Hello again. Finals nearly killed me. Now would you all kill me if I asked you to watch a Beyblade AMV. https://youtu.be/Y1xsIV2AnKQ Magna-Fi was an an alt rock band from Las Vegas, active in the 00's. They are perhaps best known for contributing "All Hail Shadow" to the Shadow the Hedgehog video game soundtrack. So, think an edgier Crush 40. This song, "Who I Am", was actually intended to be the ... » Continue Reading
Just got done with college midterms, and I wanted to document the music that kept me going because I just find it funny. Most of my music taste and explorations lie in rock and metal, but because of my parents' vinyl collection and car radio presets, I'm a fan of plenty of pop, R&B, and hip-hop too. But with my big playlist of liked songs under ripped files construction, new albums seeming like to... » Continue Reading
Exodus is an 80's thrash metal band, and this is a classic, straight-forward, killer thrash track. I'd also call it thrash's answer to the novelty dance song, as the lyrics are an ode to good ol' moshing. "Friendly violent fun" it calls it. My favorite part is the rhythm guitar riff under the guitar solo. It keeps the same shape throughout but rises and falls in pitch in a way that gets my blood p... » Continue Reading
Death was a death metal band active from the mid-80s to 2001. Their final album The Sound of Perseverance is one of my all-time favorite albums, and lately I've been rocking out to its opening track, "Scavenger of Human Sorrow." This album is probably the band's most progressive, with this track running through 4 different sections and a guitar solo, fast chugging riffs and middle-fretboard acroba... » Continue Reading