Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 23, 2017
Of all the classical music instruments out there, cello is probably the most metal. It’s low, heavy and mournful, but also has a pretty great attack. Apocalyptica realized that a long time ago, and have built their career off of it. More recently, we’ve gotten to hear Opeth covered by cello, and Rob Scallon and […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 14, 2017
Depending on the animal, or species, one could be terrified hearing music altogether or end up rocking out to a certain tune. We have seen animals sing along to a particular song (hint: Drowning Pool’s “Bodies”) or notice a cat jump in the air the second the speakers turn on. However, one would never expect […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 19, 2017
Much the same way that Smash Mouth’s late ’90s hit “All Star” has become such a musical meme that it’s arguably a bigger hit now than it was then, Meshuggah’s “Bleed” is easily the metal version of that. Within a week we have seen Metallica’s St. Anger snare mashed into the song, followed by Donald Trump […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 23, 2017
Following the recent tragedies of the Manchester attack and Chris Cornell’s unexpected death, we figured we could all use a laugh. Thankfully, over the weekend at Steelfest Open Air, Finland’s Azazel kicked off the festival on Friday (19) with booze, intoxication and a hysterical live performance. According to the band’s mostly inactive Facebook, they were considered as […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 5, 2017
We really thought that Metallica’s cover of “For Whom the Bell Tolls” on bells was going to be the most ridiculous thing we posted on the site this week. And it totally was – until now. Pete Cottrell has covered Megadeth’s “Symphony of Destruction” on eggs. Really, what the eggs are mainly used for is […]
