Category Archives: Rants

My thoughts on: The Haunted

Let’s imagine for a second, you hear a band’s name, but you haven’t yet heard their music. How do you know if they’re shit or not? One friend I had in high school had one very simple theory. “Are they a ‘the’ band?” he would ask. You may be wondering what he means by this, but it’s very simple. My friend used to think that all bands that start with the word ‘the’ were shit, and he wasn’t far wrong. The Strokes, The Kooks, The Hives, The Killers; all of these bands are utter horse crap, as you probably know all too well. Theory proved? Well, all theories have their flaws, however, and The Haunted are this theory’s  flaw.

Read on for my thoughts on this Swedish Thrash band.

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.

Party recommendation: Municipal Waste

Municipal Waste are a Thrash Metal band from Richmond, Virginia, that formed way back in 2001. I saw them live a few years back, in fact, it must have been about 3 or 4 now, and they were an absolute delight live. Translation; they knew how to fuck things up. And I mean that in a good way, not in a bad way like how Aaron Lewis of Staind forgets half his lyrics on stage. Or like how he forgets to write music that doesn’t suck.

Municipal Waste know how to write some good party Metal, as you can guess from the name of their 2007 album The Art of Partying, in which the song above is taken from. In fact, to tell the truth, I’m only posting this because I’m intoxicated right now. So blast Sadistic Magician, before I try to drunkenly try to seduce your dead cat or something.

If you’re sick of the usual party garbage, then Municipal Waste are a great alternative.

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.

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.