#heavy metal rules

[metalsongoftheday]

Friday, July 19: Metallica, "Phantom Lord"

R.I.P. Cliff Burton (1962-1986)

Before they or anybody else were labeled thrash, Metallica offered up an American response to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.  Their love for Diamond Head has been documented to the point of exhaustion, but they were just as likely to cover Savage, Blitzkrieg and Saxon in their early shows, and that manifested in the original material they cooked up for Kill ‘Em All.  “Phantom Lord” was pretty much a tribute to Savage and Motӧrhead even as Hetfield, Ulrich and Mustaine were rapidly charting fertile new territories: there was some Fast Eddie Clarke in the frantic but swinging riff, Lars was more of a percussion enthusiast than an actual drummer, and James barked and yelped like a California Cronos.  But there was also a distinct personality and point of view embedded in all the frenzy, not just an American perspective but also the idiosyncrasies of these individuals (Cliff wasn’t as prevalent here, but he wouldn’t fully assert his chops as both player and composer until the following year).  And that made “Phantom Lord” a crucial stepping stone for Metallica as well as a bridge between movements.

[xxsatchelzspandexx]

Steel Panther pics! I love these dudes!💕❤️🤘🏻✨️🎸

[heavymetal]

"Mob Rules" is the 10th official full length studio album by Black Sabbath. It was released in some select territories on November 4th, 1981.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Black Sabbath - Turn Up the Night

[jarofalicesgrunge]

Rare picture Cliff and James at backstage with John Marshall who replaced James on guitar when he had broken his arm in a skateboard accident, circa 1986.

[crims0nghozt]

DUDE, don francks voiced mok in rock and rule, and he also played a character in heavy metal 1981

susan roman played angel, and martin lavut played mylar, and they're both also in heavy metal

GET THIS, don francks is related to cree summer, and THEY BOTH play in inspector gadget (the cartoon)

???? IDK WHERE IM GOING WITH THIS BUT IT'S JUST INSANE THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE VOICE ACTORS (cree summers) IS RELATED TO A GUY WHO PLAYED IN ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS

AND THERE'S MULTIPLE VOICE ACTORS WHO PLAY IN ROCK AND RULE WHO ALSO PLAY IN HEAVY METAL??

insanely small world i guess 😭

[ashes2caches]

jerma when you tell him that you don’t listen to korn.

[gioiaalbanoart]

Favorite Song Tag

Let's daaaaaaaaaaaance (or not) . My playlist is hectic and chaotic but I didn't decide she did 😂

(Ashley Knox might have picked one too when I wasn't watching...🤔)

Tagged by @the-golden-comet (X) , @saturnine-saturneight (X)

and @wyked-ao3 (X) thank you all of you 💗

For some strange reason tumblr doesn't let me insert the poll (fuck it, I'll publish anyway!)

Rules: Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most! Then, tag tumblr friends to keep the game going!

FLUFFY TAG NP and too bad if I double tag, meanwhile have a drink 🍻 🍻🍻🍻 🍻🍻

@lychhiker-writes @lyutenw @leahnardo-da-veggie @the-letterbox-archives @fortunatetragedy @aintgonnatakethis @authorcoledipalo @autism-purgatory @alinacapellabooks @lavender-gloom @davycoquette @pertweefan1970 @agirlandherquill @words-after-midnight @motheyesofnight @rivenantiqnerd @noxxytocin @moonsbetween @moltenwrites @sunglasses-in-the-bentley @innerthoughtsmonologue @scifrey @bookish-karina + OPEN TAG

[burtonclifford83]

mika hakkinen looks like if dave mustaine was in formula one +if he was finnish

[big-low-t]

Black Sabbath - The Sign of the Southern Cross

[metalsongoftheday]

Tuesday, December 31: King Diamond, "Meet Me at Midnight"

King Diamond massively overextended himself in the mid-to-late ‘90s, putting out a near constant stream of records with both his band as well as Mercyful Fate, and diminishing returns set in quickly as each subsequent album, especially those under the King Diamond banner, sounded chintzier and cheesier than the last.  The Graveyard was actually one of his more commercially successful efforts, at least in parts of mainland Europe, but came off stale and immediately dissipated from memory after each listen.  But “Meet Me at Midnight” was a highlight that not coincidentally was co-written by the ever-loyal Andy LaRocque, who came up with a stellar opening riff that matched the relentless drumming.  King himself sounded reinvigorated, singing and howling with conviction, and this iteration of the band (basically some local Texas musicians backing King and Andy) ripped in lockstep, adding weight and context to the actually pretty awesome Pantera-style breakdown in the middle.  “Meet Me at Midnight” was much better when divorced from the context of The Graveyard, since most of the material on the record was underbaked and jumped right into cliché.

[cookiecannibal]

two ends of heavy metal spectrum:

vampire -> somber, atmospheric, drawn out sounds, slower, quiet dissonance, makes you wanna brood

werewolf -> raging, quick and hurried notes, loud, makes you wanna scream and destroy

[mo-ok]

Genuinely I watched one episode of jiban (the Jiraiya crossover) and his "I can legally kill you" catchphrase thing sounded so evil I decided I didn't want to watch any more of it lmao. Which is a shame because the visuals and music are all so good.

he's only legally allowed to kill the biolon monsters so i can ALMOST forgive him. ALMOST.

(just watched him take out jakq tamasaburou. Cathartic.)

[dunyabariscetin]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

[jarofalicesgrunge]

mike y sean