Some of My Favorite Metal Albums So Far in 2016

Vektor - Terminal Reduction is a perfect mix of thrash and progressive metal. I hear a lot of Rush and even Pink Floyd influence in it. One of my favorite albums of 2016 hands down.



Dark Funeral - Where Shadows Forever Reign is a breath of fresh air in a fairly stagnant black metal genre. I was looking forward to this album and it surpassed all expectations I had. This will go down as a classic black metal album.



Abbath - S/T is another album I was looking forward to as a long time Immortal fan. I was a bit skeptical going into it though, only because I didn't want it to suck. Luckily I was pleasantly surprised and this is a pretty damn good album. Of course all the "black metal elitists" will trash it because it's more mainstream, but I don't care because if something is good I like it.



Megadeth - Dystopia is just an absolutely incredible album from beginning to end. To me it is one of their best albums ever, and MegaDave's voice sounds the best it ever has. If you are an old Megadeth fan and have not heard the album because you haven't cared for their recent albums I think this one will win you over (this is just the title track and not a full album like the first 3 in this post).

Amazing Street Guitarist

I saw this video being shared a lot and Facebook and it is amazing, this is Mariusz Goli from Katowice, Poland. He started out playing on the streets of various cities throughout Poland. After watching this video I went and checked out more of his videos and everything he does is equally awesome. If you have not seen any of his videos you should check them all out, the one being shared on Facebook now is the first one on this page, the rest are others I found.


Game of Thrones Theme


Last of the Mohicans


Stairway to Heaven

Upstate NY Extreme Metal Bands Live

The Capital District of NY, also known as the 518, is loaded with a whole lot of talent when it comes to extreme metal. The area has always had a good hardcore and metal scene, but only a few bands ever made it to an International level. One of the most well known deathmetal bands from the area is Skinless, who are now back and releasing a new album this year. Here is a brand new Skinless song live from their show January 18 in Clifton Park, NY.

Skinless - Serpenticide

I mentioned a lot of other local 518 talent, so here are some other sick extreme metal bands from the area.

Tentacles

Incontinence

The Final Sleep

Salvation Denied

Abhorrent Aggression

10 of the Worst Music Videos Ever Made - Cannot Be Unseen

MTV first started in 1981 and debuted with The Buggles video "Video Killed the Radio Star". After the launch of the channel it became an instant huge success and music videos were essential for all bands that found success. Over the years there have been so many amazing music videos, but there were also some really bad ones that came out over the years. These songs are all pretty awful anyways, so it makes sense that the videos are equally bad. In my opinion these 10 videos are some of the worst ever made. I am sure others will have their own opinions on the worst of all time, but these are my picks.

I know there are many other awful music videos, share any you know of in the comments!

Jan Terry - Losing You


Vanilla Ice - Stop That Train


Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball


Survivor - Eye of the Tiger


Gunther - Ding Dong Song


David Hasselhoff - Hooked On a Feeling


Armi and Danny - I Want To Love You Tender


Chuggo - C'mon


Crispin Glover - Clownly Clown Clown


Leonard Nimoy - Tha Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

5 of the Most Important Bands to the Black Metal Genre

Black metal is a popular genre of extreme metal and the fanbase that follows the genre is growing all of the time. As with anything in history, it evolves from something else and changes as it grows. There were many bands in the 80s and early 90s that were the roots of black metal, but these 5 bands are extremely important  in the history of blackmetal. There are others, but in my opinion without these bands the genre would not be what it is today. I am sure some people will disagree with this list since there are other bands that were very influential to the genre, but in my opinion these 5 bands were essential to what the genre is today.

Mercyful Fate


Von


Hellhammer (later known as Celtic Frost)


Venom


Bathory