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

From: Feind Hört Mit ; Year: 1999; Genre: Industrial Metal/Neue Deutsche Härte Having problems with my internet yet again, so I'm making another quick pick while it's working. Anyway, this one of their more electronic sounding tracks from the album; it's not my favourite, but still a good one. Hear Messerschmied on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Chet Atkins and Merle Travis - I'll See You In My Dreams My song pick two years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - O.D.'d on Life Itself My song pick three years ago today: Hawkwind - We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago My song pick four years ago today: Oomph! - Das Weiße Licht My song pick five years ago today: Trio of Doom - Dark Prince My song pick six years ago today: Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

From: Fiend Hört Mit ; Year: 1999; Genre: Neue Deutsche Härte/Industrial Metal I hadn't listened to any Stahlhammer in a while and today just felt like a perfect day to do so. Fiend Hört Mit is still my favourite album from the band and this is of course the title track; not my favourite song on the disc, but a good one nevertheless. Hear Fiend Hört Mit on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Doors - Soul Kitchen My song pick two years ago today: Megaherz - Hurra – Wir Leben Noch My song pick three years ago today: Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild My song pick four years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - The Bertha Butt Boogie My song pick five years ago today: Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen My song pick six years ago today: Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Serenade To A Cuckoo

From: Killer Instinkt ; Year: 1995; Genre: Neue Deutsche Härte I'm making a quick pick for this first day of July. For a while now I've been wanting to pick another song from the Austrian Metal band Stahlhammer; this one comes off of their first album. Hear Nur Ein Tier on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Mr. Big - Fool Us Today My song pick two years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - E-Man Groovin' My song pick three years ago today: Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er My song pick four years ago today: Arthur Smith - Guitar Boogie My song pick five years ago today: Band of Horses - Ode To LRC

From: Eisenherz ; Year: 2002; Genre: Neue Deutsche Härte This song from my favourite Austrian band is one I've been meaning to choose for quite a while now and have finally gotten around to it. I guess with all of this craziness I recently had with the internet I was refocused on some older material that I like. Hear Eisenherz on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Exist†Trace - RESONANCE My song pick two years ago today: Three Dog Night - One Man Band My song pick three years ago today: The Eagles - Outlaw Man My song pick four years ago today: Def Leppard - Lets Get Rocked My song pick five years ago today: Alabama - Roll On ( Eighteen Wheeler )

From: Opera Noir ; Year: 2006; Genre: Metal/Neue Deutsche Härte I was thinking about Stahlhammer this morning and I thought I'd pick one of their songs. While this track is overall a heavy metal track, the beat and the feel wouldn't make it too far out of place in a dance club; it makes it quite a rousing track. Oddly enough, my favourite aspect of this one is the lyrics and the vocal work. Hear Mensch on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rush - Afterimage My song pick two years ago today: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice - The Last Supper (From Jesus Christ Superstar ) My song pick three years ago today: Megadeth - Sleepwalker My song pick four years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - The Whipping Post +

1398 Stahlhammer - Eisbär From: Eisenherz , Year: 2002 I'm rocking out to some Stahlhammer this morning whilst getting my work done. I thought I would choose this rather rousing track from their '02 album Eisenherz for my pick today. This has to be the only metal song in existence written about polar bears, which makes it all that more awesome. Hear Eisbär on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City My song pick two years ago today: Jethro Tull - Wond'ring Again My song pick three years ago today: Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over +

1259 Stahlhammer - Der Zerbrochene Traum I felt like picking some Stahlhammer this evening; here is one of my favourites off of their '04 Stahlmania album. Nothing quite like some excellent Neue Deutsche Härte to bring my Saturday to a close. Hear Der Zerbrochene Traum on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette My song pick two years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird My song pick three years ago today: Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind +

1240 Stahlhammer - Strom Der Zeit I've had some of Stahlhammer's music incessantly running through my mind this morning, so I'm adding one of their tracks to my list. This is one of my favourites off of their 1999 Feind Hört Mit album. Hear Strom Der Zeit on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Ally Kerr - The Sore Feet Song My song pick two years ago today: Johnny Cash - Solitary Man My song pick three years ago today: Two-Mix - White Reflection +

1106 Stahlhammer - Herz Aus Stahl Day 6 of my "Also Known as Rammstein" theme week; i.e. musical artists that have had their songs misattributed to Rammstein on the internet. Thus far all of the bands from which I have posted songs are all from Germany. Well, for today I decided to choose a track from a band whose songs sometimes get mistaken as that of Rammstein and are not from Germany. Okay, yes I know they are from Austria and Austria's official language is German, but for some it seems to be one of the only criterion in the erroneously declaring of a song as one of Rammstein's. Here is the studio version with footage from the film The Iron Giant on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: America - Sister Golden Hair My song pick two years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies +