by Didact | May 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you actually bother to listen to mainstream “music”, you may have heard of a song called “Wake Me Up” by a Swedish bloke named AVICII. This song should officially be quarantined by the CDC- damn thing is catchier than crabs. Fortunately, for...
by Didact | Apr 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
An old favourite from way back when I was a teenager- dedicated to the memory of our comrade and brother-in-arms, BRONAN THE BARBARIAN: Don’t be gay. Be “true”. All people who aren’t “true” are gay. Be grim. Be necro. Be...
by Didact | Feb 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Let’s conduct a thought experiment for a moment. Suppose you were to take the best riffs and lyrics and themes from great old-school 80s metal and hard-rock bands like: IRON MAIDEN JUDAS PRIEST W.A.S.P. MOTORHEAD SURVIVOR HELLOWEEN ACCEPT SAXON JOURNEY MANOWAR...
by Didact | Jan 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
There are many good reasons to listen to NIGHTWISH: Floor Jansen Marco Hietala Floor Jansen The instrumental skill Floor Jansen The songwriting (when Tuomas Huolopainen doesn’t have his head stuck too far up his own ass, that is- see “Song of Myself”...
by Didact | Nov 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
I don’t do very many album reviews- this is maybe my third so far- but I do try to listen to new albums by bands that I care about as often as I can. One of my favourite bands ever is the Faroese band TYR, whose music is an oddly eclectic and very...
by Didact | Nov 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Halloween is surely the most pointless, overdone, and historically inaccurate “holiday” of the lot. Fortunately, a band came along waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1986 with an album called Keeper of the Seven Keys that forever changed the nature and tempo...
by Didact | Jun 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s an open secret that I am a huge fan of AMON AMARTH. These guys define Viking death metal. This latest eardrum-shattering epic is their ninth studio album, and it’s hard to believe that they’ve been around for over 25 years now....
by Didact | May 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
RIP Jeff Hanneman: According to a press release sent to BraveWords from management, SLAYER is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM PST this morning (May 2nd) near his Southern California home. He was 49....
by Didact | Mar 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I still can’t quite believe it… Clive Burr is gone: Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr passed away last night peacefully in his sleep at the age of 56. Burr joined Maiden in 1979 and performed on the first three albums Iron...
by Didact | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Let’s get one thing straight. IRON MAIDEN is the greatest band of all time. End of discussion. There is NO argument permitted, at all, ever, on this subject. With that in mind, here is a selection of the most eminently headbangable MAIDEN songs- and believe me,...
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