IYAN'S 5 HEADBANGER AMMOS
Enslaved - Vision Sphere of the Elements: A Monument, Pt. 2
Year: 2001
Origin: Norway
Genre: Progressive black metal
Minors: Black/viking metal, post-black metal
Who says Norwegian black bands have no ears for blues? Black metal ain't noise pollution! Haha.
Avant-gardish Monumension album is said to be one of the best of the 'new' Enslaved. Retro-feel drums and keyboards, bringing back some old prog-rock?
Starts off with some insane shred riff, 500-tonne cargo-train-coming blast beat. Draggy-doomy riffs, steel-melting blues solos. Blues? You heard me. Cheesy "Oi" chants. Don't stop the music yet, check out the astounding 'Know your enemy' interlude. Might be inspired by Rage Against the Machine.
Evil, beastly rock 'n roll indeed.
Headbanger's meter: Near extreme
Obituary - Slowly We Rot
Year: 1989
Origin: USA
Genre: Death metal
Minors: F*ckin' old school death metal. Wait. This is!
Been spinning to this album frequently. It's like scratching an itchy rash with a sea urchin! If you want crispy original-favoured old skol death metal potato chips, never look further. This is the sh*t!!
The doomy intro is as if you’re walking in a dark gruesome back alley behind the meat shop. Grinded meat waste everywhere. On 01:24 minutes, do start running. The mad butcher is out for you because he ran out of frozen pork.
Kind vocals by Taz the Tasmanian Devil! Interesting fact, the eerie blood-groovy solos are actually listenable. If you hear to Slayer.
Headbanger's meter: Near extreme
Payable on Death - Without Jah, Nothin'
Year: 2001
Origin: USA
Genre: Alternative metal
Minors: Thrash, nu-metal, reggae-punk
Been re-listening to POD! What the? Back to some of my pre-puberty era music! I got Satellite album for my 13th birthday. And at that point of time, I couldn’t define the term 'music genre'. Ah... remember your Sony Playstation 1?
A very interesting one from the multi-platinum Californian nu-metallers. Let us now play tribute to [your God here] through spiritual playing of screaming punk-thrash reggae music. Haha. Cool nu-metal-meets-reggae basslines. Though the rasta singer is irritating.
Headbanger's meter: Moderate to very high. Need a skank meter?
Amorphis - House of Sleep
Year: 2006
Origin: Finland
Genre: Melodic metal
Minors: Post-doom death, pop metal, alternative metal, love metal, progressive metal, gothic rock/metal
Metal music for grown-ups (post-metal/ex-deathsters…?)! The theme is so mature, you might be married and having a few kids. Reading a newspaper, watching the prime time news. And the death metal band you play in now has piano.
One of Amorphis' most decent tracks so far. Moderately heavy. Very melodic guitars. Very melodic everything. Soothing manly vocals from Tomi Joutsen. Elegant vocal harmonies here and there. Modern gothical pianos teaming up with their trademark keyboards.
So there you have it, f*ckin' heavy metal… suitable for a condominium advertisement on tv.
Headbanger's meter: Moderate
HIM - When Love and Death Embrace
Year: 1997
Origin: Finland
Genre: Goth rock
Minors: Love metal, pop rock, alternative metal, pop metal, doom pop
What the. HIM again? Just going through some raging emotional needs… In malay means ‘jiwang’. Haha. Been listening a lot to the infernal love metal majesty. But trying hard to avoid them. Because emo music is bad for health!
Maximum love metal! The uppermost, bottom to the core heartbroken moment. "Awww... So sad", Itchy from the Itchy and Scratchy show says. Let's flashback the sweet memories in slow motion. And the busty lady in tight tops jogging too. Haha.
Go listen lah you jiwang/emo kid.
Headbanger's meter: Moderate
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