b5media’s Music Channel offers 38 tracks to get you through your Monday. 

The selection is vast.  The tracks are ones we feel you should hear.  Discover music and let us know what we should be checking out. 
Have fun and welcome to a great selection of music. 

Every Monday should start off with some quality Jazz.  The Jazz and Blues Lounge is our online authority.  Keeping with the jazz era The Good Musician gives us two of the greatest of all time.  Finish your third cup of coffee and bring it upbeat a bit with either Pop and listen to some new Nelly w Fergie at Pop Music Scene or download two free metal tracks at Metal Martyr. 

From the world of 4 global music mecca’s….Jet-set half way around the globe for two must have Aussie tracks at Oz Music Scene.  Heading back to the new music mecca of America, Big Apple Music Scene gives you two tracks that should be on every iPod.  Down to one of America’s strongest indie cultures, Austin Sound Check gives us two tracks that you need to hear.  Toronto is a bustling and exciting music scene and Toronto Unplugged gives us two solid, soild tunes. 

Our online music resource Our Digital Music lets us in on two key tracks to download.  Anything with Dylan is good, but this Rock Dose is the best.  Christian Music Fan outlines two tracks within the Christian genre.  Ear Sucker always features a wide variety of quality music and these tracks are no different.   

After you coffee, enjoy a martini and crank up some good ol’ fashioned crooning by blasting these two gems from Crooner Culture.  No day is complete without some top notch classic rock – head to the Rock Relic for your rock fix.  After the magical mystery ride in rock, float over to New Age Vibe for two favorites.  New Age to Industrial Addiction for great cuts from that growing genre.   She Plays Music always has the inside track of women in music – here are two solid recommendations.  Punk Rock is alive and well!  News in Punk features two outstanding punk tracks.  Add a little Hippie to your day with these diamonds at Hippie Sounds.

Cheers.

Post from: Metal Martyr

1. Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse – Dimmu Borgir (I love the symphonic aspects of this band)
2. One By One – Immortal (One of my new favorite Black Metal Bands)
3. Angel’s Don’t Kill – Children Of Bodom (My favorite from Hatecrew Deathroll)
4. And Death In My Arms – All That Remains (This entire CD is awesome)
5. The Eagle – Light This City (One of many great songs on Facing The Thousand)
6. Dethharmonic – Dethklok (It’s Dethklok, nothing more to say)
7. In My Darkest Hour – Megadeth (This Song Never Gets Old…never!)
8. Believe In Black – Hail!Hornet (This is the band that turned me onto the souther sludge metal)
9. Skulls – The Misfits (I’m always liking older Misfits tunes)
10. God Luck And Good Speed – Weedeater (Another Southern Sludge Pioneering band I’m getting into)

Top Ten Cds

20 Years Of Nuclear Blast, this is a must! 20 years of Nuclear Blast bands on 4 cd’s. Jam packed with kick ass metal. Hands down the best label anniversary compilation

Children Of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll A new favorite of mine. I don;t know how I went this long without getting into Children Of Bodom.

Light This City – Facing The Thousand I said before that I have never been a big fan of female vocals in the metal genre, but Laura Nichole works well as does the rest of the band.

Dethklok – The Dethalbum I wasn’t sure what to think when I heard about this show, but when you hear the music you instantly fall in love with it all.

Dimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli I’m still not a big fan of the gimmick behind Black Metal but I have come to love the sound and Dimmu Borgir Mix the symphony with the devil’s music…and it’s cool!

All That Remains – This Darkened Heart I can not say enough good things about this band and honestly a lot of you are probably tired of hearing me talk about them…be prepared for more.

Testament – The Best of Testament When I picked up this one I was just ashamed that I went this long without listening to Testament. Sometimes It’s amazing how you miss a band like this for so long.

grief of WAR – A Mounting Crisis Another new overseas favorite. Japan’s grief of WAR are phenoms at bringing back the old school thrash sound. Nothing polished and painted pretty here. Just thrashing.

Burn The Priest I haven’t the slightest idea why I have been into this one as of late. The vocals are incomprehensible but the music rips!

Yakuza – Transmutations Versatile Chicago metal artists Yakuza bring the metal and a whole lot more. Jazz and metal would normally not mix well…except when done by Yakuza!

What are the big hits for you so far this year?

Post from: Metal Martyr