Ok. My tastes – as noted elsewhere – are varied. I spent most of this last weekend listening to Eric Raymond’s “Intricate Fire [https://www.pandora.com/stations/share/3152960282592930962]” Pandora list. It’s self described as “I’m a long-time jazz fusion fan who has more recently gravitated to virtuoso guitarists and a harder, more metal-edged sound.” and is rooted in bands like Liquid Tension Experiment, with odds and ends of Satriani and harder metal popping in. This also explains why my colle…
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One of my favorite bands is the “power metal” band Sabaton, who theme most of their albums around war and warfare. The most recent album, The Last Stand [https://infogalactic.com/info/The_Last_Stand_(Sabaton_album)], features desperate last stands. Some were indeed “last” – as in the stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, some were “merely” desperate. History This song, the title track for the album, concerns itself with the last stand of the papal Swiss guard [https://infogalactic.com/info/…
A double dose of Sabaton today, from the album Heroes [http://infogalactic.com/info/Heroes_(Sabaton_album)] – The first bit is “Resist and Bite” – about the Chasseurs Ardennais of the Beligian Armed Forces, in WW2. The second is “To Hell and Back” – about Audie Murphy.…
This one, I’m torn. Granted, the rest of the stuff by Blur I found unlistenable, and no, I can’t forgive Starship Troopers for introducing me to Song2 via the trailers, but Song 2 simply rocks. When it comes to the sound of the guitars, I prefer the original. That said, having the lyrics delivered in a aggressive, in your face manner rather than the whiny bitchiness of Blur…. epic.…
OK – never heard of the band Eternal Champion, or the album The Armor of Ire, before Sky Hernstrom posted it to Google+. Catchy little number. Thank you.…