The Metal Project began when I decided to see how many Metal songs I could find on Youtube that had "Metal" in the title. A 100-odd posts later, I'm not even close to being finished.
I'm going to take a break from the chronological posts for the moment to have a look down one of Heavy Metal's intriguing side alleys.Heavy Metal and Punk have always had people within each scene peering over the fence to see what the neighbours were doing and this has led to all sorts of cross-pollination: Thrash Metal, Hardcore, Grunge, Black Metal, Grindcore and certain of the snottier LA Glam/Sleaze bands all resulted from fans taking a little from here and a little from there and seeing what crawled out of the incubation chamber.
Today's post is devoted to bands proudly wearing their Punk influences right alongside the Metal. Some of them seem to be Punk bands playing Metal, others are Metal bands playing Punk and a few cheerfully describe themselves as "Metalpunk".
So if you want a no-nonsense racket with lashings of "F*** You" attitude, grab some cheap cider and step this way.
Antichrist Hooligans - Heavy Metal Attack (Brazil 2009)
Honour to: diniz77
Crepusculo Maldito - Necro Metal Punks (Portugal 2010)
Honour to: PunkPtDiy
Hellcharger - Metal Punk Warriors (Mexico 2011)
Honour to: hellchargerMTY
Invierno Nuclear - Thrashing Metal Punk (Chile 2012-I think)
Honour to: suicinyyandel
Iron Fist - Metal Punk Mania (Demo-USA 2012)
Honour to: Iron Fist
Massendefekt -Heavy Metal Superstar (Germany 2006)
(I suspect if I understood German this would turn out to be a Punk band
taking the piss. Screw it. it's a cool song regardless)
Honour to: boehserlumpi
Speedboozer - Metal Punk (USA 2012)
Honour to: Speedboozer
SubCaos - Metal Punx For Life (Portugal 2010)
Honour to: Proisse
The Ugly - Black Metal Punks (Sweden 2008)
Honour to: MuertePorNapalm
Tiger Junkies - Metal Punk (Japan 2008)
Honour to: felopunk
And finally, a song from Devin Townsend's 1996 Punk project.
Punky Bruster - Metalheads Are Punk Rockers (Canada 1996)
Honour to: NihilSubSole
If you happen to be after a bit more info on Metalpunk, the latest edition of Iron Fist magazine isn't a bad place to start. I'll freely admit that their article gave me the idea for this selection of songs.
Link is here: http://www.ironfistmag.com/
Great blog Dt,
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the presentation mix of photo's & artwork.
Probably more affinity with the Punk scene myself, but yes, there is a connection with Metal for sure.
Cheers,
ic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MwYwHsDs_E
ReplyDeleteNot bad at all. Thanks for sharing.
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