Tunes Pt 6

Been listening to some stuff I haven't listened to in a few years.  I could just post five songs from side B of one album and be done.  But I'm resisting that urge.  Ozzy this week, but it's not all the usual well known Ozzy songs.

Next week I'll hopefully have a few lesser known metal bands that you'll have either forgotten about or never even knew about.



Ozzy Osbourne - Waiting For Darkness
So, Bark At The Moon is the album in question.  I bought this and Blizzard of Ozz in a double CD from Our Price (anyone remember them?) back in 1993 I think for £11.  I actually bought it for Blizzard but Bark is fucking excellent.  Thinking about it now, this song is probably the first metal one I'd heard with string accompaniment.  Adds so much to the song.

Ozzy - Spiders
My favourite on the album and it's the last track.  I don't know why I love this.  I suppose it's because it's a very bass driven song.  I'marachnophobic so I really shouldn't like this with all the images the lyrics throw up but the tune is fantastic.  I'm surprised I've not worn out the LP yet, mind you it doesn't get played as much now that the turntable belt is kinda knackered.

Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
I first heard Pantera doing a cover of this (the video is a CGfest) and thought it was pretty good but as usual the original is better.  Very trippy.  Doesn't really sound like Sabbath at all.

Black Sabbath -The Wizard
This is the Sabbath song I play the most.  Such good imagery by the lyrics.  It's almost jazz like in some ways.

Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
I'm going to cheat here and post two versions of this.  The first is the original version which is excellent. The next is an absolute stormer of a cover that I could have posted a few weeks back.  Sepultura's cover is heavy as fuck.

Tunes Pt 5

Wasn't actually going to post today, not feeling good this week.  But here I am, sitting on the PC listening to music so I thought I might as well post.  Last week I was thinking of following up Mortiis and doing songs that really mean something to me but with the shit week I've had I decided to go heavy and angry instead.



Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
There hasn't been another ablum as explosive as this.  That funky bass (reminds me of Flea) and the unique guitar flourishes are awesome.  Again, to me, the popular Killing in the Name and Bullet in the Head are good but not the best on the album.

Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
It's funny how some songs just never get outdated.  Even though this album is very political, even after 27 years it's still relevant.  It's also great hearing Maynard James Keenan.

Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
Speaking of things not being outdated.  This song is 20 years old.  Fuck all has changed.  Love how it's Michael Moore directing this video on Wall Street.  That's genius.

So, um, yeah... enough Rage for now...



Machine Head - A Thousand Lies
I never really paid much attention to Machine Head.  I'd seen one or two of their videos on Noisy Mothers (anyone else remember that show?  Loved Krusher's Kosmos interviews).  It wasn't til probably a year later that I'd started listening to them.  Bloody good album.

Machine Head - Locust
This was the song that got me listening to them again after being disappointed with Supercharger and Through the Ashes of Empires albums.  Love when it suddenly goes quiet and start that solo.

Tunes part 4

Another week of tunes...


L7 - Andres
This was the first song of theirs I'd heard.  I still hum the main riff often.

Babes in Toyland - Sweet '69
Just love the loudness and distortion on this.

Ministry - Just One Fix
Sure, Jesus Built My Hotrod is the famous song from Psalm 69, but imho Just One Fix is miles better.  It's got lyrics for a start!  Strange seeing Al without tattoos and piercings now though.

Mortiis - Marshland
I'd heard of Mortiis but never heard any of his stuff until Kerrang TV put Parasite God on rotation. This song just resonated with me with what was going on at the time.  I absolutely love the album and was lucky to see him live on his tour for The Grudge. It was fucking amazing.  I wish he'd stuck with Era 2 for longer.  Just one album wasn't enough for me.

Mortiis - Monolith
As I said in a previous blog, I'm sucker for a good piano.  The deepness and echo on this piano is amazing.  Unusual to hear it in a synthpop/industrial song.

Tunes part 3

Starting the weekend with a few lighter songs compared to last week.  Strange to think I was listening to these songs at the same time as Sepultura!


Pillbox - Invasion (What Really Turns You On?):
I'd got this single when it was released in 1996 and forgot about it for years.  It wasn't until maybe 10 years later that I actively sought it out again and discovered they'd done an album in 2000.  If you have trouble finding the band, they were formed by Susan Hyatt.

Terrorvision - My House:
Great British pop rockers here. I still prefer the first album (Formaldehyde) over the others. I think this was the first song of theirs I'd heard.

Terrorvision - Some People Say
Oblivion was probably their most well known song from the second album (How To Make Friends And Influence People) but this to me this is a better song.  They slowed it right down for this one.

No Doubt - Spiderwebs
I miss No Doubt.  Gwen is great on her own, but I've kinda lost interest as she got more poppy and left the ska-ness behind. Although, I do like some of the songs from This Is What the Truth Feels Like.

No Doubt - Sunday Morning
More ska. Love the chorus.

Bonus - Just seen this in the "up next" on Youtube.

Pillbox - Me And My Rhythmbox

More tunes

More of my favourite tunes, this week is something completely different...

All Brazilian thrash this week.  The last song isn't really thrash and really benefits from hearing with good headphones.


Nervosa - Victim of Yourself:
This was the first Nervosa song I heard. Love the roughness of this version.

Nervosa - Intolerance Means War:
Reminds me of Slayer for some reason, no other thrash band reminds me of Slayer but this does?

Sepultura - Territory:
I'd heard Sepultura before, but the Chaos A.D. album was the first time I really paid attention, probably as they were getting a good bit of publicity with playing Monsters of Rock in 1994.  (The lyrics are consored in the video unfortunately).

Sepultura - Ratamahatta:
I have absolutely no idea what this song is about but it fucking rocks.  This was on the Roots album which was the last to feature Max.  Shame really as they kinda went downhill when Max left.  They still do good stuff but it's not quite the same, even more so now that Igor left ~10 years later

Sepultura - Kiowas:
Back to the Chaos A.D. album for this acoustic instrumental.  From the booklet of the CD:
This song is inspired by a Brasilian Indian tribe called "Kaiowas," who live in the rain forest. They committed mass suicide as a protest against the government, who was trying to take away their land and beliefs.

See you next week.