So then I realized this blog needs more metal.
I have been listening to almost nothing but metal lately, (with a little Bangles and Roy Zimmerman thrown in), and I’m pretty excited about it. Since I’ve finally figured out embedding in this thing (I just turned off the Rich Text Formatting stuff) it seems like a celebratory YouTube dump is in order!
First up, super speedy cheese with Dragon Force. Check out the dueling solos! Burn!
Next up, Nightwish! Finnish symphonic metal. I was puttering around iTunes and YouTube when I discovered them, and immediately sent this video to all my friends. For some strange reason, no one else was nearly as excited as I was. Still, Hiromi bought me a cd for my birthday. Long intro, but stick around for the operatic vocals, and the keyboard solo!
Finally, we have Arch Enemy! Swedish melodic death metal with a supremely badass German vocalist, Angela Gossow.
On a side note, I suspect that metal has developed such intricately differentiated sub-genres just so that fanboys can fight over which one is best, and over which bands epitomize each one, and which bands don’t belong in their sacred chosen sub-genre.
