Take on Me - the Metal Version

Take on Me - the Metal Version

Something a bit lighter for today – Leo Moracchioli does some excellent metal covers of various popular songs. He has a better ear for what works in his chosen genre than Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (who have some fun punk covers but really overdo it), as well as a better feel for what makes the song tick, and how to adapt them to metal. So, not quite #throwbackthursday – Take on me.…

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Very metal Noise Pollution

Very metal Noise Pollution

OK, Vox showed this vid, a metal cover of an Adele song. OK. That was… awesome.  Sure – there’s *harder* metal out there, but as much as, say, Amon Amarth has awesome *music*, death metal vocals aren’t my thing. The symphonic end with Nightwish and Within Temptation, a little Five Finger Death Punch, a little Drowning Pool…And these guys rock. And they’re willing to go out on a limb, and to look silly doing so. Take a look at the vid for Gangnam Style. Or Shakira’s *Waka Waka – *I haven’t list…

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#MetalMonday

#MetalMonday

A friend of mine in High School handed me a mix tape full of various rock music, and on the second side of said tape, he included the song I’m linking to here. Until that point in time, while I had a minimal familiarity with Iron Maiden, etc., I had no idea that metal could be anything but Scorpion-glam, or annoyingly noisy stuff (with some exceptions for Priest and Maiden) compared to Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc. Holy shit. I can blame my love for both symphonic and power metal on this one damn…

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#MetalMonday - Drowning Pool - Bodies

#MetalMonday - Drowning Pool - Bodies

While I was disappointed by the abrupt and somewhat Deus Ex ending to Ringo’s otherwise entertaining “Black Tide Rising” zombie series, there are a number of scenes in it (as well as a lot of dropped red and purple pill knowledge that can be seen through the placement of lampshading that authors buying into grrrrl power would never insert) that are just epic. Having lived near Jax, and visited the waterfront downtown where a critical scene takes place, I get a huge shit-eating whenever I think…

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