Bathory, "Song To Hall Up High" Black metal pioneer Bathory (which was pretty much just Quorthon) pivoted away from the pure black metal of their earlier albums towards Viking metal, more or less establishing that genre too. Hammerheart is one of the key...
Helmet, "Better" Helmet's debut album on Amphetamine Reptile Records was a savage and self-assured record, and they backed it up by touring heavily and blowing people away. Then, Nirvana blew up huge and the major labels started looking for heavy rock...
Son Volt, "Back Into Your World" Can I talk about some of the strange artifacts that my music collection has accumulated over the years? Oh, that's right, you can't stop me! The process of ripping CDs (often with dodgy...
Built to Spill, "Conventional Wisdom" Probably the best song on You In Reverse, it's also one of the longest. But Built to Spill were often at their best when they take the time to really elaborate on a melody and play...
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah, "Stark's Reality" This tune is very like David Axelrod, especially in the engineering of the recording and the strings. I would have loved to hear Ghostface actually rhyme on top of it. Oranssi Pazuzu, "Uraanisula"...