Another unlikely but magnificent musical collision from the king of the mash-up.
Tag: heavy metal
Dancing With The Devil – A Music Censorship Documentary From 1991
A Channel 4 exploration of Christian hysteria about the evils of rock music.
Give Me Something To Break! Limp Bizkit At Finsbury Park
Remembering how the nu-metal superstars came close to killing your editor.
Experiments In Drinking: Dark Arts Coffee Listen To Bathory
How can you go wrong with black metal-inspired coffee? Prepare to find out.
Teenage Satanism In The 1980s: VHS-Era Christian Hysteria
More moral panic and slanderous claims from the religious fundamentalist grifters of the Satanic Panic era.
Nine Circles of Hell: Reviewing Psycho Synner’s Instant Discography
Nine albums, all released simultaneously – a mad folly, a moment of genius or a cynical slap in the face for music critics?
The Things You Think Are Precious I Can’t Understand: Cover Versions That Miss The Point
In which introspective, personal studies of human frailty and despair are turned into vacuously bouncy dancefloor bangers, metal misfires and saccharine pop show tunes.
Christian Parents Are Still Terrified Of Iron Maiden
Mentally unbalanced Christians demand a school principal is removed from her position because of ‘Satanic Imagery’.
Classic Albums Revisited: Ghost’s Infestissumam
The Swedish band’s irresistible collision of Satanic Metal and kitsch pop reaches the peak of perfection.
Metal Meltdowns – Very Heavy, Very Horrible Album Covers
A collection of heavy metal LPs where the artwork failed to live up to the ambition of the band.
Flash Dancer: Graham Bonnet’s Notorious On-Stage Meltdown Of 1982
The rock singer’s spectacular moment of self-destruction during his very first show with his new band.
Don’t Stop Believing – The Hazards Of Changing A Rock Band’s Lead Singer
Why unknown singers joining famous rock bands are almost always doomed to fail.