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Mentioning Your Own Band

Prisoners Of Ice Wheeze In A Sultry Weather

February 24, 2009

Hey, I thought that Voivod was all about the progressivey sort of OK metal until I read this review of War And Pain in allmusic. Then I was all, “Holy crap, ‘dry production and straight-ahead metal riffs’? Gimme!”
As a young, broke, burgeoning thrash-metal fan, I (or was it Pete?) heard that Voivod was great and [...]

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Gettin’ All Greasy? That’s A Fact

March 27, 2008

I was going to wait until Friday for this one since I’ve been so heavy on new music lately, but this song is in perfect keeping with the rainbow vibe I’ve been trying to cultivate. Once again, hellamad props go to Tim Sendra at the allmusic blog for the turnon.
JaConfetti follow in that great European [...]

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A Dose Of Metal You Need

January 7, 2008

For songs that mention the band’s name, you can always count on metal.
Of the holy triumvirate of speed-metal (Slayer, Metallica, and Megadeth), Killing Is My Business is my favorite debut album — muddy production, funky bass tones and all. The “Rattlehead” riff is one of the most wickedass speed-metal riffs of all time.
Don’t wear [...]

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Mortal But Invincible

December 18, 2007

Here’s something to get that Fogelberg taste out of your mouth. If you think it sounds an awful lot like everything else Al Jourgensen produced, well then you are right.
What gives the song its special power is the poetic talent of Lorri Jackson, who lost her life to drug addiction before this album was released.
Skatenigs [...]

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Moving Like A Parallelogram

November 13, 2007

OK, so I’m going to name the self-referencing song category after the first track on Art Brut’s first album. [EDIT 7-24-08: Changed to "Mentioning Your Own Band" tag] Done and done. And oh yeah — hip-hop, you’re disqualified. Sorry.
Our first entry in this category is Motörhead. If you’re going to sing your [...]

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