In which a guy old enough to know better talks about...stuff.
Including, but not necessarily limited to: Wrestling, Metal, Anime, Books, Comics, Cartoons, Stuff that pisses me off, AOR and songs with "Metal" in the title.
The proper Eurovision was last night and as usual had more than its fair share of oddness, naffness and downright peculiar voting. I refuse to believe that anybody voted for Israel's song because they liked it. I also hope the wanker that interrupted the UK's performance got a good slap from the security bods.
Anyway, let's get on with the Metal version shall we? I'm going to try and mix up the genres a little.
Hope you find something to like.
It's that time of year again. Once again the united nations of Europe send their best some musicians to wage sonic battle on their behalf. I feel no shame in admitting that I am a devout viewer, marvelling at the whole cheesy, blatantly fucking rigged against the UK spectacle. However Metal is rarely in evidence.
So every year I take it upon myself to redress this balance by doing a special Eurovision edition of The Metal Project.
Here are the rules.
1. Every song must contain the word "Metal"
2. Every band should be Metal or at least Hard Rock.
3. Every song should be by a European act (although the host country doesn't have to be in the proper Eurovision this year.)
4. Every song should be from the last decade (or thereabouts. )
5. Every song must be one that has never been on The Metal Project before
Well that's Eurovision done with for another year and it delivered more than enough drama, bum notes, bizarre voting and weird shit for anybody's liking. (Seriously, does anybody know wtf was going on with Azerbaijan's horse-man on a lader?) Never mind, we can still milk the Eurovision euphoria for a wee while longer with a second dose of Eurovision metal.
See here: The-eurovision-metal-contest-2017-group 1 for the first batch of songs and a quick rundown of the rules.
The eyes of the world are once again drawn to the annual event that is the Eurovision Song Contest, where the nations of Europe (And Israel. And several states in the Caucasus. And ...err...Australia.) come together in a glorious celebration of song, spectacle, silly outfits and dubious voting practices.
And as is my annual custom I'm going to do my own version.
Here are the rules.
1. The song must contain the word "Metal" or some variation thereof. (See the enormous header.)
2. It must be a song I have never posted before. (Which can make life awkward)
3. It must be from within the last 10 years. (A rule I'm quite flexible on, actually.)
4. Songs will be posted in small batches. (Because I'm lazy)
5. If I don't post a song from a particular country it's only because I can't find one. (Laziness again.)
That's it for this round but expect more to some. Exactly how many depends on whether I can find songs for Azerbaijan and San Marino and
whether I decide to sneak in some other random countries. Indonesia for instance.
