Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Backbone by Gojira

Today's Metal Track is Backbone by the French metal band Gojira. This is off of their 2005 album From Mars to Sirius. Just a beast of a track.

My favorite YouTube comment: "That breakdown makes me windmill hard enough to power 3 Scandinavian villages"

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

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is Void by one of my favorite instrumental artists, Ben Sharpe. This the closing track off of Cloudkicker's 2019 album Unending.

RIP Joe Diffie - Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)

I feel like we have a moral obligation to put Joe's mind at ease and fill his last request. But where can you find a jukebox these days?

In honor of the passing of Joe Diffie, today's track is Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) off of his 1993 album Honky Tonk Attitude.

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

Today marks 7 years since I started my blog. Since then I've posted over 2300 songs. When I started, I never thought I would have taken it this far. I hope you have enjoyed them. I hope to keep it going as long as I can.

I've been able to keep it going because good Metal continues to be released all the time. Today's Metal Track is brand new music from Lamb of God. Memento Mori is the title track off of their upcoming album due out this year. From the YouTube comments, "Memento Mori" is an ancient stoic phrase meaning "Remember you will die". You will also notice many references to our current state of event with the Coronavirus.

Keep it Metal!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Lay My Burden Down by Seemless

Today's Metal Track is Lay My Burden Down by Seemless. This was a super group consisting of Jesse Leach (Killswitch), Derek Kerswill (Shadows Fall/Unearth), and Pete Cortese (Killswitch/Overcast). This is off of their 2005 self-titled debut album.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Fall Into The Light by Dream Theater

Today's Metal Track is Fall Into The Light by Dream Theater. This is off of their latest album, Distance Over Time, which came out last year.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - The Wilde Flowers by Opeth

Today's Metal Track is The Wilde Flowers by Opeth. This is off of their 2016 album Sorceress which saw the band continue to move towards prog rock with all clean vocals.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Lady by Kenny Rogers

One more in the honor of the late Kenny Rogers. Lady was written by Lionel Richie specifically for Rogers who recorded it for his 1980 Greatest Hits album. RIP Kenny!

Weekend Wildcard - Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

"Sail away with me, to another world"

Sail on Kenny, sail on

This Weekend's Wildcard is Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. The song was written by the Bee Gees and initially intended to be recorded by Marvin Gaye. It eventually was recorded by Roger and Dolly for his 1983 album Eyes That See in the Dark.

The song has been covered numerous time but most famously by Pras, ODB and Mya with their song Ghetto Supastar (That is What You Are) in 1998.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Until It Sleeps by Metallica

Friends Don't Let Friends Get Friends Haircuts

Today's Metal Track was the moment heavy metal legends Metallica revealed to the world their short haircuts. It seems kind of silly today, but back in 1996 it was a big deal. So much so that Mike Inez wrote the aforementioned phrase on his bass during Alice In Chains' MTV Unplugged performance in which Metallica was in attendance.

Until It Sleeps is off of their 1996 album Load. The song is about Hetfield's mother's battle with cancer with "It" being the cancer. This song is also famous for being the first ever pirated mp3.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - A Critical Affair by Sifting

Today's Metal Track is A Critical Affair by the Venezuelan-American band Sifting. This is off of their 2019 album The Infinite Loop.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Isolation by Sepultura

We all need a little Isolation right about now.

And Sepultura is here to bring it to you. Today's Metal Track is off of the Brazilian band's latest album, Quadra, which came out last month.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Obfuscation by Between The Buried And Me

We will always be part of the Great Misdirect

Today's Metal Track is Obfuscation by Raleigh's own Between The Buried And Me. This is off of their 2009 album The Great Misdirect.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Green-Tinted Sixties Mind by Paul Gilbert

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is a live instrumental version of Green-Tinted Sixties Mind by Paul Gilbert. The song was originally record by Paul's supergroup, Mr. Big, on their 1991 album Lean into It. Check out his smooth transitions when putting on or taking of the slide!

Weekend Wildcard - Cherry Pie by Warrant

In honor of Pi Day, this Weekend's Wildcard is Cherry Pie by Warrant. This is the title off of their 1990 album by the same name. This song was written in 15 minutes on a pizza box because the record label wanted a "Love in a Elevator" type song. The band has mixed feelings about the song because it overshadowed many of the better songs on the album,

The "Dirty, Rotten, Filthy, Stinking" at the begin of the track is a reference to their previous album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. CC DeVille from Poison actually played the solo on the track as favor to front man Jani Lane. RIP Jani!!

"Trained Professionals"

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - The Virus Of Life by Slipknot

This is the Virus

The Virus of Life!

Maybe we can combat the Coronavirus with LOUD metal music. Today's Metal Track is The Virus of Life by Slipknot. This is off of their 2004 album, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses).

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - A Quick Death in Texas by Clutch

I prayed for courage, I prayed for love
I prayed for guidance from the heavens above
I prayed to know divine protections
But now I'm praying for a quick death in Texas

Today's Metal Track is A Quick Death in Texas by Clutch. This is off of their 2015 album Psychic Warfare.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - 213 by Slayer

Today's Metal Track is 213 by Slayer. This is off of their 1994 album Divine Intervention.

Scott's Instrumental Track of the Day - Sea Dragon by Covet

Today's Instrumental Track is Sea Dragon by Covet. This is off of their debut album, Currents, which came out in 2015.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Wishing Well by Parkway Drive

Today's Metal Track is Wishing Well by the Australian band Parkway Drive. This main riff for this track is sick. This is off of their 2018 album Reverence.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Crack of Doom by Kvelertak (featuring Troy Sanders)

Today's Metal Track is Crack of Doom by the Norwegian band Kvelertak with special guest, Troy Sanders, from Mastodon. This is off of their latest album, Splid, which just came out last month. I just recently discovered this band and love everything I've heard so far.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Midlife Crisis by Faith No More

Today's Metal Track is a groovy little jam by Faith No More. Such a cool track. That bass line with Mike Patton's vocals is soooo good. This is off of their 1992 album Angel Dust. It was also included in the video game GTA San Andreas.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Dangerous by The End

Today's Metal Track is Dangerous by the Canadian band The End. I discovered these guys today on Liquid Metal. I got in the car in the middle of the song so I had to look it up to hear the whole thing. This is the opening track off of their final album, Elementary, which came out in 2007.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Farewell by Marty Friedman

Today's Metal Track is Farewell by Marty Friedman. This is off of his 1997 album True Obsession.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Wake Up by Mad Season

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is Wake Up by Mad Season. This was a supergroup that included members of Alice in Chains (Layne Staley), Pearl Jam (Mike McCready), and Screaming Trees (Barrett Martin). They only released one album, Above, in 1995 which included this song.