Category: Media

Do you know what makes anarchism better than statism? Music. Us anarchists have way better music to listen to than statists. Statists get shitty country songs about how awesome the illegal invasions being performed by the United States are. But us anarchists get to listen to amazing metal such as Arch Enemy:

Fighting for freedom is a way better message to get behind than bombing people in the Middle East.

I’m amused when metal bands cover songs from other genres. Turisas made a cover of Rasputin, which is a disco song from the ’70’s and makes me smile just because it exists. We’re going to listen to it this week just because it’s funny to me:

Since this is the first Monday Metal of 2015 I decided to go with yet another song that brings my love of metal and history together. This week we’re listening to Romulus by Ex Deo. As the name implies it is about Romulus, one of the mythical founds of Rome.

It saddens me that Ex Deo is no longer producing music. A band themed on Roman history is a veritable smörgåsbord of metal material.

This is the last post of 2014. To celebrate the end of the year I think it’s appropriate to look back at how it started. The first Monday Metal entry for 2014 was none other than Amon Amarth. It seems appropriate to close out the year with some Amon Amarth. So let’s raise a rune to the memory of 2014:

When I decided to close this year out with metal I was really hoping I started the year with something good. Glad to see that I did otherwise this entire scheme to not actually write a post would have been in vain.

This week I’m going with a new song by Lordi. I know what you’re thinking, Lordi is rock and this is supposed to be metal. Well this is my blogs so the only rules that exist are the ones I create and I’m not a fan of rules so deal with it:

Are you ready for some German power metal? If you’re not then you’re on the wrong page. This week we’re going to listen to the new song from Orden Ogan. It’s also accompanied by a cool music video that’s a bit on the creepy side (which is what one should expect from Germans):

Metal, surprisingly to many, is one of the nerdiest genres of music out there. Entire bands are dedicated to writing songs about science fiction, history, and even The Lord of the Rings. This is probably why I love it. As a history nerd and a metal head I really enjoy bands that combine the two (which I generically refer to as history metal).

Last week I came across Ex Deo, a side project by the lead singer of Kataklysm. Sadly on permanent hiatus the band released two albums that focused exclusively on Roman history. The songs I’ve heard from Ex Deo so far are really fucking badass. My favorite is I, Caligvla (tru kvlt spelling):

Are you ready for zee Germans? This week I’m picking something from Primal Fear. If I have to justify this selection to you then you’re probably not the target audience of Monday Metal (because you have an inferior taste in music):

Are you in the mood for some fucking epic power metal? If not then you’re in the wrong place. For those of you with taste we’re going to be listening to Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody (which is just a fancy name Luca Turilli started to use after splitting from Rhapsody). The song is none other than Dante’s Inferno, which is based on one of the most epic epic poems in history:

I try to shy away from the word “epic” but the Divine Comedy is, in fact, an epic poem so I feel I’m warranted in using the word here (three goddamn times).

Are you ready for some nerd metal? If not, too bad, try again next week. For those who like awesome shit we’re going to listen to some Gloryhammer, which has the distinction of being pretty nerdy even for a power metal band. The song is magic dragon. I have no idea if it relates to heroine but considering that Gloryhammer is a metal band it’s not entirely out of the question: