Some favourite tunes

So, on a brighter note than my last three blogs I thought I'd post some of my favourite songs. There's a mix of things and possibly some unexpected things if you've seen my previous blogs about CDs I've bought.

I'm going to try and do 5 songs per blog, one blog a week so there's plenty of music to come.  And it'll be everything from Carl Orff (which is part of today) to Nervosa via Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Lily Allen (yes, you read that right), Daft Punk, Night Club, Iron Butterfly and god knows how many more.

Let's start off with some orchestral/piano stuff before bombarding you with all types of metal stuff.


Carl Orff - O Fortuna:
Was lucky to see a college performance of the whole of Carmina Burana live a few years ago and it was one of the best things I've ever heard.

Nobuo Uematsu - One Winged Angel (Orchestra):
This sounded awesome on the PS1 but as an orchestra it really pushes video game music to another dimension.

Kenji Kawai - Making of Cyborg (Ghost in the Shell):
The atmosphere in this is unmatched by anything else on the soundtrack. The rest of the soundtrack is really good, I do like it a lot.

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell:
Always loved this song, it has everything.

Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles:
Time to slow things down a little with a little pop song.  I'm a sucker for a good piano melody.

Right, that's it for this week.  Not sure what tunes will be next week, I guess it'll depend on what mood I'm in.

Kerrang covering Grishnack trial in the 90s Part 3

And here's the final articles I have.  The first one is from a year later which is just kinda a status update on Vikernes and the scene at the time.

The second article is really just a summary of the events including Dead's suicide, burning churches and an incident in the UK and is from 2000. This was actually part of a larger set of articles called "The Devil's Music" which covered bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Slayer, Deicide, Celtic Frost, Marilyn Manson, Cradle of Filth... the list goes on. But as I'm only posting stuff about Burzum/Mayhem I thought I'd leave those out.

Next week will be something completely different but still music related.  Something happier than all this gloom.


K!541, 15th April 1995:

K! 4th March 2000:

Kerrang covering Grishnack trial in the 90s Part 2

Celebrating the forthcoming release of Lords of Chaos...

So here's the next scans I have of the Varg Vikernes trial as covered by Kerrang. Only one article this week, but as a bonus I've included a laughable "how dare you" letter. Those kind of fans is why I'm not really into the scene. I idiots like that. So, I also included the printed replies from two weeks later.  Good to see The Beano getting mentioned!!

K!496, 28th May 1994:

 K!496, 28th May 1994:

K!498, 11 June 1994:

Kerrang covering Grishnack trial in the 90s

With the upcoming Blu-ray release of Lords of Chaos I thought I'd post some of the coverage Kerrang did back in the 90s about Varg Vikernes' trial for the murder of Aarseth.

I'll hopefully be posting articles each Saturday with the last one on 20th, two days before the scheduled release.  Speaking of the release, here's a handy link to Arrow Film's store page.

I haven't had the chance to see the film or even read the book yet (but I have ordered both), but it is something I remember reading a lot about back when it happened thanks to Kerrang, Metal Hammer and Terrorizer so I'm interested in seeing how the film turns out.  I'm not a fan of these bands, but I do find the incidents interesting. The only stuff like this I listen to is Bathory/Quorthon but even then it's not often

Here's the trailer:

(clicking the link gives you a bigger scan, but you may still need to right click and 'view image' then zoom in to make it readable)

K!494, 14 May 1994:

 

 K!495, 21 May 1994:

 

See you all next week.