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Metallurgy: Swedish doom metal band Katatonia’s 9th LP, Dead End Kings
The ninth album from long-running Swedish doom metal group Katatonia (two decades and counting!), one of my favorite metal artists since I was introduced to their seminal 2003 release Viva Emptiness, is their best
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Metallurgy: Christopher Lee’s epic metal, “Let Legend Mark Me as the King”
Edit: We have received a DMCA notice asking us to take the song down. You can still hear clips on iTunes. Head here to sign a petition protesting the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act).
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Metallurgy: The Darkness hair-metal up Radiohead’s “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”
As Pitchfork says, “Ever listened to Radiohead‘s The Bends classic ”Street Spirit (Fade Out)“ and thought… ‘this song is pretty great, but I just wish it had… MORE BALLS?’” Well, here’s The Darkness‘ hair-metal take on the track. I can’t decide whether
Read More »![Metallurgy: rock out to Grendyl’s frantic, menacing “Abduction” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/grendyl-290x160.jpg)
Metallurgy: rock out to Grendyl’s frantic, menacing “Abduction” [MP3]
The Tune’s metal section is severely under-represented currently, as I don’t listen to nearly as much metal as I used to, but today I’ve got a great new song for y’all. ”Abduction” is a
Read More »![Songs of the Day: St. Vincent goes hard rock on “Krokodil” and “Grot” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/st-vincent_krokodil-608x608-290x160.jpg)
Songs of the Day: St. Vincent goes hard rock on “Krokodil” and “Grot” [MP3]
Well this is unexpected, to say the least. I for one was bowled over when I began to listen to the new double-sided Record Store Day single from St. Vincent, the artistic singer-songwriter who
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Metallurgy: Killing Joke (re-)embrace their inner goths on “In Cythera”
Post-punk/industrial/metal stalwarts Killing Joke have just released their whopping fifteenth album, MMXII. This is the follow-up to 2010′s Absolute Dissent which saw the original Killing Joke lineup together for the first time in 28
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Metallurgy: High on Fire explode back to life with “Serums of Liao”
High on Fire have been dutifully touring the world since the release of Snakes for the Divine in 2010. They even played in my dainty little country of New Zealand with the almighty Melvins
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Metallurgy: DragonForce “Cry Thunder” on epic new power metal track
And introducing a new subcategory for our Fresh Tunes section, Metallurgy, are British power metal group DragonForce, who return with a fifth full-length on April 17. The Power Within is a fitting title —
Read More »![Stream and download the brand-new Lana Del Rey song, “Hopeless” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lana-del-rey-hopeless-new-single-2012-290x160.jpg)
Stream and download the brand-new Lana Del Rey song, “Hopeless” [MP3]
Check out a 30-second clip of the brand-new Lana Del Rey single, “Hopeless,” below! It’s a slight departure from her previous work, but detractors that criticized her SNL performance may enjoy her new vocal
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Video: Tenacious D return with the best album ever recorded in “To Be the Best”
Comedy-rock duo Tenacious D (also known as “The Band That’s Better Than the Beatles, Stone, and Zeppelin — Combined”), a.k.a. Jack Black and Kyle Gass, will release their third album and first in six
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Wolves in the Throne Room’s sludgy, haunting metal: “Woodland Cathedral”
I don’t usually post music like this on The Tune, but this song by ambient black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room, who hail from Olympia, Washington, just wouldn’t let itself be ignored.
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Review: Soulfly – Enslaved
What we have is their heaviest record to date, one that owes a debt to death metal and grindcore while still being quintessentially Soulfly.
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