Music Monday contains the trend of uplifting songs, this time drawing from the mighty well that is Melodic Death Metal So what’s banging about this? There’s some very catchy melodies and also a grim, exhilarating atmosphere. Where that pre-chorus drops is my big “oh hell yeah this means business” moment. The lyrics full back this […]

Welcome to another music monday, Today we have a paean to what we all want, to be understood without being judged. Uhm. Not a whole lot of words for this. Most of the comments is filled with “this came on at the club and the universe was in perfect synchronity” and I feel like it […]

Welcome to another music monday, with a very metal choice. Yet this classic from some of Finland’s finest, led by the much missed Alexi Laiho, isn’t here just because I fancied sticking some metal in the mix. No, it’s here because this week on the blog I’m running a very special feature that I am […]

Today in Music Monday, we’ve got a cover for you. This is one of those covers where I listened to it before the original, and now the original doesn’t work for me. Paradise Lost stick a level of heaviness onto this tale of gay pain that brings out a frantic emotiveness that really works for […]

Hello all, and welcome to Music Monday. Now, I like a good mashup me. Sometimes they’re good for torturing people with. But sometimes they provide really good songs, songs you wish the artists could have made come to life. Example: It just really works for me. I’ve never even listened to either of the originals, […]

Left without notes. No words, only moods.

Hello all and welcome to Music Monday. I’m in a romantic mood, so it’s a romantic song No deeper insights, just a mellowly lovely piece of romantic longing. If you’re reading this and wondering why I didn’t include this in the list of potential +5 cluehammer songs… sorry!

Some days it takes a while. Something energetic. Something celebratory. Something implacable. Something I haven’t used before, or am saving for another day. And then you just throw it all out of the window for something that makes you laugh. You can skip to the songs at 2:30 and 6:00, but honestly, I think you […]

I still find myself in the mood for uplifting music, and while this song isn’t quite uplifting, it has real get up and go energy. The song? Sometimes, when listening to Clutch, I want to write some Americana conspiracy theory heavy urban fantasy. The world he weaves through his words is just so alive. But […]

Today my mood coalesced into a desire for something very British, something with a real sense of belonging. Behold the answer If you don’t regard this song as an absolute banger, I’m going to give you the most disappointed stare you’ve received since the first time you got home after dinner without telling your mum […]