William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: The Great Southern Trendkill ; Year: 1996; Genre: Thrash Metal/Groove Metal Noticed that it was the 13th day of the month and a Monday to boot, so I thought that I would, (once again), resurrect my underutilized Monday the 13th Pick theme. Pantera is one of a long list of bands that I have not given enough attention to, so, and it just so happens that they have an apt song in their catalogue for the occasion; a perfect match for this Monday the 13th.   Hear 13 Steps To Nowhere on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Till Lindemann - Ich Hasse Kinder   My song pick 2 years ago today: Normaal - Deurdonderen   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bootsy Collins - World Wide Funk   My song pick 4 years ago today: Sam Cooke - Chain Gang My song pick 5 years ago today: King Crimson - Lizard My song pick 6 years ago today: Band of Horses - Lying Under Oak My song pick 7 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Three Fates My song...

From: Berserker ; Year: 2019; Genre: Death Metal Heard Amon Amarth yet again today and thought since I had not chosen one of their songs in quite some time that I would revisit them and get a listen to wot they've been up to more recently. This is one of the lead singles from their most recent record and has some excellent music throughout.   Hear Raven's Flight on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Duran Duran - Come Undone   My song pick 2 years ago today: George Clinton - Computer Games   My song pick 3 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Shadow Warrior My song pick 4 years ago today: Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the Grass My song pick 5 years ago today: Scorpions - Send Me an Angel My song pick 6 years ago today: R.E.O. Speedwagon - Ridin' The Storm Out My song pick 7 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar My song pick 8 years ago today: The O'Jays - Give the People What They Want My song pick 9 years ago today: ...

From: III ; Year: 2014; Genre: Symphonic Metal/Death Metal I felt like revisiting the band Xerath today and it's a good day for some symphonic death metal as well.   Hear I Hold Dominion on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steve Miller Band - Going to the Country   My song pick 2 years ago today: Hawkwind - Sweet Obsession My song pick 3 years ago today: Yes - The Prophet My song pick 4 years ago today: Genesis - The Cinema Show My song pick 5 years ago today: Skid Row - Monkey Business My song pick 6 years ago today: ZZ Top - Tush My song pick 7 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - In Thee My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self-Indulgence) My song pick 9 years ago today: Cheap Trick - Don't Be Cruel My song pick 10 years ago today: Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good My song pick 11 years ago today: Freddie Taylor and His Swing Men from Harlem - Viper's Dream My song pick 12...

From: Caligvla ; Year: 2012; Genre: Death Metal/Symphonic Metal For some reason unbeknownst to me I had Ex Deo on my mind this morning; thought I'd go ahead and pick another Roman inspired death metal song for today. If this one won't get your blood pumping in the morning I don't know wot will. Hear Divide et Impera on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! My song pick two years ago today: Hawkwind - Magnu My song pick three years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Rockaria! My song pick four years ago today: Nirvana - Something in the Way My song pick five years ago today: Till Lindemann and Richard Kruspe (Rammstein) - Schtiel My song pick six years ago today: Queensrÿche - Revolution Calling My song pick seven years ago today: Puhdys - Große Herzen My song pick eight years ago today: Rush - Digital Man My song pick nine years ago today: Balance - Breaking Away

From: Romulus ; Year: 2009; Genre: Power Metal/Death Metal Found out about this band the other day, and I wanted to pick one of their songs. They are basically a death metal band that does songs based on Roman history/subject matter. A bit odd, but thoroughly enjoyable. Hear Cruor Nostri Abbas on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Hawkwind - Be Yourself My song pick two years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special My song pick three years ago today: Icehouse - Great Southern Land My song pick four years ago today: Genesis - Many Too Many My song pick five years ago today: Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare My song pick six years ago today: Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace My song pick seven years ago today: Herbie Hancock - Sly My song pick eight years ago today: Foreigner - Long, Long Way From Home

From: Post Momentary Affliction ; Year: 1993; Genre: Thrash Metal/Death Metal I'm having issues posting today, but I finally got it to go. Anyway, this is day four of my Australian theme week . I figured it would be apropos to pick something heavy to add some different forms of music to the theme week. Mortification is one of favourite extreme metal acts from down under; definitely an excellent band to listen to, especially if you're a metal head. Hear Overseer on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Deep Purple - Highway Star My song pick two years ago today: Rush - Not Fade Away My song pick three years ago today: Steeleye Span - Shaking of the Sheets My song pick four years ago today: Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face My song pick five years ago today: Taj Mahal - Fishin' Blues

1672 Amon Amarth - A Beast Am I From: Surtur Rising , Year: 2011 Genre: Death Metal/Viking Metal This is the final pick in my beastie theme week. For quite a while now I've been wanting to choose a song from Amon Amarth and since this rather awesome song fits my beastly theme week I thought I would seize the opportunity. Hear A Beast Am I on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Steve Vai - Little Green Men My song pick two years ago today: Fairport Convention - Maddy Groves My song pick three years ago today: Billy Joel - Allentown My song pick four years ago today: Meg Rock - Clover +

1227 Fear Factory - Fear Campaign Recently I've been getting back into Fear Factory's music and have been especially enjoying their newest album: Mechanize . This track is one of my personal favourites off the album; I absolutely love the heavier edge of their newer sound. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Gunnar Madsen - Surprise! My song pick two years ago today: Charles Mingus - Tonight At Noon My song pick three years ago today: Megadeth - Architecture of Aggression +

1010 Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling I'm in a mood for some of Savatage's early work this morning. The sound of most of their earlier work, (prior to the Gutter Ballet album), differs quite a bit from their later Trans-Siberian Orchestra esque Symphonic Metal sound most would associate them with; some even refer to The Dungeons Are Calling as one of the first Death Metal albums. This song is, of course, the title track and takes its subject matter from drug addiction and the horrors associated. The song actually starts out rather calm with Jon Oliva's singing with a guitar playing, but it builds rather fast. I love their use and placement of minor and major chords in this one keep an awesome atmosphere throughout. As always, Jon Oliva's "Shrieks of Terror" are mindblowing as well as Criss Oliva's "Metalaxe" work. For me this is one of their best songs to hear Steve "Doc Killdrum" Wacholz's drumming on the "Barbaric...

769 ( Amon Amarth - The Pursuit of Vikings ) Gearing up for a very busy day and I needed some psyching in music. High volume, thrashing and headbanging music with Viking subject matter; Hell Yeah! Here is the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Effigy My song pick two years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Threshold/Jet Airliner +

756 ( Amon Amarth feat. Lars Göran Petrov - Guardians of Asgard ) I wanted to pick another European Metal song today; this one comes from the Swedish Death Metal group Amon Amarth from their latest album. As with most of their music, the lyrics and subject matter of this song are based off of Vikings and Norse Mythology. One part of the song that I like in particular was the clean guitar solo, which makes for nice contrasting sound to the thrashing sound of the song. Here is the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Bob Welch - Ebony Eyes My song pick two years ago today: Jethro Tull - 17 +