Behold the new Behemoth “Ov Fire And The Void” video which was banned from Youtube. (see the non-banned version.) Why? We think it is because Polish dudes with make up eating feathers was considered bad for all those impressionable young metalheads that would see the video. What if they would start putting on make up? [...]
Banned new Behemoth video
August 7, 2009
Special: Cool cover versions: Gloomy Sunday (Weekendbreak)
May 17, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqiolytFw4] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! Today we shift our attention to the ‘Hungarian suicide song’ “Gloomy Sunday” originally composed by Hungarian pianist Rezső Seress who committed suicide in1968. It was covered many times here’s an overview containing Björk, Billie Holiday, Portishead, Diamanda Galas:
Special: Cool cover versions: Ace of Spades (Weekendbreak)
May 16, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3NzgEsM-zo&feature=related] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! Weekendbreak: Schoppenaas by local hero Dikke Dennis. It is a dutch translation of the classic Motörhead-(with heavy metal umlaut on the second o)-song Ace of Spades: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImrtZRrS70w]
Special: Cool cover versions: the Beatles (Part 5 of 5)
May 15, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6CC4SAs5s&feature=player_embedded] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! And last but not least this week, why not do some Beatles covers. the Beatles – A day in the life: covered by hardcore punk band Ramallah is to be seen above. For those of you that think that’s too [...]
Special: Cool cover versions: Army of Me (Part 3 of 5)
May 13, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGS-Z8opqk] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! A song that has been covered many times particularly by metal bands is Björk’s Army of Me (maybe that is because of the heavy metal umlaut in her name?). Helmet has done one (see ‘video’ above), Caliban, which I could [...]
The waiting will be over soon
May 8, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dnVlbKgoM] Rockumentary heroes Spinal Tap (with the heavy metal Umlaut on the n) are back! June 16th will go down in history as the day Spinal Tap released their new album ‘Back from the Dead’ which will feature an hour long DVD, alternate versions of “Sex Farm” and “(Listen to the) Flower People“, as well [...]
Heavy Metal Umlaut
May 3, 2008
“It’s like a pair of eyes. You’re looking at the umlaut, and it’s looking at you.” If you like trivia or want you just want a list of umlautbands like Blue Öyster Cult, Queensrÿche, Lääz Rockit and Deströyer 666, this wiki is your resource.
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