Saturday, December 01, 2007

Have you heard Badlands

Wikipedia says, "Badlands was a short-lived rock band founded by Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee and Black Sabbath members Ray Gillen and Eric Singer. Badlands also featured bassist Greg Chaisson. After the first Badlands album, Eric Singer was replaced by Jeff Martin. The group lasted from 1988 to 1992 and released two albums, Badlands (1989) and Voodoo Highway (1991) before Gillen's death in 1993 effectively ended the project. A posthumous release of the album Dusk (originally recorded in 1992-1993) was released in 1998.

I liked Exciter better than Metallica

Exciter's Violence and Force blew away after I came to know that the band was three-piece. Exciter is a thrash metal band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Sample this video:


I still like these metal/power ballads

Firehouse had some excellent power ballads that reminds us of the golden age of 80s hair metal.

Please copy paste this URL:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p61Q_DOwtps

2. Heaven - Warrant
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hoibfSWyNMc&feature=related

3. Nobody's fool - Cinderella
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nD3Hhzgqkrc

4. Every Rose has its thorn
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YiEpLI5exrU&feature=related

5. Tears on fire - Keel
Listen to Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band formed in 1996 by ex-Carcass guitarist Michael Amott. Currently, the band is headed by amateur German journalist, and death metal vocalist Angela Gossow. I like their hit "Nemesis", particularly the melancholic lead guitar note in between.

The Haunted's All Against All

The Haunted is a Swedish/Danish thrash/melodic metal band formed in 1996. Original members were Patrik Jensen (also member of Witchery) on guitar, Jonas Björler (bass), Adrian Erlandsson (drums), Anders Björler (guitar), and Peter Dolving (vocals).

Death/melodic death metal band Sentenced

Finnish band Sentenced was formed in 1989, but unfortunately disbanded in 2005. Original line-up consisted of Miika Tenkula (lead guitar & vocals), Sami Lopakka (guitar), Vesa Ranta (drums) and Lari Kylmänen (bass). The following video is their 2002 hit No One There.


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Watch Joe Satriani Cool #9 live

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Airbourne is kick-ass rock



Airbourne's "Running wild" reminds me of AC/DC and Wolfmother. It is a great rock song from any new band. Listen to it and you will be head banging wild.

Friday, November 02, 2007

I wanna rock with Twisted Sister


An excellent page on Twisted Sister that tells and shows it all. See the page.

Heavy metal star turns classical, reports BBC.

Kingdom Come



When metal was degenerating into thrash and death, Kingdom Come paid tributes to masters like Led Zeppelin, by bringing out albums with melodic hard rock songs. Vocalist Lenny Wolf reminded us of Robert Plant, but the band was more predictable and less experimental than Zeppelin. They had some excellent sing-along songs that included some memorable ballads.

Everything about Ugly Kid Joe was good



The thing I liked about Ugly Kid Joe, apart from their in-your-face lyrics and screeching lead guitar solos, was the attitude. The band rocked into the hard rock scene when kids were going crazy over Nirvana. Vocalist Whitfield Crane was whacky in the black-and-white video of "'Everything About you", the first song I heard from the band. The band was amazing and I still love their grungy riffs and piercing solos in "Goddamn devil" and "Milkman's Son".



Ugly Kid Joe was not that ugly, but they were a great hard rocking stuff.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Candlebox was never Far Behind


The first Candlebox song I heard and liked was “Far Behind”. The band had a unique sound to it, it was not metal anyway, but that lead solo was too much to leave it alone. I still listen to their debut album and Peter Klett’s hard bluesy and funky lead solos still sound fresh, vibrant and blasting enough.



I don’t like “You” as repeated airplay has created an aversion for that hit single. Candlebox meant “You”, I disagree. The hard debut album gave away to more alternative and slower numbers in “Lucy”, but Klett outshone everything with his bluesy solos.

Candlebox is an unforgettable band, a notch over other hyped grunge bands in the 90s.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Raging Slab - Classic hard rock band



Back in the 90s, Raging Slab did not make much news like Nirvana, but played classic hard rock stuff. Check out their history at Wikipedia.


Colorado metallers Jag Panzer was formed in 1981. The original line-up consisted of Harry Conklin (vocals), Mark Briody on guitar, John Tetley on bass, and Rick Hilyard on the drums.

Britny Fox screamed and rocked real hard


Britny Fox is one of my permanent glam metal favourites. I was totally blown away by listening to their 1988 hit album "Britny Fox". The band currently has lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Tommy Paris, lead guitarist Michael Kelly Smith, bassist Billy Childs, and drummer Johnny Dee.





My favourites include Long way to love, Girl's School, Over and out and others.
Brand New Sin really rocks

Brand New Sin is a Hard rock/Southern rock band from Syracuse, New York.

Brand New Sin released their self-titled album in 2002, Recipe For Disaster in 2005 and Tequila in 2006. I like their hit single "My World".


Extreme metal band Nile

Nile is a an extreme death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The band was formed in 1993 and are inspired by Ancient Egyptian mysticism, history, religion and art.

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Danzig was really different



Danzig is an American metal band from New Jersey and formed in 1987. Led by Glenn Danzig, the band fuses dark lyrics and imagery with blues-inspired hard rock music.

For more details click the Wikipedia archives and the metal archives Danzig page.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Some new bands:

1. Minor Times, Engineer, Bury Your Dead, A Life Once Lost, Diecast, Hardcore-metal warriors Terror, Jedi Mind Tricks, Light This City, Abigail Williams, Veil of Maya, Gojira, Klone (French experimental-metal band), Zombi, Jesu (ambient-metal band), Swans, Isis, Oxbow, These Arms Are Snakes, Clouds, Big Business, Despised Icon, Locust, Born of Osiris (Youthful melodic death/grind band), Suicide Silence, Faceless, Misery Signal, Dead to Fall, Funeral Pyre, Apiary, Seven Witches (New Jersey power-metal band. Deadly sins, a new concept album about the seven sins detailed by Mahatma Gandhi, the follow-up to 2005's Amped includes guest spots by ex-Hades/Watchtower singer Alan Tecchio and Armored Saint/Anthrax bassist Joey Vera, who also co-produced and mixed the LP, says VH1), Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Down (fans of Sabbath),At the Gates, Crown, Hypocrisy, The Sword, Valient Thorr,Every Time I Die, Unearth, Darkest Hour, August Burns Red, Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish, From a Second Story Window, Emmure and Nodes of Ranvier, Aborted, Gorgeous Frankenstein, Through the Eyes of the Dead, As I Lay Dying, All That Remains and Haste the Day