Category: Media

So Eluveitie’s new album has been released and it’s awesome (as expected). As part of the album release the band also recorded a new music video for, what I believe to be, the best song on the album (although I’m not terribly happy that the “bonus” tracks were just this song recorded in several different languages but whatever). In addition to being a great song this video also has a lot of Anna Murphy, which is always appreciated:

I feel as though we need something that screams dragons, sorcery, and other common power metal themes. When it comes to power metal with a fantasy theme (but I repeat myself) one band always jumps to my mind: Rhapsody of Fire. This week we’re going to be listening to the band’s latest song Dark Wings of Steel:

I’m back on a folk metal kick (OK, I admit it, I was never off of the folk metal kick) so I decided we’re going to start this week off with the band that got me stated in folk metal: Korpiklaani. Soil of the Corpse is a song taken from Manala, the band’s latest album. As with most Korpiklaani songs it has very strong and obvious folk elements to it (some folk metal bands forget the folk part and end up being mostly regular old metal):

Hammerfall is coming out with a new album and have released a new song from it titled Bushido. After the disappointment that was Infected it appears as though Hammerfall is going back to its roots, which is to say they’re trying to not suck this time around. Based on this song, and the fact that Hector is back on the art work (and looking pretty bad ass as a samurai-knight hybrid), the band is on the right track:

God I hope this album doesn’t suck because I love everything else Hammerfall has done.

As it turns out Alestorm is putting out another album of pirate metal and last night I came across the music video for that album. If you’ve heard anything by Alestorm you already know what to expect, songs about pirates and drinking (but I repeat myself):

I’m feeling old school so we’re going to listen to some Grave Digger this week. I hope the band doesn’t require an introduction. If it does you may want to rethink your life:

One of my favorite folk metal bands, Eluveitie, is cooking up a new album. To signify this the band has released a new single, King. I’m digging it. King seems to emphasize the folk instruments and death metal vocals. Needless to say I dig it:

With the clusterfuck going down in Iraq this is as good of time as any to post some Iraqi metal. This week we’re listening to a song by Acrassicauda, a band that was actually founded under and played during Saddam’s regime. From what I have gathered the band had to flee Iraq after the regime changed because the new more religious regime felt as though the band’s music was a little too… satanic panic for its taste. The band now lives in New York, which is almost as much of a shithole as Iraq (I kid, I kid):

I didn’t have time to do my usual search for new metal last night. So today you’re getting another song by Battle Beast (and you should be thankful). This week we’re listening to Shutdown, which starts off on the right foot with Duke Nukem and continues to rock from there:

Iced Earth may be unable to maintain a stable lineup for more than 10 minutes but it can put out some great music. This week’s entry is one of its songs from The Glorious Burden. The Glorious Burden was a concept album that covered various battles, mostly from America’s history. High Water Mark covers the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. My favorite part of the song is the opening, which is a bad ass sounding drum solo: