Muse - Great band, great times.

So, as we mentioned in our previous post, we are getting very open minded in terms of genres (music) making every new post to vary a bit from the previous one.

This time we will be talking about a really great band many of us know called Muse.

Muse is a british band (yeaaah, british for those who don’t know) formed during the early 90´s but achieving mainstream fame during the early 2000’s. We can tell that muse is band that has considerably evolved in time due to its various amounts of influences found in their music.

We can say that Muse began as a very typical british band (no offense, british music is great as hell) but with a very unique sound and style since its beginning. As soon as they achieved fame, they began experimenting with various sounds, more specifically new instruments. The mastery of this instruments opened new creative doors to them, giving the ability to produce great masterpieces almost instantly in every single released in every album.

For those of you who don’t know the band (we expect very few readers), we really recommend for you to go and search some videos and download some albums (legally please…). We can assure you’ll like the band.

 We're pretty sure you've listened to this EPIC song in Guitar Hero III, for those who play of course. *We add this video and not the original because this is just awesome.*(album: Black Holes and Revelations)

This one is a new one, from past years "The Second Law", which is indeed a very cool album.

Pantera

Today we will talk of a great post thrash metal band: Pantera. Pantera was a metal band that became famous in the late 80's during a wave of thrash bands. Pantera had a very unique sound, based on complex drum sets, heavily distorted guitars and a great bass. Other characteristic of this band is Phil Anselmo which provided loud semi hardcore metal almost death metal screams. The band came to an end in the 90's, just when it had acquired a great mainstream metal recognition. It all ended when a "fan" shot twice in the back of the head guitarrist Dimebag Darrell with a shotgun.

Here are some of the bands most popular songs.

Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

Planetary Go! - Gran Turismo 5

Even though the game is a bit old, some of us still enjoy Gran Turismo 5. The first time we played this game, we thought it was going to be boring, but it resulted to be the opposite. The first surprise this game brought us was that one of My Chemical Romance songs was included in the game, and was part of the official trailer. Obviously as fans of this band, we could'nt actually believe what we were listening to as we played the game. So for those of you who do'nt know the game or the song, here's the video. Believe us the combination of such a great band as MCR and this incredible racing simulator match perfectly. 

The Big 4 of Metal

After a while of posting mainly of electronic and dance music with the exception of Taylor Swift, we decided to introduce the heavy and dark side of music. Metal, is one of the genres we highly praise and we are sure some of you also do it, so to decently introduce it to our blog we decided to dedicate a post to the Great 4 of Thrash Metal -Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax-
Thrash metal is a genre derived from heavy metal, characterized by insanely fast and heavy guitar riffs, loud mindblowing drums and dark lyrics. Out of the vast list of bands that can be mentioned, we can say 4 of them are really outstanding out of them, previously mentioned.

Metallica- Is one of the most succesful bands of the metal industry. it provided us with various moments of headbanging and made us wish we could play the guitar as well as  Kirk Hammett. Leaded by James Hetfield in vocals and rhythm guitar, Robert Trujillo in bass, Lars Ulrich in Drums and Kirk Hammett in the lead guitar. Some memorable songs: Master of Puppets, One, Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, Fade To Black, Trapped Under Ice, The Day That Never Comes. *

Megadeth- What can be called the esssence of modern Thrash Metal. Maintaining its heavy, fast songs with ironical and sarcastic lyrics, praised by some, hated by others. Has achieved a high status among metal fans. Leaded by Dave Mustaine in vocals and rhythm guitar, Dave Ellefson in bass, Shawn Drover in drums and Chris Broderick in lead guitars. Memorable songs: Peace Sells, A Tout Le Monde, Symphony of Destruction, Tornado Of Souls, Sweating Bullets, This Day We Fight, Sudden Death. *

Slayer- The living image of pure hell, the way we see it. The band from which not one single album is considered anything but Thrash. One of the loudest, fastes and darkest bands in the whole industry. It is praised for their outstanding live shows and heavy records. Leaded by Tom Araya in bass and vocals, Jeff Hanneman in lead guitars, Kerry King in rhythm guitars and Dave Lombardo in drums. outstanding songs: Raining Blood, Angel of Death, Hell Awaits, Dittohead, South of Heaven, Stain of Mind, World Painted Blood.

Anthrax- An underated giant. A band known for its insane metal anthems which basically symbolized the whole Thrash movement. It is a decent carrier of the genre. Leaded by Joey Belladonna in vocals, Scott Ian in rhythmic guitar, Rob Caggiano in lead guitars, Frank Bello in bass and Carlie Benante in drums. Memorable songs: Madhouse, Indians, Caught in a Mosh, Antisocial, I Am The Law

The Big 4 of Metal

* To prevent any conflict, we support every band equally

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Florence + The Machine - Sake It Out

An amazing song from an amazing band. Florence + The Machine is a british indie pop band fronted by the talented singer Florence Welch. This band has produced music since a while ago, but has been recently acquiring more attention after the release of their album Ceremonials, from which songs such as "Shake It Out", "No Light, No Light" and "What The Water Gave Me" have been famous singles. We can say that this band has a really soft, melodic sound and at the same time has a strong, secure voice provided by Florence with very deep meaningfull lyrics.

We highky recomend this band if you want to escape the everyday stress and somehow express your feelings.  

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Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars - Safe and Sound (The Hunger Games)

So, as we mentioned last week, the music video for Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars premiered February 13. This song will be featured in The Hunger Games movie sountrack. The movie is an adaptation of the novel by Suzanne Collins.
 In our opinion, this song actually fits in one specific part of the book, which we won't mention to prevent spoiling the story to some of you guys that might be reading the book. We also think that this song can show us the great lyrical power of Taylor which blends perfectly with the accoustic guitar and drums of the melody as well as her ability to give a distinctive sound to any song she participates in.

So while we wait for the movie premiere we hope you like the song as much as we did, and enjoy the music video.

E! to Exclusively Premiere LMFAO's Music Video for "Sorry for Party Rocking" on Monday!

After a string of successful music video debuts for top artists such as Lady Gaga and Maroon 5, E! now invites viewers to put on their shufflin' shoes as the network exclusively presents the world premiere of the music video for LMFAO's newest single "Sorry for Party Rocking." In recent years, LMFAO has led the electro-pop music scene with their fist-pumping beats and high-energy performances. Their sophomore album Sorry For Party Rocking (Party Rock/will.i.am/ Cherrytree/Interscope) was recently certified gold and quickly approaching platinum. The album has produced two #1 singles, "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy And I Know It," while the third single "Sorry For Party Rocking" is climbing the Top 40 radio charts. Now, fresh off their performance with Madonna at the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show, this chart-topping group will premiere the video for their third single off the album "Sorry for Party Rocking" exclusively on E! Monday, February 20th at 11:30pm ET/PT right out of a new episode of "Chelsea Lately." The video will be available on E! Online directly after it airs on the network.

Taylor Swift- The best thing that's ever been ours

Today was a very special day. Why? well it was February 13. Still wondering why? Well for those of you who call yourselfs Swifties, this day is obviously special.
13 is the lucky number, as well as the birthday (December 13) of the sweetest Country/Pop singer and composer Taylor Swift. Taylor has been in our lifes for almost 6 years; thats right 6 years in which she has composed some of the most emotional and heartbreaking but at the same time sweet songs. This girl can also be considered responsible of introducing a new generation of teenagers to Country music.

Yesterday, she demonstrated how talented and great she is by performing at the Grammy Awards with her award winning single "Mean". She was also nominated for 3 categories out of which she won 2 making her the owner of 6 Grammys at the short age of 22.

Today, is also a special day, not only because it's 13, but because today the "Safe and Sound ft. The Civil Wars" music video premiered. This song can be an example of her versatility at the time of singing different genres. Safe and Sound will be part of the highly waited Hunger Games movie.

Here are some of her videos to demonstrate how powerfull but at the same time sweet she is. I hope you fall in love with her and her music the way I did (Fefi).

By the way, I'd like you to visit the blog of one of the most outstanding Swifties i've ever met.

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Foo Fighters And Deadmau5 To Perform Together At The Grammys

 Foo Fighters will be joined by dance titan Deadmau5 for a performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 12. The ceremony, set to take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, will pay tribute to electronic music.

The Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 will perform a remixed version of the Foos’ single, "Rope", on an open-air stage outside the Staples Center facility.

The Foo Fighters are nominated for Grammys in six categories this year, including Album of the Year for their acclaimed disc, "Wasting Light". That number – six – equals the number of Grammy trophies the band have taken home thus far during their career.
"It feels great to be the guy with gray hair in his beard who is still invited to these things," Foos frontman Dave Grohl told the Associated Press, in a recent interview. "Twenty years ago, I never thought I’d even have a career in music this long."

Skrillex- The dark side of dance music

So, today we'll talk to you about one of the most outstanding and succesful DJ´s: Skillex.
Sonny John Moore aka. Skrillex known for songs such as Scary Monsters and Nice Sprits, Kill Everybody and Rock N´ Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain) produces a genre called Dubstep -British electronic dance music characterized by drum and bass samples that give a "dark" sound-.

Skrillex started his musical career on a punk rock band at the age of 16 called From First to Last but left it some time later to pursuit a solo carer. While in the band, he worked on two projects which he used later to make himself famous since 2007.

Troughout his long solo career he has also performed and remixed songs with other artists of different genres such as Deadmau5 and Korn ; producing great singles, shows and even revolutionized music

Here are some music videos of Skrillex for you to see how great his music is. Enjoy! 

This is one of the best collaborations Skrillex has with the nu-metal band Korn.

This is one of his most recent remixes of the famous song Le7els by Avicii

Deadmau5: the mouse-headed guy

Hey everyone
So can you can ask: "Why do you have a mouse on the background?"
Well he is Deadmau5. If this does not mean nothing you and you are like "Who the hell is Deadmau5?", step up and scroll down.

That mouse-headed guy is one of the best music producers in the world. You could call him a DJ but he doesn't like this term and so he kill you if you do so. I'm half-kidding. Still he surely makes great mixes.

The name "deadmau5" originated when Zimmerman claimed to have found a dead mouse in his computer while replacing his video card. He discussed this with chat room users and became known as "that dead mouse guy." The nickname "Dead Mouse" was too long for the IRC character limit, and was then shortened to deadmau5.
His mixes are widely used everywhere even if you don't know it is Deadmau5 song. He may not be mainstream and still he does a great job.

Now, how famous is this guy? Enough to present a mobile phone on London.