Unlike thrash, commercial metal and even grunge, Korn played tortured, confessional songs that bled with lyrics about child abuse, drugs, bullying and other terrors of childhood. Frontman Jonathan Davis, who was as influenced by Depeche Mode and The Cure as he was by Sepultura, semi-rapped, cr...
London based band Squid sounds like if you crossed Primus with the Danielson Famile. Same sort of kinetic, frenetic energy with shouting boarderline squealing lyrics. But unlike those other bands, these guys kick it out in spurts with hard almost drone rocking bass, guitars and drums. Good li...
weren’t always hate songs either per se – they were just really, really angry and you could sing them, loudly and angrily in turn. Sometimes you have to hear the moments in between his lyrics, like the skeletal breakdown after the first chorus and before the second verse on ‘That’s ...
Well Aimed Arrows,Adult Entertainment(unreleased) — Intelligent punk with big-shoulder swing, dissonant male/female harmonies, jangling ringing electric guitars, sing-along choruses and a straight-four beat. Best lyrics of any band going, period. What more do you want? Too bad you can’t buy ...
War can be a lot of push and pull, and you get some of that musically with Nothing More’s “Go to War,” which provides solitary falsetto one minute and in-your-face aggression the next. Tribal Depeche Mode-esque drums and powerful synths propel the song forward, as Jonny Hawkins unspo...
but Manson wrote the lyrics from a more practical standpoint. “I look at the song as, you’re in a shower, it steamed up and you wrote ‘Help Me’ on the mirror. Then when the steam goes away, you’re looking at yourself. The song is me talking to myself, more than anything.”...
War can be a lot of push and pull, and you get some of that musically with Nothing More’s “Go to War,” which provides solitary falsetto one minute and in-your-face aggression the next. Tribal Depeche Mode-esque drums and powerful synths propel the song forward, as Jonny Hawkins unspo...