September 3, 2009

Synchronized stage moves

Synchronized stage moves are hilarious. I can just imagine Amon Amarth rehearsing circle headbanging in unison. “I’ll stand here. You stand over there. No, dummy, we do it counterclockwise!” The result? The “Runes to My Memory” video. The synchronized guitar flip at 0:58 in Attack Attack!’s “Stick Stickly” video has become legendary. Judas Priest’s “Hot...

The Armed - These Are Lights

The Armed are young. You hear their youth in their energetic stitching together of various strands of punk and metal. A band like The Armed could not have existed ten years ago, or perhaps prior to Deadguy (who inspired Dillinger Escape Plan, who clearly inspired these Detroit dudes). Though not without its missteps, These Are...