Earlier this week Louder described the seminal year for Metal that was 1994. It featured genre redefining and generation inspiring albums like the self titled debut from KoRn, “Troublegum” from Therapy? and “Superunknown” from Soundgarden not to mention Trent Reznor’s masterpiece “The Downward Spiral” from Nine Inch Nails. You can read that in full here. We’re not
Type O Negative were an American Gothic Metal band fronted by the much missed Pete Steele who passed away from an aortic aneurysm in 2010 at just 48. After seven studio albums including “October Rust” and “Bloody Kisses” which went Gold and Platinum respectively, the remaining members of the band laid Type O Negative to
Better known as P.O.D., Payable On Death are a band who have often divided. The American Nu-Metallers broke out with their third album “The Fundamental Elements of Southtown” from which this song “Southtown” is taken in 1999 with a reputation for fun. The San Diego California Music Awards gave the band their Album of the
While it never received a physical single in the US, “Heart Shaped Box” gained a lot of air play for the Nirvana and charted well as a single Internationally. The final song performed by Kurt Cobain live, it was actually one he described as “not perfect”. A much loved song in both album form on
Taking its name from the 1967 book of the same name by Marilyn Bender which opened the doors to the World on the Jet-set lifestyle of the 1960s and the culture of beauty, fashion and politics, “The Beautiful People” is arguably one of Marilyn Manson’s finest moments. Appearing on the bands 1996 album “Antichrist Superstar”
Time for a classic of modern times. A lot… Actually a LOT of bands have covered this song, Motionless In White, Ankor, Robyn Adele Anderson and Viktoriya Yermolyeva to name but a few. It has to be said that the first two System of a Down albums are simply phenomenal and the others, while they
Certified double platinum with 5 million copies sold Worldwide, “Screaming For Vengeance” is the 8th Studio album from Judas Priest. It’s the album that gave them the commercial breakthrough in North America in 1982 and is critically acclaimed with both Kerrang! and Rolling Stone Magazine having it in their top 100 Greatest Metal Albums listings.
Nearly 21 Years after it’s 1998 release, “Devil Without a Cause” by Kid Rock continues to sell having shifted 11,000,000 units in the US alone. The rap-rock-metal crossover album hit at the time of Nu-Metal approaching its height and saw Kid Rock record with his backing band Twisted Brown Trucker and DJ Uncle Kracker at
Yes! It’s the return of “Them Bones” for the second time on the little thing we like to call Vs. Tuesday! The Alice In Chains classic was covered by It Dies Today and Suicide Silence to in serious style but now it’s the turn of some new blood to pay tribute to the late Layne
That’s right. It’s time for some Motorhead in the form of “Love Me Like A Reptile”. And why not? 22 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years is a pretty damn impressive legacy left by the Godfather that was Lemmy Kilmister. Their influence is felt
