Thursday, May 13, 2010

Desmondo's Daily Offering - "Independent" by Sacred Reich

IndependentOk people, this song totally rules and if you deny this fact then I am sorry but I can no longer be your friend. What happened to these guys? I used to listen to them back in the day, owned all of their albums and saw them in concert a few times. Sacred Reich was not the greatest band in the land but they definietly wrote some good tunes, rocked out one time and dropped some plates on that ass for a fun and face melting experience...straight up socially-conscious and political speed metal \m/
Enjoy this "blast from the past." I know I did!

Monday, May 10, 2010

Desmond's Daily Offering - "Three Days of Darkness" by Testament

The GatheringI don't care what anyone says....Testament is hands down the best Thrash Metal Band on the Planet. Yes, Metallica rules and wrote some of the best Metal ever recorded but Testament totally slays in the Thrash arena and indeed they do continus to get stronger with time. In my opinion, "The Gathering" is one of their finest albums and "Three Days of Darkness" is a classic example of the tasty Metal that they continue to conjure up with each release. If "the power of the riff compels you," it is a must that you get down with this band. New Wave of American Heavy Metal lovers of Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, etc.....bow down and pay homage to the original masters of the Almighty Thrash. Sweet riffage, amazing double bass madness, technical proficiency out the wazoo and the best Cookie Monster vocals ever to go down on record. Please enjoy \m/\m/\m/

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Desmond's Daily Offering - "Hearts on Fire' by Hammerfall

Crimson ThunderThis tasy track was released on the Crimson Thunder album and is the fourth studio release by Swedish metal band HammerFall (formed in 1993). the lineup that wrote and recorded this gem was:
Joacim Cans - Lead & Backing Vocals
Oscar Dronjak - Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals
Stefan Elmgren - Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals
Magnus Rosén - Bass guitar
Anders Johansson - Drums & Percussion

This offering brings everything you need from a killer Power Metal song; Epic and soaring vocals, masterful riffage and some absolutely ludicrous guitar solo action. Enjoy \m/\m/\m/\m/

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Amon Amarth - "The Pursuit of Vikings"

Twilight of the Thunder GodThis just might be the greatest song af all time. Rifftastic gloriosity for the soul....a most triumphant effort indeed! Please, go on, my brethren, click away and let the pursuit of vikings commence \m/\m/\m/\m/

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Paul Gilbert may have laid down some chedda with Mr. Big back in the day but dude is straight up nasty......

Lean into ItYes, Paul Gilbert is the dude from Mr. Big. In the 1980's he rocked some horribly putird "Cheese Metal" but the fact is that the man can totally shred and writes some killer tunes. Check out this dandy right here....\m/