Scott's Metal Track of the Day - In Effigy by Shadows Fall

You will never...
Give the power...
To the powerless

Today's Metal Track is In Effigy by Shadows Fall. This is the opening track off of their 2006 compilation album Fallout From the War. The album title is a reference to their 2004 album The War Within. This album was looked at as a companion album as many of the songs were written during the sessions for The War Within.

Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Reflective by Kiko Loureiro

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Reflective by Kiko Loureiro. This is off of his most recent solo album, Sounds of Innocence which was released in 2012. He makes the hammer-ons looks too easy. Good Stuff!

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - I've Always Been Crazy by Waylon Jennings

I've always been crazy,
But it's kept me from going insane

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is I've Always Been Crazy by Waylon Jennings. This is the opening and title track off of his 1978 album by the same name. Waylon was one of the original outlaws of country music. The Outlaw Country movement was a response to the overproduced pop style that was taking over Nashville. I bet Waylon is rolling in his grave right now with what country music has become.

Weekend Wildcard - Lonely is the Night by Billy Squier

Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone
Your demons come to light and your mind is not your own
Lonely is the night when there's no one left to call
You feel the time is right, say the writing's on the wall

This Weekend's Wildcard is Lonely is the Night by Billy Squire. This is off of his triple platinum 1981 album Don't Say No. This song has been featured in the movie Couples Retreat and the video games Guitar Hero and Grand Theft Auto.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Monster at the End by Anthrax

Today's Metal Track is Monster at the End by Anthrax. This is off of their most recent album, For All Kings, which came out last year.Looking forward to seeing these guys at the Ritz in April. They are the only band of The Big 4 that I haven't seen live.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Doomsday Clock by The Smashing Pumpkins

So I just heard that scientists moved the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight and it reminded me of this jamming tune by The Smashing Pumpkins. Today's Metal Track is Doomsday Clock off of their 2007 album Zeitgeist. This was included in the 2007 film Transformers. If we are going out, we might as well go out rocking right?

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - The Audience by Coheed and Cambria

Today's Metal Track is The Audience by Coheed and Cambria. This is off of their most recent album The Color Before the Sun which came out in 2015. This was the band's first non-conceptual album having nothing to do with The Amory Wars like all of their previous albums.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Shooting Star by Gojira

Today's Metal Track is Shooting Star by Gojira. This is the opening track off of the French metal band's most recent album, Magma, which came out last year. This is pretty slow paced song compared to most of their songs.

Avoid the darkness, stay away, stay out of sight
Until you feel the blast of a shooting star

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Soria Moria by Scale the Summit

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Soria Moria by Scale the Summit. This is off of their latest album V which came out in 2015. This video is a playthrough by guitarist Travis LeVrier. I wish they would have had both guitarist peforming because there are some sweet licks not shown.

I love that wood grain Jackson. Finally they have a guitar with a headstock.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Cruisin' by Smokey Robinson

And if you want it you got it forever

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Cruisin' by Smokey Robinson. This is off of his 1979 album Where There's Smoke... The song saw a resurgence in 2000 when it was covered by Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis for the film Duets.

Weekend Wildcard - Working for the Weekend by Loverboy

Everybody's working for the Weekend!

What better song for a Weekend Wildcard than Working for the Weekend by Loverboy! This is off of their 1981 album Get Lucky.

If you are like me, you can't hear this song and not think of the classic SNL skit by two of the late great actors, Swayze and Farley. RIP



We're Chippendales

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - New Machine by Overkill

We are the children of a new regime
We are the children of a new machine

This seems fitting for today's Presidential inauguration. Today's Metal Track is New Machine by Overkill. This is off of their 1991 album Horrorscope. Whether you like Trump or not, it does not change the fact that Overkill are still the best in the business when it comes to good old fashion Thrash Metal!

Make America Metal Again!!!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Reclaim the Sun by Mors Principium Est

Today's Metal Track is Reclaim the Sun by the Finnish band Mors Principium Est. Was just listening to these guys at Adam's house and it reminded me they hadn't been posted in a while. This is off of their upcoming album Embers of a Dying World which comes out February 10th.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - The Nameless One by Volbeat

Today's Metal Track is The Nameless One by Volbeat. This is off of their 2013 album Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies. Former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano was brought in to produce the album and provide guest solos. They hit it off so well that he ended up joining the band full time as the second guitarist.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Stormbending by Devin Townsend Project

Today's Metal Track is Stormbending by Devin Townsend Project off of his most recent album Transcendence which came out last year. Very beautiful and powerful opera-esque performance by Devin on this track.

Scott's Instrumental Track of the Day - Oh, God! by Cloudkicker

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Oh, God! by Cloudkicker. This is another one off of his 2010 album Beacons. If you remember, the title of every song on the album is taken from black box recordings from planes that crashed.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Santeria by Sublime

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Santeria by Sublime. This is off of their 1996 self-titled, major label debut album which would also be their last. Sadly, guitarist Bradley Nowell died from a heroin overdose two months before the album was released. Stock footage of Nowell was used for the music video. And yes, that is Deebo in the video.

Weekend Wildcard - Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash

This Weekend's Wildcard is Should I Stay or Should I Go by the English punk rock band The Clash. This is off of their 1982 album Combat Rock. This was the last album to feature the classic lineup.

The backup vocals are sung in Spanish. The band had their tape operator call his mother and translate the lyrics over the phone.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - In the Year of the Wolf by Motorhead

Today's Metal Track is In the Year of the Wolf by Motorhead. I heard this for the first time the other day on the radio and now I think it's my second favorite Motorhead song behind Ace of Spades. This is off of their 2004 album Inferno.

RIP Lemmy

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Hate by Design by Killswitch Engage

Today's Metal Track is Hate by Design by Killswitch Engage. This is off of their latest album Incarnate which came out about a year ago. I have seen Killswitch numerous times before but never with Jesse. I'll be going to see them in April at the Ritz with Anthrax. Can't wait!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - The New Black by Every Time I Die

I wanna party with these guys. Ron Burgundy and Boogie Nights style. Today's Metal Track is The New Black by Every Time I Die. This is off of their 2005 album Gutter Phenomenon.

"Everything I do is wrong
But by God I do it right"

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Surrogate by The Dillinger Escape Plan

I refuse to be a crutch for your disease
I refuse to carry on your tragedy
I refuse

Today's Metal Track is Surrogate by The Dillinger Escape Plan. This is off of their final album, Dissociation, which was released in October. I absolutely love the break down at 1:30. My only complaint is it is not longer.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Inner Assassins by Animals As Leaders

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Inner Assassins by Animals As Leaders. This is another new track off of their new album The Madness of Many which came out November 11.

I laughed pretty hard at this YouTube comment: "I'm getting a guitar for Christmas when should I be able to play this?"

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin off of his 1974 album Verities & Balderdash. This song is about the relationship between a father and son. As stated in the video, Harry's wife, Sandy, wrote the poem the song is based on. I first heard this song when Ugly Kid Joe covered it back in 1992.

The father makes up excuses for why he can't spend time with his son and the son accepts the excuses and says he wants to grow up to be just him. Later in the story the tables turn and the son makes up excuses for why he can't spend time with his dad.

I'm sure this hits home with all fathers out there. It's hard to do everything they ask, but I do think about this song when I have to tell them no.

"And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me, he'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me."



Here is the Ugly Kid Joe Version which I think is great:

Weekend Wildcard - Dream Police by Cheap Trick

'Cause they're waiting for me
Looking for me
Every single night
They're driving me insane
Those men inside my brain

This Weekend's Wildcard is Dream Police by Cheap Trick. This is the title track off of their 1979 album by the same name. This is a great track that is extremely catchy. You will definitely have the chorus stuck in your head.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails

So I'm not sure how I missed this gem along the way but today's Metal Track is Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails. This is off of the 1992 EP Broken. This was Trent's major label debut following their 1989 debut studio album Pretty Hate Machine.

There is another video for this that was part of a film also titled broken. But it was rightfully deemed to be too graphic (Seriously, go look it up if you dare, I'm not posting it here). So this alternate video was filmed which includes a young Marilyn Manson singing backup vocals and playing guitar.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Asleep in the Deep by Mastodon

Today's Metal Track is Asleep in the Deep by Mastodon. This is off of their 2014 album Once More 'Round the Sun. I didn't realize this before but this song features Valient Himself on backing vocals and Ikey Owens on synthesizer.

I didn't bother to check but I'm just going to assume Michael Thompson directed this video. I love the face on the psychedelic kitty.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Wheels of Steel by Saxon

Today's Metal Track is Wheels of Steel by Saxon. This is the title track off of their 1980 album by the same name.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Slo-Mo-Tion by MArilyn Manson

Today's Metal Track is Slo-Mo-Tion by Marilyn Manson off of his 2012 album Born Villain. This graphic, awesome, creepy, NSFW, weird, creative, and controversial video is the embodiment of Manson. In fact, he directed the video himself. I really like the neon paint scenes. I bought this album when it came out but never watched this video before today

And totally missed this at first but that is Stevie Janowski from East Bound and Down with the rubber boobies, lol!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Porcelain Heart by Opeth

Today's Metal Track is Porcelain Heart by Opeth. This is off of their 2008 album Watershed. Nice back and forth between heavy and acoustic. It also includes a neat little drum solo that may sound a little weird at first because it's layered over the chords.

But of course the best part it the "Ah, ah, ahh. Ah, ah, ahh. Ah, ah, ahhh ha. Ah, ah ahhhhh"

Easy Like Sunday Mornign Track - Auld Lang Syne by Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Hope everyone had a great New Year. Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Auld Lang Syne as performed by the the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. This poem was written in 1788 by Robert Burns. The Scots traditionally sang this on New Years Eve and it spread throughout the world as people migrated.