Monday
For those not familiar with Apocalyptica, feel free to read more about cellos and heavy metal here. So on their song “Deathzone,” there was a hidden track entitled “En Vie”: [youtube...
