Author Archives: Chris
Five random covers that aren’t very good
One of the most frustrating things about being a music fanatic is when bands cover a classic and completely butcher it. A lot of bands have been successful over the years with respectable covers, and then you have quite a few bands just creating garbage covers and making you wonder why they’re even trying.
These 5 songs aren’t necessarily the worst of all time (I don’t have the time and patience to search for metal/ hard rock bands that have done poor covers over the years), however, they are embarrassing and should have never been recorded.
These kids know how to rock
When we were in primary school, we all played a lot of fun games. My all-time personal favourite would probably be Duck Duck Goose. How can anyone not love this game back in the day? Good times. But I recently found an activity for kids that’s actually more fun than Duck Duck Goose. It’s called singing a song from the great Iron Maiden.
It’s a good video. It’s nice seeing little kids having fun and it’s awesome seeing them headbanging and rocking out to metal in a classroom.
Which song did they sing? Watch the video above to find out and click here to read why they decided to do this.
Chimaira know Charlie Sheen is a winner
Charlie Sheen is bad ass. Fact. He has an awesome life. You ask what’s so awesome about his life? Well, he has been in some quality movies, had has a popular TV show on CBS , does cocaine on a daily basis, lives with and bangs 2 hot blondes and gets found drunk in hotels with hookers. How can you not admire someone like this? Fantastic life!
Obviously there are people out there disgusted by him, but 5 guys from Cleveland have his back. Chimaira has uploaded a cover of The Troggs’ successful single “Wild Thing,” as a tribute to him.
When asked for comment, Charlie said ” Chimaria? Never heard of that drug.”
Make the jump to view the video
Dragonforce finally get a singer
Remember 4 years ago when Dragonforce were popular? I mean, they weren’t selling millions or anything, but you couldn’t help hearing the name Dragonforce everywhere. A big part of their popularity was due to the hugely successful Guitar Hero 3 game (or maybe it was Guitar Hero 4, meh can’t be bothered looking that up).
They released their most recent studio album in 2008, Ultra Beatdown, and it seemed like no one cared about them anymore (except me). Things didn’t get any better in 2010, they lost their singer Zp Theart in because of “insurmountable differences.”
Flash forward to exactly a year later since Zp Theart left the band and now it looks like Dragonforce have found their front man, who happens to sounds pretty damn good. His name is Marc Hudson, he’s 23 years old, he’s from England and he has surprisingly good teeth.
If you’re interested seeing what he has to say since joining the band, a video of him recording a song and comments from the best guitar player in world because he plays so fast Herman Li, then click here.
The Big 5: New school thrash bands
I think most of us can agree that thrash is an awesome genre, one of the best genres in metal. I mean, you got Testament, Sodom, Exodus, Death Angel and obviously a lot more. These bands released wicked albums 20 plus years ago and some of them are still releasing quality albums. (Death Angel being the best today but that’s for another discussion). Also, you can’t forget The Big Four, these guys are the reason why thrash metal is still a respected genre to this day. Master Of Puppets, Rust In Peace, Among The Living, Reign In Blood, these albums are classics – not just in thrash, but in metal history.
But what about the new bands? Is there a new Big Four? No, but I decided to list the five biggest new school thrash bands today. Two of the bands are somewhat popular in metal already, the other three are up and coming and releasing awesome stuff.
So, if you’re someone stuck listening to the oldies (don’t worry, I’m not telling you to stop), then give some of the new guys a chance.
Make the jump for the Top 5 new school thrash bands.
