Alan Paredes: Metal Band

The country music group Exile had many changes in line-up during its first sixteen years, including the loss of their lead singer Jimmy Stokley around the release of their album All There Is. Despite this, the group managed to assess their abilities and turn Exile into a new and arguably more successful group as they went on in their career. This group proves that there’s a way to get around every obstacle, because they are still playing even now, 53 years after their original debut.

     During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a new wave a British Heavy Metal entering the cassette and 8-track decks of people everywhere. Over in Denmark, current Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, was a hug fan of this type of music. So obsessed with this music, Lars Ulrich wanted to start a heavy metal band... a band that he could play his favorite

From the moment I heard the majestic scream of Eddie Van Halen’s guitar, I knew I had to learn how to play guitar. I was but only a listener at the time, but the passion of a musician budded within me, and locked my vicarious attention on every note. The more I listened to Van Halen, the more I wanted to stop being a listener, and start being a creator. It was like some insane urge came over me every time I listened to them - telling me to create something. It was a musical high.

So now I deserve to hear your story.” “Okay,” he said, “I just turned “24” three weeks ago.” “Cool,” she interrupted, “go on.” “I found out i got this job last week and was told to come into work today, that I already would know what to do, but I have no idea what I’m doing this job was a favor from my old boss. He was with me when I lost this bad boy.” He was showing his prosthetic leg, and said, “I lost it in an accident.” “Oh really must have been an accident then to have lost your leg.” She said with a face that seemed slightly weirded out. He told her the story about how he lost it trying to keep the truck from rolling off the hill and how the electric co-op paid his bills and him the rest of his salary for the year then gave him the job he currently has now, and her response was. “Wow you are kind-of amazing, but you never told me how you actually came to work for the co-op in the first place.” Then he said, “well to be honest I guess it is because I really liked electrical classes in school.” he was interrupted by the waiter bringing their

It was a cool saturday morning in february, as I was violently woken up by my alarm clock. I rose out of my bed, and started preparing for my championship hockey game later that day. I got up out of bed and refreshed myself as I stretched. I grabbed my dress shirt and my dress pants and went to my parents room to iron my clothes. Not knowing that the iron was already on and hot, I picked up the iron. The iron fell on my foot, and I frantically grabbed it off the floor. I hoped that it wouldn’t start a fire. My foot was burning with pain. I knew in my head that today was going to be a struggle. Unfortunately, it had to be on the same day of my league championship game.

Lt. John Dunbar was lying on a hospital bed, leg totally mutilated. Barely conscious, the man over heard the surgeon say he could not amputate this mans leg as tired as he was. Dunbar didn’t like what he heard, so when the surgeons left, he grabbed his boat, and he slowly slid the boat up his mutilated foot biting on a stick to relive the massive pain.

In John Van Sloten’s The Day Metallica Came to Church, he takes a seemingly unholy, non-Christian, however you want to say it, aspect of life, in this case the band Metallica, and make an argument for why even it is God glorifying. Metallica is a very popular heavy metal band that on the surfaces seems like it has absolutely nothing to do with God or the church. Van Sloten however, finds a way to argue they have a lot more to do with God than a lot of people, even the band itself, thinks. So much so to deliver a sermon on it in his church in Calgary. This sermon and idea also lead to this book on which he extends his ideas about Metallica to several other aspects of life that we often keep separate from God. We as Christians like to live compartmentalized

The band coined its name from Axl’s old band, Hollywood Rose, and Tracii’s old band, L.A. Guns. Tracii had left GNR, due to an argument with Axl. He was later replaced with one of Axl’s old band mates, Slash. The band worked together and released one of the best selling albums in the world, Appetite for Destruction. The album has sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide, including 18 million units in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of all time in the US, as well as the eleventh best-selling album in the United States. GNR is the real definition of Rock and Roll. Their music helps people learn that even though you came from nowhere, but you can become a somebody. The songs in the album contain lyrics that discuss the troubles of being popular and famous in the Hollywood world. Axl said, “Sometimes I would want to

James’s band “Asking Alexandria” is one of the most known bands in metal. They have 4 albums out. Reckless and Relentless, Stepped up and Scratched, From Death to Destiny, and their most recent, The Black. The most recent album was released on March 25 2016. This album is the biggest yet. The former lead singer of the band Danny Worsnop departed

On October 6, 2016, we attended Getter’s Wat the Frick tour, which came to the Royal Oak Music Theatre, in Royal Oak, Michigan. Getter, also known as Tanner Petulla, is an up and coming electronic music producer who specializes in dubstep. He used to produce heavy riddim and for someone not used to this type of genre, they would describe it as hardcore dubstep. Getter has set himself out of that subgenre and has begun to branch out and push the envelope of his creativity. He stopped producing what his fans wanted to hear and started making music that he wanted to make. The concert was scheduled from 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM. The opening acts included: Half Empty at 8:00 PM, Josh Pan at

have a deep love for the music of Rage. He is known as the "heart" of

Carlos Santana once said, “Just as Jesus created wine from water, we humans are capable of transmuting emotion into music." After attending this concert and listening to the many different types of music and incredible instrumentation that accompanied it, I believe this quote accurately describes each song the show contained. The concert took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London and lasted roughly around an hour. Throughout the performance the cast completed five songs ranging from soft and sweet to fast and upbeat. All music was comprised of important works from the 20th century. Each song had its own uniqueness and featured a large variety of instruments such as flutes, horns, drums, string symphonies, and the piano.

Decayos is the solo project of West Virginian, Zack Namey and The Hallowed Vertex is his second album. Melding together a pronominally Blackened Death Metal sound with splashes of atmospheric, prog and avant-garde sensibilities, The Hallowed Vertex is an impressive one-man show with strong all-round instrumental performances. “The Distance Beneath” uses clean guitars effectively, “Astral Blind” unfolds over ten minutes into a harmonized guitar solo and the excellent

I think this is why people think metal is satanic phenomenon in these four points. One: Musiclily, metal sounds more angry. Two: Lyrically, metal is critical and yes, satanic (some). Three: Historically, metal music is founded by eccentric people (“a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behavior.”)- Dictionary.com. And finally Four: Visually, metal musicians may not look like humans. Just look at Black Metal Musicians. But I feel like people's reactions has not changed much since Deep Purple announced their band in 1968. Us humans are not good with change, I think we just like to argue and fight about random stuff. But we should be more open to new stuff and give it a chance, I really think Metal is an important phenomenon because it could make any outcast get out there and talk to people, because metal does not have much of a crowd unlike Nicki Minaj or Drake, anyone can listen to them and fit in but metal is an outcast phenomenon, so everyone that is an outcast can connect with other outcast. If i could really change anything about others views about metal, I would inform them that only three fourths of metal bands are against satan, and they only satanic sounding music because metal is a dark phenomenon and that's what

I was walking back from lunch with my friend Matt, we were telling each other jokes about dead babies. I looked over and saw my little brother, I turned to Matt and said “watch this” then I ran up to my brother and tried to do a jumping high five. He didn’t think I was trying to high five him he thought I was trying to hit him. Out of instinct he pushed me away and I fell backwards, I landed and pivoted on the ball of my left foot. I thought I had gotten away safe and clear, I went to take a step and BAM! I had been tripped by my own untied shoelace, betrayed by my own apparel. I fell backwards and expected to hit lockers, unfortunately it wasn’t lockers or even a door. I had crashed into the glass display case, oh the utter humility. I hit the ground and leaned up on one arm, I was fine, not a scratch. Mrs. Wright come running up in total mom mode “ Oh my God, are you alright, AHH, don’t move!”.