Tag: Heavy Metal

One of my favorite bands, Powerwolf, is coming out with a new album this month titled Blessed and Possessed. To promote it they’ve released a music video for one of the new songs. If the rest of the album is similar to this song I can say it’s going to kick great amounts of ass:

Do you know what I love? Metal. Do you know what else I love? History of the Mongolian Empire. Needless to say when I came across the band Mongol, which predominantly sings about Mongolian history, I was a fan. According to Encyclopedia Metallum the bad actually hails from Canada, which is kind of funny to me because Mongolian history is a theme seldom touched by western bands. Truth be told Mongol is a bit growlier than I usually enjoy but I really like how this song mixes in some clear vocals:

This week we’re going to be listening to a Turkish band that fits into several metal genres. The person who introduced this band to me described them as folk metal but they also fall into symphonic and power metal.

This week we’re going with a power metal band from the heavier side of the spectrum. Civilization One is a fairly new band, founded in 2006, that manages to add in a heavier sound that is common from newer power metal bands. Also harkening back to power metal bands of old it seems that Civilization One has adopted the strategy of waiting forever between album releases (their debut album was released in 2007 and their second album was released in 2012). The band has a pretty good sound to it:

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard about the passing of metal legend Christopher Lee. In addition to being a fencer, actor, and basically everything else that’s awesome Christopher Lee was also the oldest performer in metal. To celebrate his career this week’s Monday Metal will be a song from his final EP, The Toreador March:

I came across a new (to me) band this week named Savaged Circus. The band sounds a lot like DragonForce and ReinXeed, which isn’t a bad thing although it’s something I have to be in the mood for.

I’m in a power metal mood again and I want something middle school (that gray area that lies between old school and new school). Paragon, a German power metal band founded in 1990, fits both criteria. Although the band just missed the ’80’s you can’t tell from the sound:

Korpiklaani just released their new album, Noita. If you’re a fan of Korpiklaani’s previous works you’ll love the new album. If you found their previous albums to be lackluster I can’t help for your shitty taste in music. Pilli On Pajusta Tehty is my favorite song off of Noita so I’ve chosen is for this week’s Monday Metal. Enjoy:

By the way, Korpiklaani is going to be playing in Minneapolis at Mill City Nights on Sunday. They throw a great concert and I highly recommend going.

This week we’re listening to one of my favorite songs from my college days, A Question of Heaven: