Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Inertiatic ESP by The Mars Volta

Today's Metal Track is Inertiatic ESP by The Mars Volta. This is off of the Texas band's 2003 debut album De-Loused and the Comatorium. Flea, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, filled in on bass for this album after their originally bassist, Eva Gardner, left the band.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Pisces by Jinjer

You won't believe the voice on this lady. Today's Metal Track is Pisces by the Ukrainian band Jinjer

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Deja Vu by Iron Maiden

Ever had a conversation
That you realize you've had before
Isn't it strange

Today's Metal Track is Deja Vu by Iron Maiden. This is off of their 1986 album Deja Vu.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Shock Wave by Black Sabbath

Today's Metal Track is Shock Wave by Black Sabbath. This is off of one of their lesser known albums, Never Say Die, which was released in 1978. Ozzy was kicked out of the band following the tour for this album.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Epitaph by God Is an Astronaut

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Epitaph by the Irish post-rock band God Is an Astronaut. This is the title track off of their album by the same name which came out earlier this year.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Lets Stay Together by Al Green

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Lets Stay Together by Al Green. This is the title track off of his 1972 album by the same name. This song has been used in tons of movies and TV shows and has been covered by countless artists. In 2010, the song was selected by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry as it is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Weekend Wildcard - I Can't Dance by Genesis

Young punk spilling beer on my shoes,
Fat guy's talking to me trying to steal my blues.
Thick smoke, see her smiling through.
I never thought so much could happen just shooting pool.

This Weekend's Wildcard is a classic from Genesis. I Can't Dance was released in 1991 on their album We Can't Dance.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Ship On Fire by Zeal & Ardor

Today's Metal Track is Ship On Fire by the Swiss band Zeal & Ardor. I just heard this for the first time on Liquid Metal on the way home. The band mixes sounds of negro spirituals and black metal (Black Friday reference!). This is off of their album Stranger Fruit which just came out back in June.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish by A Perfect Circle

Time is money and money's time
We wasted every second dime
On diets, lawyers, shrinks and apps and flags and plastic surgery
Now Willy Wonka, Major Tom, Ali, and Leia have moved on
Signal the final curtain call in all its atomic pageantry

Of the many, many things I am thankful for is great music that is beautiful, thoughtful, inspiring, and intelligent. Today's Metal Track is from one of the greatest artists of our lifetime in Maynard James Keenan. He's best known as the lead singer of Tool but one of his other band's, A Perfect Circle, stands on its on.

This is So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish off of their most recent album, Eat The Elephant, which was released earlier this year. The song title is taken from the book by the same name from the series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Only Us by Thrice

Today's Metal Track is new music by Thrice. This is Only Us off of their latest album Palms which came out back in September.

This is a great nostalgic summer camp video. Of all the shenanigans in the video, the one that makes me cringe is the destroyed cassettes. Kids today won't ever understand that. I still remember my Pantera cassette getting eaten by the cheap tape player we had when I was working at the Peanut Roaster when I was 15. The agony!!!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - The Baying of the Hounds by Opeth

And so, cold touch now inhumane
Every waking hour
Awaiting a reverie to unfold
And now they are calling me
Louder by the minute
The baying of the hounds
Calling me back to my home

Today's Metal Track is The Baying of the Hounds by Swedish progressive metal legends Opeth. This is off of their 2005 album Ghost Reveries. I believe this is one of Greg Anderson's favorite tracks. Just a monster of song. Too many different good parts to point out.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Departure by Frames

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Departure by Frames. This is off of the German band's 2012 album In Via.

The spoken work in the middle of the song is taken from a German poem title Stufen by Hemann Hesse.

Translated:

"Steps"

As every blossom wilts and every youth
Yields to age, so blooms every step of life,
So too blooms every wisdom and every virtue
In its time and may not last forever.
The heart must at all of life’s calls
Be ready to part and begin anew,
So that it may, with courage and without grief,
Give itself to new engagements.
In every beginning lives a magic,
Protecting us and helping us to live.

Weekend Wildcard - Mississippi Queen by Mountain

Spending the weekend at the mountains so this Weekend's Wildcard is Mississippi Queen by Mountain.

If you know what I mean!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - The Torture Fields by Pig Destroyer

I've had Amazon Music recommending this album constantly for the last two months so I finally checked it out. Today's Metal Track is The Torture Fields by Pig Destroyer. This is off of their latest album Head Cage which came out back in September.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Mourning Palace by Dimmu Borgir

Today's Metal Track is Mourning Palace by the Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. This is the opening track off of their 1997 album Enthrone Darkness Triumphant which has been considered by some as the most important Scandinavian metal albums ever.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Ebb & Flow by The Contortionist

Drift with the ebb and flow.
Sink in the ebb and flow.

Today's Metal Track is Ebb & Flow by Indianapolis band The Contortionist. This is off of their 2014 album Language.

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

Today's Metal Track is an excellent performance of Higher by Devin Townsend and the Orchestra and Choir of Plovdiv State Opera . This is from his album Ocean Machine – Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv. The song was originally released on his 2016 album Transcendence.

Scott Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Bogatyri by We Lost the Sea

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Bogatyri by the Australian band We Lost the Sea. This is off of their 2015 LP Departure Songs. The guys need to release a new album because I only have one song left on the album to post!

I found the story below on their bandcamp page giving backstory on the song. Pretty sad and cool at the same time.

"Amidst the clean up of the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in April of 1986, the authorities discovered that the nuclear reactor was flooded with highly radioactive water. The steam from this volatile water was threatening to cause a massive explosion that would carry radioactive material and gas across a large portion of Europe, they needed to open the floodgates to release the pressure in the chamber and save a large part of Europe from nuclear fallout.

To drain the reactor someone would have to dive into the water and open the release valve by hand.; for anyone involved it meant a certain and painful death.

Three men volunteered, now unofficially known as the suicide squad, they didn’t ask for glory or riches, simply that once they passed their families would be looked after. And so three ordinary men, Valeri Bezpalov, Alexie Ananenko and Boris Baranov did an extraordinary thing, and dove into the depths of the reactor.

After the only lamp they had with them fell into the darkness, the three men felt their way towards the gate, and completed their grim mission by opening the valve.

Ten days later all three were buried in lead coffins.

Ukrainian Folklore tells the story of the Bogatyri, three valiant knights of old."

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel

A big Thank You to all you Veterans out there!

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel. It's told from the point of view of US Marines in the Vietnam War and how they bond together to survive. This is off of his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain.

Weekend Wildcard - Bump N' Grind by R. Kelly

My mind's tellin me yes...
But my BODY,
My BODY'S telling me nooo.

My relationship with kickboxing after straining my hamstring for the second time this year.

This Weekend's Wildcard is Bump N' Grind by R. Kelly. This is off of his 1993 debut album 12 Play.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Forward! By Anaal Nathrakh

Today's Metal Track is Forward! by the British extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh. These guys have been around for almost 20 years but I'm just now listening to them. This is off of their latest album A New Kind of Horror.

I think it Destroys! \m/

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Rock & Roll Clown by Dr. Rockso

Who wants to watch a Rocksclusive Dr. Rockso music video?

This is Rock & Roll Clown by the best Rock & Roll Clown there ever was!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Gasoline Dream by Overkill

I was soaked in gasoline
Playing with a match!

Today's Metal Track is Gasoline Dream by thrash legends Overkill. This is the closing track off of their 1994 album. Love the outro for the song and album.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Howl by Covet

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Howl by Covet. Their front-woman, Yvette Young is also an artist who creates unique pieces I imagine similar to what you see in the video. Erich Hoppe saw them with Polyphia Sunday night at Cat's Cradle and said they were great. I hate I missed them. This is off of their album effloresce which came out earlier this year.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Close My Eyes Forever by Lita Ford

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Close my Eyes Forever by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne. Apparently the two got drunk in the studio and inadvertently wrote the lyrics together. Not sure how exactly that happened but that is the story. This was released on her 1988 album Lita.

Weekend Wildcard - The Leaving Song Pt. II by AFI

Break Down!, and cease all feeling
Burn now, what once was breathing
Reach out, and you may take my heart away

This Weekend's Wildcard is The Leaving Song Pt. II by AFI. This is off of their 2003 album Sing the Sorrow. I remember listening to this a lot back in college but I don't know that I've listened to it in 10 years or more.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Full Moon Shoals by Soilwork

Today's Metal Track is new music from Soilwork. This is Full Moon Shoals off of their upcoming album Verkligheten which comes out in January.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - All Out Life by Slipknot

Today's Metal Track is brand new Slipknot and it slays! All Out Life was released just yesterday on Halloween. Adam and I were jamming to it in the garage last night after the kids finished Trick or Treating. The next album is scheduled to be released next summer so this is rather early but I'm not complaining.