Tag Archives: Guido Rants

Does popularity kill trueness?

There’s one thing metalheads don’t get sick off arguing about and that is, is Band X metal? And are they more metal than Band Y? And what about Band Z? They sure lost steam after their first Demo, right?

Read some more babbling after the jump.

Piano Metal

Keys make everything sound better, agree? Heh, who the heck cares about what you think. I love the sound of a piano and how nicely it works with metal.

See Be’lakor’s ‘Paths,’ Debauchery’s ‘Take my Pain,’ (Double Bass Drums + Strings + Piano = Instant orgasm)  or Haggard’s ‘Awaking the Centuries’ for great metal songs, of three different sub-genres by the way, that include the piano.

That’s not what I’m talking about though when I say Piano Metal. What I mean is metal songs covered on a piano. YouTube is plastered with covers but certain covers really do it for me and actually at times make the cover sound better than the original. Make the jump to catch a couple of Piano Metal covers that I, personally, really enjoy.

Friday Top 10: Best cover songs

Who likes cover songs? I do! Ever since Heavy Metal was born, bands covered each other like crazy. Did you know that Black Sabbath covered a song on their very first album? I did!

So now I’m going to bring you the Top 10 best cover songs in metal. Are you excited? I am! Just make the jump.

Metal cartoon of the day

What’s more metal than a cartoon? What? You mean, cartoons aren’t really metal? This following one definitely is. Check it out after the jump.