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Tag Archives: A-Ha

Ihsahn’s ‘Pharos’ is the ying to ‘Telemark’s’ yang

Posted by on August 31, 2020

  If you haven’t had the chance to listen to Ihsahn’s Telemark yet, you really should. In fact, it’s one of my favorite records of 2020. While Telemark was very much a cold (with the exception of those oh-so-warm horns) black metal record focused heavily on Norway and Ihsahn’s experiences in the northern Scandinavian forests, […]

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Ihsahn covers A-Ha’s “Manhattan Skyline”

Posted by on August 28, 2020

  Ihsahn has premiered a video for the cover of A-Ha’s “Manhattan Skyline,” featuring Leprous’ Einar Solberg. The track is taken from the artist’s upcoming EP, Pharos, out September 11th via Candlelight Records. Ihsahn has been a longtime fan of A-ha as he expressed: “There are some hints of A-HA even on the second Emperor […]

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Interview: The ‘Fartist’ Currently Known As Brian Posehn

Posted by on July 12, 2013

Already a successful comedian and actor before his first album was released, Brian Posehn embraced his status as a metal comedian by signing with Relapse Records, who released Live In: Nerd Rage and Fart and Weiner Jokes. While he switched to New Wave Dynamics for his current DVD, The Fartist, he’s far from renouncing metal. We caught up […]

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Maybe Brian Posehn Really Is More Metal Than You

Posted by on September 18, 2012

Before the phrase “metal comedian” actually meant anything, Brian Posehn was one. Signing to Relapse instead of a traditional comedy label, doing routines on how yelling “Slayer” during anything makes it metal, and speaking from the perspective of the 40-something, pot-smoking semi-dorky metalhead that he is, he’s gained a large metal following. The occasional songs […]

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Here’s That Cello And Woodwind Cover Of Suicidal Tendencies You Were Looking For

Posted by on May 30, 2012

Portland Cello Project and Alan Sparhawk of Low cover Suicidal Tendencies The Onion’s AV Club has been doing a pretty cool weekly series called Undercover, where artists come into their offices and cover a song from a pre-existing list. This week features one of the oddest ones they’ve done: Alan Sparhawk of shoegazey band Low […]

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