Tag Archives: metallica
Music: Battle of Thrash – Comparing Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeath, and Slayer
I won’t belabor the point tonight because I have episodes of Californication and House of Lies to watch I did want to make a few quick observations about thrash though. A few weeks back, I posted about anger and I … Continue reading →
Music Review: Metallica’s “Beyond Magnetic” EP
I talked about St Anger and touched on Death Magnetic some time back, but never got around to reviewing the follow-up EP to it, Beyond Magnetic. The EP starts off on Hate Train, a straight-forward metal anthem to the darkness within … Continue reading →
Music: Great anti-war songs
Machine Gun from Jimi Hendrix came up on my iPod the other day, and it reminded me of some of my favorite anti-war songs. The guitar stoccato of Machine Gun and the haunting lyrics put Jimi’s anti-war anthem near the … Continue reading →
Metal memories Part 2
Growing up, I pretended to be a muscle-bound metalhead rather than the puny nerd that I really was and during that period, I discovered Metallica with Master of Puppets. A buddy and I would do bench presses with Battery cranked … Continue reading →
Metallica – Movie Review: Some Kind of Monster (2004) and Album Review: St Anger (2003)
[ Argh! The WordPress app on my iPad 2 seems to have erased the text I wrote in the airplane fresh after finishing the movie. Here is an attempt to recall the awesome article that is now gone forever ] … Continue reading →
