Arguably one of the finest Alt Rock albums money couldn’t buy “Siamese Dream” put The Smashing Pumpkins firmly on the map back in 1993 with a quartet of huge singles. It’s testament to the quality of the album, written in the wake of a nervous breakdown that it’s a cut that isn’t one of those
In many ways the whole concept of the Big Four of Thrash seems fundamentally flawed if for no other reason than the huge variety of sound that comprise the output of Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. It just seems too broad a brush. However the concept served its purpose and a lucky few got to
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana. “Smoke On Water” by Deep Purple. “My Name Is Glory” by Weaponry. There are classic riffs and then there are classic riffs. Ear worms that get into your head and won’t let go, the kind of thing you find yourself subliminally humming while waiting on the kettle boiling or
For the likes of Wednesday 13 and Rob Zombie is every night Halloween? Just how do they make the day of the dead special? Ozzy Osbourne didn’t seem to have many challenges in that department so on that incredibly tenuous link we’re hoping in the Delorean and heading back to 1983 when Osbourne, Jake E.
Back in 1995 Bjork was Queen of quirky Pop Music with a string of surprise hits that broke the mold and formula of artists at the time and in doing so gained a lot of admires from both fans and peers in all genres of music. That year she landed the many times covered “Army
Where would the World of Metal be without Slayer? Were they ever really a Thrash act? [Surely their sound and influence in Death Metal… ~Ed] Does anyone other than Dave Lombardo ever get the credit they deserved for pounding the kit behind the axe masters? Probably not… Will Gary Holt bring any Slayer covers to
We’re not normally ones to be drawn into the land of celebrity, gossip or the Oscars but you have to laugh hard when 30 seconds after Will Smith slaps Chris Rock in the face on television someone has mocked up a cover of the classic album that is “Vulgar Display of Power” by Pantera with
Black Metal overlords Venom entrusted Cronos to rewrite history and the tale of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, the most prolific female serial killer that history has recorded and in doing so he only served to enhance the darkness of folklore that surrounds her. Born in 1560; she was said to be a highly intelligent, educated and
“Twenty-six years ago, Roots Bloody Roots pleaded for the preservation of Brazilian cultural diversity. Today, Kapitur’s distinctive revisit of the song revolves around the historical alienation of common people regarded as different, the bloody roots of us outsiders. It grips on the struggle of finding oneself estranged from one’s original and adoptive cultures, to the
Returning for a second time to one of our longest running features of the (almost) last five years, the title track from the fifth studio album by Motörhead is one that very few will not know. “Ace of Spades” is one that is synonymous with the band as much as their mastermind the much missed
