“A Burial At Ornans” is casket-dragging metal taken to the next level as 1993 was a unique time when metal explored a lot of new directions. Experimentation was one of the ways to get noticed and Relapse Records, one of the underground’s most famous bastions for heaviness, snapped them...
I've been a fanatic for garage rock since high school. I started Garage Hangover in August of 2004 to share some of my favorite songs with friends of mine, but it's grown into something else entirely. This site is a collection Band Reviews, Album reviews, Fun stories and other facts ...
You might think that fusing death metal and jazz fusion is a recipe for disaster – andCynic’sFocuswould prove you dead wrong. Right away (via “Veil of Maya”), the group’s mystical magic is utterly mesmerizing, with brutal growls colliding with irregular rhythmic shakeups, transcendental ...
Linkin Park has returned with a new lead singer, Emily Armstrong, and guitarist Alex Feder, following the death of the original frontman, Chester Bennington in 2017. From Zero contains 11 tracks, with stadium-style songs, bringing together the elements of their old sound with new stylistic chang...
For many a band, their 11th album (if they make it that far) isn’t going to be a classic, more a tiresome re-rendition of songs of their past. Not for Fleetwood Mac, they create Rumours - both a highlight of the band’s career and one of the best records ever made. Now, this...
For one thing, few songs ever embodied the swagger and mystery of the blues better than this one. The singer is lovelorn despite the foolproof hoodoo charm in his pocket. And as a million garage bands can tell you, the song just feels great to play. It’s got the same 1-4-5 progres...
105: Judas Priest: Beyond The Realms Of Death (Solo: Glenn Tipton/K.K. Downing) There are plenty of outright shredder guitar solos in the Judas Priest catalog (we recommend “Painkiller’ for that), but Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing’s work here is on another level. Tipton’s first ...
Amon Amarth has succeeded in combining the elements of death metal and mythology to create a unique genre. In this blog post, we’re diving deep into the realms of Valhalla to explore their top songs. If you are into not just metal but Viking themes and Norse mythology as well, this gre...
There are not as many where the humor feels baked into the set design, where the sight gags are more notable than the one-liners. Roy Andersson is one of the few to achieve such a thing. The Finnish master staged tableaux vivants of absurdity in “Songs from the Second Floor” and “...
After an unspeakable event takes place, an entire close-knit community is sent reeling as they work to come to terms with the tragedy that occurred in front of their very eyes. While the accident in question could have occurred to anyone, it's clear there are some in the series who seem...