by Didact | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Damn. I did NOT expect to wake up yesterday and read this headline: Menza was performing with the band OHM at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA when he reportedly collapsed from a heart attack. […] Mustaine wrote on Twitter: “TELL ME THIS ISN’T TRUE! I...
by Didact | May 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
I don’t hold much with mainstream music, but I’ll make an exception for this one song: I actually came across it while binge-watching a truly brilliant crime drama series called Longmire. Now that is a GREAT show. It stars Robert Taylor as a Gary...
by Didact | May 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Classic RAM JAM track:Southern deep-fried rock just doesn’t get much better than that- at least not this side of LYNYRD SKYNYRD, or CREEDENCE. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn...
by Didact | May 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Courtesy of some bloke called @BakedAlaska: Well, he’s sure as hell baked on something. And the excessive use of autotune is, to a purist like me, highly irritating; as far as I’m concerned, if I want to listen to some one using autotune to disguise her...
by Didact | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
JACKYL are deep-fried Southern rock at its hillbilly best. I discovered them after stumbling across their album, Best in Show. It is one of the very few albums that I’ve ever bought just because I really liked the cover art. Turns out that it kicked all kinds of...
by Didact | Apr 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve often thought that Tuomas Huolopainen- the mastermind behind NIGHTWISH, a.k.a. “THE best symphonic metal band there is”- has his head shoved up his own arse far too often for his own good. All you have to do is listen to tracks like “The...
by Didact | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Which he absolutely would have been: EXMORTUS were the opening act for the truly almighty AMON AMARTH last Friday night. Now normally, I could not care less who opens for bands like IRON MAIDEN, AMON AMARTH, or HELLOWEEN; I applaud them politely while mentally telling...
by Didact | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
The almighty AMON AMARTH’s latest studio album was released a few days ago. This is their first album without longtime drummer Freidrik Anderssen in something like 17 years- since Once Sent From the Golden Hall, I think. I’m about halfway through the album...
by Didact | Mar 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here’s an interesting riddle: what happens when you take a Swiss former law school student, the keyboardist/vocalist for Scottish pirate metal band ALESTORM, and three other highly talented but clearly batshit-insane musicians, and lock them all in a big house...
by Didact | Feb 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
New BABYMETAL single. I should just stop there. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens...
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