Mongolian metal!? ...yes

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This is a little random, but since both metal genres and politics have come up, what about a little Nu Metal...
...as covered by a brass band!?

(I just love this and don't often have a reason to share it ...arguably I might not have a reason now!)

This is how metal songs ought to be covered:

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This is how metal songs ought to be covered:

That was cool.
As for pirate and troll rock/metal/whatever ...weird. I don't really know what to say.
If I remember correctly there are Harry Potter metal bands.

How about covering Metallica lyrics to U2 music? Chris Cornell did it.
It's more enjoyable for the idea, but it's pretty good.

[Grigoris]

What about surf music covered by Norweigan Black Metal bands?



Including tunes by The Darkthrones, The Burzums and The Mayhems.

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Sheer genius, gentlemen!

Also worthy of note:

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I've heard the iron horse Metallica cover before. I love it.
The sound, the vocals, beautiful!

Enter Sandman is one of the first metal songs I heard when I was very young, and one of the first I learned to play on ukulele.
Speaking of ukulele and metal:


and a slayer cover:


AND a full arrangement of ONE on ukulele (playing all parts)

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Jesus

Ukulele is truly a source of evil power:

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Rob Scallon is pretty awesome, ...he can also shred on a Sitar!

I can shred on nothing, but if my aspirations to Shimabukuro-hood ever come to fruition (...unlikely) I will tackle some of this too.
FAnd speaking of "The Shimabukuro," for those who haven't seen this, it is definitely NOT metal, but the end is certainly shredding:

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It is lovely.

[Norwegian]

If I am to listen to metal, which sometimes happens, then I certainly don't seek out some sort of politically correct family-friendly metal that is sure to offend nobody.

Inane logic. I am a big fan of Doom and Stoner Metal but I will refuse to listen to some of the bands in the genre (even they are considered some of the best bands) because of their association and support of white power activities (for example). Now I am the last person one would call "politically correct", but if not wanting to support assholes makes one politically correct then I am happy to wear the label.

Who said anything about supporting? I said, "listen to". You can freely listen to music these days.

And the reason why my choices in metal are the way they are, is because of the sound, as I mentioned. That sound first and foremost, is very specific, and it's pretty much only found in Norway. The reason why I said the above in the first sentence, is because you won't find that sound with family-friendly metal, if there even is such a thing. Primarily because the sound in this genre is the way it is due to the very hard style of the music, along with the heavy aggressiveness found there etc.

This wasn't about political correctness although I used that term there (I could really just as well have omitted it, so please just ignore it - a mistake), it was mainly me trying to say that in terms of metal, the metal I listen to, is often too hard for many people, due to many things, either visuals, sound, lyrics, etc. That it's "offensive" in this sense. And I understand that very well. Just like how I understand very well that many people may not handle listening to Merzbow (Japanese noise artist). Certain things are just too extreme for people (Free Jazz is way too extreme for me). In Classical music, how many do you know that truly enjoys Ustvolskaya, Ligeti, or Penderecki's works from the 60's? Or how many people do you know that reads and deeply enjoys James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, or Gertrude Stein's The Making of Americans? These kinds of things tend to go way outside of the comfort zone for most people.

Now, I am sure there are Nationalist/Nazi bands in Norway, certainly is in Europe, but I don't know of any, as I don't listen to that particular sub genre of metal and never have. No interest in it. I am not interested in Nazi ideology worship. So I wasn't talking about such kind of music.

And since we're sharing links:

Einherjer - Hammar Haus:


Einherjer - Atter På Malmtings Blodige Voll (quite nice Norwegian-inspired folk melodies from 4m20s and onward):


Einherjer primarily sing about old Norse legends. Very much Viking Metal.

Enslaved - Giants:


Enslaved used to be Viking Metal, but have expanded in their sound to include many different elements, so they are hard to describe, but tend to make many songs with a "large-scale" sound. They've mellowed out also though of course are still hard.

Over to Black Metal then:

God Seed - Awake:


God Seed - Alt Liv (official music video):


"Alt Liv" is much slower in tempo, but still kicking. As for lyrics of this song, it's very straight forward: With very few words, basically referring to all life, and how all life and living things grows or sprouts, and then it changes to how all life/everything dies, all life is impermanent, all life passes, etc. through simple language and repetition. Sounds familiar, somehow...


And thanks for that black metal made into surf music, it's great

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Great stuff,

and yeah, in re: black metal surf-music covers. ...that will be playing at the next family gathering!

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I'm afraid you're all mistaken when in fact clearly Neurosis.

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Swing-metal anyone?

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What about surf music covered by Norweigan Black Metal bands?



Including tunes by The Darkthrones, The Burzums and The Mayhems.

good stuff

[Grigoris]

Brownout doing Brown Sabbath (Black Sabbath covers with a funk band complete with horn section).

[Grigoris]

And this cover of Black Sabbath's "Changes" kicks ass...

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French technical death metal, heavy af, this is loosely based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead:

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Bluesy Italian doom with soaring female vocals:

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Sheer genius, gentlemen!

Also worthy of note:

Lovely. I also quite like this rendition of that song:

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I also quite like this rendition of that song:

Very nice, thank you.