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Revolvers 10 Greatest Political Metal Songs Of All Time.

Scott — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:03:55 +0000

Revolver magazine in it’s most recent issue published a list titled Bombtracks, The 10 Greatest Political Metal Songs Of All Time. They go in depth with each song a bit but I’m not going to copy them word-for-word. Instead I’m just going to tally up the songs. They are not put in any particular order.

Black Sabbath – War Pigs

Corrosion Of Conformity – Vote With A bullet

Lamb Of God – Now You’ve Got Something To Die For

Machinehead – Clenching The Fists Of Dissent

Megadeth – Peace Sells

Metallica – …And Justice For All

Ministry – Lies Lies Lies

Napalm Death – Multinational Corporation

Rage Against The Machine – Take The Power Back

System OF A Down – B.Y.O.B.

While this is not a bad list there are a shitload of songs that could have made the list, but come on, it’s Revolver. It’s going to be half-assed.

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Metal Martyr Personal Top Ten

Scott — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:01:37 +0000

Its that time of the month again and the b5 Music channel is publishing the top tens of each channel. I decided to kind of do my own thing and list the top ten songs I’ve been listening to lately and the top ten cd’s I’ve been diggin as well. So far in 2008 I’ve tried to expand what metal I’ve been listening to. Exploring new bands and even sub-genres like Black Metal that I normally talk a lot of trash about. Sometimes you come to like the things you previously disliked and you have to take it with a grain of salt, swallow your pride and enjoy it. So this is what I’ve been into lately.

Top Ten Songs

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

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Top Ten 70’s And 80’s Guitar Solos

Scott — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:51:58 +0000

Ultimate-guitar.com has posted the top ten guitar solos of the 70’s and the 80’s. They bring up some good points, and while some or all of us may not agree with the top ten you have to admit that these are some killer solos. Here is an excerpt from the original article and the top ten. Click on the link at the bottom to read the full article.

“The definition of metal changes every decade as musicians continually push the genre to new extremes, writes Chris Gill of Gibson.com. But several elements have remained consistent throughout the years: distorted guitar, heavy riffs, and lightning-fast solos. Some of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded can be found on metal classics from the ’70s and ’80s, and many of those solos were recorded using Gibson guitars.

What makes a guitar solo great? While technical precision and speed are certainly important, a good solo should also be inventive and imaginative. The solo should support the song, and the best solos are ones that are so melodically strong that you can sing them while you wail away on your air guitar.“

Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin

War Pigs- Black Sabbath

Rock Bottom- UFO

Stranglehold- Ted Nugent

(Don’t Fear) The Reaper- BOC

You Shook Me All Night Long- AC/DC

Flying High Again- Ozzy

Stand Up And SHout- Dio

Thunder And Lightening- Thin Lizzy

Welcome To The Jungle- GnR

Top Ten Guitar Solos Of the 70’s and 80’s

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