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.
In theory Heavy Metal and Christmas shouldn't be in the same room as each other without an enormous fight. "Joy To The World" vs "Raining Blood"? Messy.
In practice, lots of metalheads love a bit of tinsel and a chance to sing about reindeer.
Here's a small selection of Metal carols for you all. Enjoy.
Twisted Sister - O Come All Ye Faithful
Orion's Reign - Deck The Halls
(It turns out that Symphonic Metal and Christmas music go together really well)
If you've ever sat down and wondered what Rammstein doing a Christmas song would sound like, have I got a treat for you.
Psychostick - O Tannenbaum (In the style of Rammstein)
And to finish...you may have heard the Trans-Siberian Orchestra song "Carol of The Bells" . well here's the original version by one of my favourite bands of all time.
Time to post part two of our look at SF album covers. In most cases the SF element consists of "wearing a shiny catsuit and holding a blaster" but I don't really see a problem with that.
Well, I was about..15% right on the shiny catsuit. The bit over her boobs is definitely very, very shiny.
Shiny...
So shiny...
Where was I? Ahem.
This is a free-to-download compilation which can be found at the above link. Go check it out.
The next one brought some extra firepower.
Kerion - Cloud Riders Part two: Technowars. (France 2015)
I don't think you really need the swords love.
The band don't sound the way I expected . See for yourself.
Dire Peril - Queen of The Galaxy EP (USA 2014)
How long did it take you to notice that there's another person on there?
I've had this cover in my folder for about 3 months and I only just noticed the robot-ninja thing.
The band definitely like their SF. This track is inspired by Barbarella and guest stars the lead singer of Unleash the Archers.
This nexct one is from the darker, more cynical end of SF.
Less Star Trek (Shiny and clean) and more Mad Max (Everything is shit and the people are nutters.)
Bobaflex -Anything That Moves (USA 2015)
I've never understoood why people who survived the apocalypse immediately start wearing the weirdest clothes. Why is she dressed like a player from the Lingerie Bowl gone viking? Who knows.
The band are scuzzy Hard Rock and not bad at all.
I think this next young lady could use a nice big gun right about now.
