Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Kufra at Dusk by Conquering Dystopia

Showing a little love to all the bass players today.

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Kufra at Dusk by the Super Group Conquering Dystopia. This is a play through by bassist Alex Webster who's day job is being the bassist in Cannibal Corpse.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Shinning Star by The Manhattans

Honey you, are my shining star

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Shining Star by The Manhattans. This is the opening track off of their 1980 album After Midnight. Earth, Wind, and Fire also recorded a song by the same name but the two are unrelated otherwise.

Weekend Wildcard - Rocket Man by Elton John

She packed my bags last night,
pre-flight
Zero hour: 9 a.m
And I'm gonna be high...
as a kite by then

This Weekend's Wildcard is Rocket Man by Sir Elton John. This is off of his 1972 album Honky Chateau.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Esoteric Surgery by Gojira

You have the power to heal yourself

Today's Metal Track is Esoteric Surgery by Gojira. This is off of their 2008 album The Way of All Flesh. This song definitely helped me make it through my run this evening. Mario is killing it on drums!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Jenny by Nothing More

Today's Metal Track is Jenny by Nothing More. This is off of their 2015 self-titled album. This song is about the singer's aunt Jenny and his sister Jenna who both suffer from mental illnesses.

The message at the end of the video gives some stats on mental illnesses and one states that metal illnesses surpass cardiovascular disease and cancer in percentage of the global disease burden.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Left Hand Path by Entombed

I recently read a Rolling Stone Article about Mikael Akerfeldt's top 10 metal albums and he named Entombed's 1990 album Left Hand Path. I checked out the title track and it is killer. It's a little rough around the edges to start with but it turns out to be a really awesome track. I looking forward to checking out the rest of the albums on his list.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Black Rose by Volbeat

Today's Metal Track is Black Rose by Volbeat. This is off of the Danish band's 2016 album Seal the Deal and Let's Boogie. I'm not sure what is going on in this video but remind me never to smell a black rose.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Neon Tombs by Scale the Summit

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Neon Tombs by Scale the Summit. This is off of their latest album In a World of Fear which came out May 19. I just remembered that I pre-ordered this album and need to go download it lol.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Without You by Harry Nilsson

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Without You by Harry Nilsson. This song was written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans and was originally recorded by Badfinger. This version landed Nilsson his second Grammy.

Weekend Wildcard - Fire Woman by The Cult

Wound up, can't sleep, can't do anything right, little honey,
Oh, since I set my eyes on you

Smoke she is arising

This Weekend's Wildcard is Fire Woman by The Cult. This is off of their 189 album Sonic Temple.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - No World for Tomorrow by Coheed and Cambria

Young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?

Today's Metal Track is No World for Tomorrow by Coheed and Cambria. This is the title track off of their 2007 album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow.

RIP Chester Bennington - Scott's Metal Track of the Day Crawling by Linkin Park

I was sadden to hear of Chester's death today. Unfortunately another suicide by a successful artist. As I've said before when this happened and I'll say it again, if you or someone you know is suffering from depression, please get help.

I haven't listened to Linkin Park in quite awhile but I was really in to them when their first two albums came out. Today's Metal Track is Crawling off of their 2000 debut album Hybrid Theory. It was the first song I ever heard.

RIP :(

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Shine On by Overkill

Today's Metal Track is Shine On by Overkill. This is off their album The Grinding Wheel which came out earlier this year. It seems the guys have just decided to record the rest of their videos in the same abandoned warehouse lol. I think that's at least 4 or 5 in a row. Probably more.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Offer Your Light by Devin Townsend Project

Today's Metal Track is Offer Your Light by Devin Townsend Project. This is off of his 2016 album Transcendence. Dutch singer, songwriter Anneke van Giersbergen provides guest vocals on this song as well as others on the album.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Weeping China Doll by Steve Vai

Today's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day is Weeping China Doll by Steve Vai. This is off of his 2012 album The Story of Light.

It bothers me that when I ask Alexa to play Steve Vai she pronounces it as Steve Vay.

Easy Like Sunday MorningTrack - Open Arms by Journey

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Open Arms by Journey. This is off of their 1981 album Escape. The song is about a lover asking for forgiveness and a new start.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Less Than by Nine Inch Nails

Today's Metal Track is brand new Nine Inch Nails. This is Less Than off of their upcoming EP Add Violence which comes out next week. The video pays homage to an old urban legend about a game titled Polybius.

From Wikipedia: The urban legend is that the game was part of a government-run crowdsourced psychology experiment, with gameplay producing intense psychoactive and addictive effects in the player. These few publicly staged arcade machines were said to have been visited periodically by men in black for the purpose of data-mining the machines and analyzing these effects. Finally, all of these Polybius arcade machines allegedly disappeared from the arcade market.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - To Take the Black by The Sword

In continuation of the Game of Thrones theme, today's Metal Track is To Take the Black by The Sword. Thanks to Matt Brewer for pointing this one out to me. Now back to catching up on Game of Thrones before Sunday.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Desciples of the Watch by Testament

Today's Metal Track is Disciples of the Watch by Testament. This is off of their 1988 album The New Order. This song reminds me of Game of Thrones and the Men of the Nights Watch, I hope to catch up in time for the season 7 debut this Sunday!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Vigil by Lamb of God

Today's Metal Track is Vigil by Lamb of God. This is the closing track off of their 2003 album As the Palaces Burn. However, this video wasn't released until 2013 for the re-release of the album for it's 10 year anniversary.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Viceroy by Cloudkicker

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Viceroy by Cloudkicker. This is off of his 2008 album The Discovery.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

Welcome to the Dave Ramsey show. Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. This sax riff? is right up there with the best of all time. In case you didn't know, this is the theme song for the Dave Ramsey show where debt is dumb and cash is king!

Weekend Wildcard - You Keep Me Hanging On by Vanilla Fudge

Set me free why don't cha babe
Get out my life why don't cha babe
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on

This Weekend's Wildcard is You Keep Me Hangin On by Vanilla Fudge. You probably recognize this from the Supremes or Kim Wilde but it all started with this groovy tune by the Vanilla Fudge.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Bullet With Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins

Now I'm naked
Nothing but an ani-mal
But can you fake it
For just one more show

Today's Metal Track is Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins. This was the lead single off of their 1995 double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. The song was chosen as the lead single based off the record company's survey of 30 to 40 year K-Mart shoppers. Jimmy Chamberlin called it their "Blue light special".

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Era by Opeth

There's a sign in the rain
Every now and again
It is a symbol of hope
In the midst of a catastrophic episode

In the hour of death
There's a spiritual wealth
When we dance through the rain
And form the signs once again

If even for a second

Today's Metal Track is Era by Opeth. This is off of their 2016 album Sorceress. Andrew keeps making me play this video over and over again. I had to stop him so I could finally post.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Tired of Being Alive by Danzig

Today's Metal Track is Tired of Being Alive by Danzig. This is off of their 1990 Danzig II Lucifuge. Glenn wrote this about how he was feeling at the time of writing the album. I'm glad he cheered up a little and went on to write more music.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Fight for Freedom by Manowar

Happy 4th of July everyone. Especially those who fought for our freedom. Today's Metal Track is Fight for Freedom by Manowar. This is off of their 2002 album Warriors of the World.

Scott's Instrumental Track of the Day - Heart by Plini

Today's Instrumental Track of the Day is Heart by Plini. This is opening track of his EP Other Things.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Kristofferson

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Kristofferson. While Kris wrote this song, it was Ray Stevens who first recorded it in 1969 and Johnny Cash who made it popular with his 1970 recording.

Weekend Wildcard - Gold on the Ceiling by Black Keys

This Weekend's Wildcard is Gold on the Ceiling by The Black Keys. This is off of their 2012 album El Camino.