Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!
It’s a damned shame that Gwen Stefani had to go off on her own and create the empire of pop that she has made because No Doubt was probably one of the most prolific groups to ever take part in the third wave of ska invasion from southern California in the mid 90s. The song […]
Morning Cup o’ Metal
Oh how I long for the day of when Pete Lee was the lead-guitarist for Gwar. As you can tell, the man has a knack for surf guitar which the band allows him to play for a large majority of the song. This was the ‘final battle song’ off of their album RagNaRok known only […]
Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!
There are some songs from Sublime that make me glad that the group doesn’t exist anymore and then there are the gems that are hidden around all of the commecial songs the group made such as this song off of their self-titled album. “April 29, 1992 (Miami)” is a chronicling the bands’ involvement in the […]
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Man, Slayer came back in a big way for me back in 2006 with the release of Christ Illusion, I had no idea they even were back in the studio recording until I saw them live on The Henry Rollins Show on IFC. The track “Eyes of the Insane” chronicles a veteran of the 2nd […]
Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!
While I’m breaking the boundaries today with how music is categorized (see this morning’s Cup o’ Metal post) I thought that I’d let Matisyahu have a spot on the ska song of the day. While he really is reggae done with an orthadox Jewish slant, it’s good music no matter how you cut it. This […]
Mass Effect 2 Sneak Peek
Shown in the video is new gameplay physics, enemy AI, placeholder cut-scenes, horrible text to speech dialogue, and a few other surprises. I guess Commander Shepherd isn’t dead after all! I know that BigPopaGamer and I will be the first two nerds in line to pick up this game when it finally decides to come […]
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This is one of those groups that I just stumbled upon one day and might not exactly fit the description of a ‘metal’ band but damnit, they’re close enough! Ok, so I Am Ghost are unapologetically Goth, but at least they have a great sound and the male and female vocals work together rather well. […]
Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!
I’m guessing that unless you’re a huge ska fan or are from New York, then you’ve probably never heard of The Slackers. These guys started recording in 2001 when the rest of the world seems to have forgotten about the world of ska. After the success of their previous album, the group decided to keep […]
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It’s Sunday morning, and if you’re up this early, I’m sorry. But at least here’s a wee nip of metal to get you woken up a bit, and its a Dragon Ball Z AMV (anime music video) to boot. You gotta love the melodic metalcore that Bullet for my Valentine does, in one hand it’s […]
Strange Brews: The Evil Dead
My hero, Bruce Campbell in his career defining role as Ash in Sam Raimi’s third installment of the Evil Dead series (better known as Army of Darkness) said this to his love-interest Shiela: “Don’t touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn’t understand alloys and compositions and things with… molecular structures.” This is my exact warning […]
Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!
This morning, I featured a video by Pantera that had some of the most amazing vocals in metal to date, and I thought I’d continue that by introducing you to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones if you’ve never heard them before (which would be a feat). “A Jackknife to a Swan” is the titular track from […]
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Holy crap, how could I have let this series go on so long without including a Pantera song until now? Man I remember seeing these guys with Clutch and Nerosis during their Cowboys From Hell tour and they caught the audience by surprise. You know those lags that happen between groups that most people go […]
Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!
Oh man going back, like way back, over 20 years ago 4 guys decided to become a ska group and we got Operation Ivy. Two years later, they were done and called it quits. Half the band went on to form Rancid and help usher America’s love of punk back into the mainstream. The song […]
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I grew up listening to glam metal, which then turned into power metal, and then that eventually led me into the less listenable genres (that my wife hates, but baby loves) of death metal and black metal. HammerFall is one of those groups that you’ll either love or make fun of. The lead singer looks […]
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Ah Mastodon, only you could make an entire concept album about Moby Dick and get away with it…well, no I’m sure if anyone did as much work as you guys did on Leviathan, we’d have many many more great metal groups. Take for instance the song “Seabeast”, which combines beautiful guitar work and frenetic drums […]