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5/5 at the Palace Lounge. I am so there!
This is my favorite track from Black Sabbath's new album. I love the riffs and how classic it sounds. The production quality is such that it doesn't sound like it came from the '80's or before, but doesn't have that over-produced quality that most modern metal has. A feel good track about someone who, like me, is loner. Enjoy \m/
With the sudden passing of GWAR's frontman Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus, my thoughts have centered around this video taken from the Jerry Springer show where GWAR were defending their music against parent groups wishing to censor their music. I strongly agree with every point that the members of GWAR made. Please enjoy and share in memory of the great Oderus.
\m/ Respect, and rest in peace
GWAR Frontman Oderus Urungus aka Dave Brockie Dead at Age 50
The GWAR frontman was found in his apartment late Sunday night. No foul play is suspected.
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This was literally the first thing I saw this morning. One of my favorite Oderus memories was when he and Beefcake visited some video game magazine, I believe Game Informer (but I could be wrong), and they tried out the Xbox Kinect dancing to Lady Gaga in full costume. I'll never get that mental picture out of my head. Rest in Peace, You are missed, Dave Brockie/ Oderus Urungus.
Metal Barbie also takes no shit.
One of my all-time favorite Megadeth music videos. I actually used to sing this song all the time when I was a file clerk. People would come back into the file room, and hear me but not the music. It probably gave them quite a scare, haha. This video is one of the favorites because of how far they took the concept of Dave talking to himself. I thought it was really clever. One thing that I always noticed about it was the interlude part where the camera zooms out to the other members playing/not playing their instruments and being crazy. I thought this is really kind of wacky since the song was obviously recorded before the music video was made. It almost seems like it might have been the other way around like it was a plan all along. Just a thought, but please enjoy.
Horns up for MegaDave \m/
Well, that's "one" way to find new music...
I am currently a student at the University of Montana taking classes for the entertainment management certificate. One of my classes is a seminar-style class where every scheduled weekend, an expert in a certain entertainment-related field comes in to talk about their work. Twice now, an expert has asked how the students find out about new music.
I usually say that I get notified about new bands (metal almost exclusively) through Facebook fan sites, such as Metal Music Addicts or All Things Metal. However, there is one place I failed to mention in the class. I'm actually in a major minority when it comes to reading about music in a physical format. I buy my copy of Metal Hammer or Decibel almost as soon as my local Hastings gets it in, and most of the time there is a free disc included with it that has songs from a huge variety of bands. Three such bands that I discovered in this way would be Cauldron, Huntress, and Grand Magus.
Cauldron's single "All or Nothing" was on a sampler disc along with the latest DragonForce single a couple years ago. I thought it was catchy and immediately bought the actual album on Amazon.com. I had heard the name of the band before, but never listened to their music because I prefer to listen to new music in my car instead of on my computer. As I delved deeper into their album Burning Fortune, I found that their style is a new take on classic metal such as Judas Priest with a garage band feel.
Huntress' first single "Spell Eater" was also on the same Metal Hammer sampler disc. I was immediately drawn to their vocalist Jill Janus and her scream/growl vocal style. I always love to hear women in metal as long as they don't sing in a typical style (ie. Evanescence or Nightwish) with soaring soprano. I prefer growls and other styles based on the fact that most women don't sing that way. I don't prefer growls necessarily in all vocalists, but I like that women are willing to take the chance. Huntress is also good instrumentally, with lots of riffs to enjoy.
Grand Magus, the Swedish doom metal trio, was my most recent find. Their single, "Triumph and Power" from the album of the same name, is what I would consider a doom power metal. The lyrics remind me of DragonForce, with instrumentation that reminds me of The Sword among others. It's enjoyable and fun music. It makes you feel like you are off to slay the dragon with your best comrades following you to either victory or certain death. I bought the album a couple of days ago only to find out that the album isn't set to release in the states until April.
I would recommend all three bands to my friends, and if you are reading this, I would also recommend them to you.
It's a G.A.S.
As a musician, I have fallen into the trap of constantly acquiring more and more gear to the point where I currently have 9 bass guitars, 4 guitars, 2 drumsets (only 1 is complete), a keyboard, and two microphones (crap quality).
I've always been kind of strange and that's been translated into my obsession with giving each bass and guitar a name. Sometimes the names are simply their company of manufacture like my Lyle guitar, but most of the time i give them imaginative names like my Epiphone Thunderbird named Trixie. Here's the full list of guitars and basses that actually have names:
Basses: (all are four string except where noted)
Starfire - black Ibanez Iceman
Vortex - black Dean Metalman V
Trixie - gothic black Epiphone Thunderbird
Babylon - red Davison Warlock copy
Malice - black BC Rich Warlock
Ibaneezer - black acoustic Ibanez
Sin - 5 string black Yamaha
Goliath - purple Peavey Millenium II
Firestorm - white Ibanez Iceman
Guitars:
Lyle - a sunburst Lyle guitar made sometime in the '70's
King - black and red BC Rich Warlock
Angus - red Epiphone SG
Bubble - Applause by Ovation acoustic
After I brought the 6th bass into my friend Marko at Morgenroth, he told me that I had GAS. My immediate response was, "uh, what?" but he then explained to me that it stood for Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Even after I kept going with my purchasing of basses, specifically, I can say that I definitely agree with this observation. Having so many basses doesn't make me a better bassist, just like having four guitars doesn't make me any kind of guitar player. I kind of like to think that the reason I purchase these instruments is because I see them in pawn shops, discarded and forgotten, and that I'm doing them a service by adopting them and taking care of them. I feel like the Angelina Jolie of musical instruments. Call it what you will, but Disney movies like Toy Story made me think that all objects might have a soul and interact with other objects when we humans aren't looking. That when some kid pawns his bass so that he can afford his rent, the bass gets lonely and wishes for someone to come along and love them. So, in that regard, I don't have any problem buying more instruments because I know they are going to a home that loves and cares for them like they deserve to be.
So, yes, I do have a problem, but I choose not to see it that way. Think of me what you will, but know that I love every single one of my instruments like they are children, just low maintenance children that don't cry when you play one of its brothers instead.
Just a collection of my favorite metal memes. As you can see, I'm partial towards the Dave Mustaine ones \m/
DragonForce's Heroes of Our Time from the 2008 album, Ultra Beatdown. This was the first song of theirs I ever listened to, unlike most people who know them by their Guitar Hero hit, "Through the Fire and the Flames." This video is fun, but sometimes a little confusing as to any sort of plot, but I think it is worth viewing just to watch them play. Ultra Beatdown was also the last album with original vocalist ZP Theart, who I've always liked for his counter tenor range. Their second and current vocalist Marc Hudson has many similar qualities, but I feel he lacks the brilliant, in-your-face beauty of his predecessor.
Introduction
I started this account so that I could voice my opinions about metal music in a comfortable atmosphere. Here in Montana, the local metal scene is not what it should be, in my opinion. I just want a medium to hopefully prove that it doesn't matter where you come from or what kind of music environment you live in, metal is a genre that bridges across geography and social background. As this is an introductory post, I feel I should list out a few of my favorite bands as a way to show my background.
1. Megadeth - This is my favorite band as has been for the last 5 years. I feel they have the complete package when it comes to musicality, originality, and melody as far as thrash metal is concerned. I found them though listening to Metallica and becoming more dissatisfied with their sound. Megadeth is an extremely constant band with lots to offer, and is still pumping out great music today (I'll talk more about Super Collider in a subsequent post).
2. Children of Bodom - This Finnish band is another that I feel has lots to offer musically. I love the cross of extreme black metal-esque vocals and melodic, pretty guitars and keyboards. It's a combination that is hard to do well without sounding cheesy. The first song I ever heard from Bodom was their cover of the Britney Spears song, "Oops, I Did it Again." I laughed so hard, but loved they instrumentation that I began to explore their original music.
3. Iron Maiden - Being a bass player, it's no wonder that I would find this band as an influence in my life. Steve Harris is not only a phenomenal bassist, but a competent songwriter as well. I love the entire Maiden catalog, even with their three different singers in a deep way.
4. DragonForce - This extreme power metal band is included on this list because they were the band that single-handedly got me listening to metal. In 2009, I had the great pleasure of getting to watch them live here is Missoula, Montana at the Wilma Theater. Their live show was so riveting and engaging that it was love at first sight for me. A common complaint from metal fans is that they feel that DragonForce is too centralized on blinding guitar solos and not focused enough on lyrics. I can't say I disagree, but I have no problem with the amount of guitar solos, mainly because my favorite part of a song is the guitar solo.
5. Cannibal Corpse - I realize that this band is quite different from the rest, but I think that's why I have to include them. The first song of theirs that I ever heard was "Shredded Humans" from their first album Eaten Back to Life. This song was so graphic that I thought, "why would people listen to this?" It was only later that I came to appreciate the "horror film in music" quality that I started to see the value, in not only Cannibal Corpse, but death metal in general.
I try to be as eclectic as I can when it comes to metal, and I do occasionally branch out into classic rock, pop, and classical. I hope to get the chance to share what I know and think about all of this and more.
Up the Irons \m/ MT MetalPrincess \m/
