Scott's Metal Track of the Day - City of Echoes by Pelican

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is brought to you by Pelican. This is the title track off of their 2007 album City of Echoes. Listened to them for the first time this weekend with Donovan Patterson at the beach. They are commonly characterized as a Post-Metal band although their guitarist considers their style to be more aligned with punk and hardcore. They've got an atmospheric style that is chill and relaxing.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - To Be With You by Mr. Big

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is brought to you by Mr. Big. This is the final track off of their 1991 album Lean into It. This is the band's most successful song. At one point it was the #1 single in 15 countries. This song features some great guitar work by the renown virtuoso Paul Gilbert and some great vocals by Eric Martin.

Weekend Wildcard - Move Your Feet by Junior Senior

This Weekend's Wildcard is brought to you by Junior Senior. If you are ever having a bad day, just watch this video. It's hard not to crack a smile. We used to watch this all the time back in college. That squirrel could have his own TV show.

This pop music duo of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen are from Denmark. This was their first single off of their 2003 debut album D-D-Don't Stop the Beat and is still their most successful song.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Left for Dead by Death Angel

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by Death Angel off of their 2013 album The Dream Calls for Blood. I just read a great article on these guys in the most recent Guitar World issue.

These guys were on the rise back in the 1990 when they had a tragic bus accident that severely injured their drummer. The band had just signed with a big label (Geffen) and the label tried to force them to continue on with the tour immediately with a new drummer. The band declined to hire a long term replacement and Geffen immediately dropped them.

The band ended up splitting up after that and didn't reunite until 2001. No telling what they could have accomplished if the accident had not happened or if the label would have just given them time to grieve and let the drummer heal.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Where Death Seems to Dwell

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by the Swedish band Amon Amarth off of their 2004 album Fate of Norms.

In Norse mythology, there were 4 different places that the soul could go after death; Valhalla, Fólkvangr, Hel and Helgafjell. Of the ones that died in battle, half the souls go to Valhalla and the other half to Fólkvangr. Helgafjell is a holy place and Hel was a realm of punishment for those that did not die from battle, but from old age and disease.

In this song, it appears a man has died and he is confused about the place he is in. It is described as a dark and dreary place. At the end, his fears are confirmed we he discovers he has been sent to Nifehel (A location in Hel):

"He approach the gates
his heart is cold
He understands all to well
She awaits him
The truth unfolds
He's been sent to Nifelhel"

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Dethharmonic by Dethklok

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by the baddest band to ever be drawn, Dethklok. I absolutely love this song. It's hilarious and the music is great. Brendan Small does an outstanding job of mixing comical topics with more serious sounds of metal.

If it wasn't obvious the song is about greed and Nathan's distaste of the government for making him pay income tax.

Some great lines:

"If I could write off your murder
I'd save all of my receipts
because I'd rather you be dead
than lose a tiny shred of what I made this fiscal year
I'd rather you be dead than ponder parting with my second home
I'd rather you be dead than consider not opening a restaurant"

PREPARE THE LASER BEAM!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Super-Charger Heaven by White Zombie

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by White Zombie. This one is off of their 1995 album Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head but is normally just referred to as Astro-Creep 2000.

This song like many of his songs contain references to horror movies. This one opens with the audio sample: "Look, I know the supernatural is something that isn't supposed to happen, but it does happen." taken from the 1963 movie The Haunting. It also contains audio samples from the 1976 movie To the Devil a Daughter.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - Tooth and Claw by Animals as Leaders

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is brought to you by Animals as Leaders and the spectacular Tosin Abasi. This one is off of their brand new album The Joy of Motion which was just released last month. I still need to buy this one. Like the previous albums, this one was also produced by Misha Mansoor from Periphery.

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Black by Pearl Jam

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is brought to you by Pearl Jam. This is off of their debut album Ten which is still their best album in my opinion.

This song was originally an instrumental demo titled "E Ballad" written by guitarist Stone Gossard. It was included on a demo tape called Stone Gossard Demos '91 that was circulated in an attempt to find a lead singer for the band. The demo landed in the hands of a San Diego gas station attendant, Eddie Vedder, who recorded lyrics for three of the songs which later became "Alive", "Once", and "Footsteps". The band invited him to Seattle and he wrote lyrics for "Black" on the way.

Weekend Wildcard - Only in Dreams by Weezer

This Weekend's Wildcard is brought to you by Weezer. This is the closing track off of their 1994 self titled debut album also known as the Blue Album. This is Weezer's longest song to date. The song has a great three minute long guitar section building up to a fantastic crescendo to close out the song and the album.

The song is about a young guy wanting to be with the girl of his dreams. However, since the girl is so popular, he can only fantasize about her in his dreams.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Metropolis Part 1 by Dream Theater

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by Dream Theater. This is off of their second album Images and Words which was released in 1992 and remains the bands most successful studio album. This was the first album to feature James Labrie on vocals. The sequel to this song came in the form of a full album, Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory which was released in 1999. The band had not planned on releasing a sequel but did so after pressure from the fans.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - A National Acrobat by Black Sabbath

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by Black Sabbath. This is off of their 1973 album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Metallica covered part of this song and mashed it together with Sabbra Cadabra on their album Garage Inc.

The song is about rebirth and reincarnation and is told through the eyes of an unborn child. It says that when you are reincarnated you forget all of your past lives and you have to die in order to move onto your next life:

"I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell
And flashing memories
Are cast into the never ending well"

"Don't believe the life you have will be the only one
You have to let your body sleep to let your soul live on"

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by Suicidal Tendencies. It's more Hardcore Punk but whatever. This is the only single released from their 1983 self-titled debut album. This is probably still the band's most popular song. It has been a staple in the band's live performances since it was first performed in 1982.

The song is unique because of the structure, or lack there of, in the lyrics which are a string of run-on sentences that are spoken. The song and the video are told from the perspective of a young Mike Muir who talks about numerous social conflicts with friends, authority figures, and most importantly his parents. Tom Araya from slayer makes a small cameo at the 35 second mark when he pushes Mike.

Most memorable line that has been used by many bands including Limp Bizkit:
"All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi"

Scott's real Metal Track of the Day - Born in Winter by Gojira

April Fools, now for the real Metal Track of the Day. Today's Metal Track is brought to you by the French heavy metal band Gojira. This is off of their most recent album L'Enfant Sauvage which was released in 2012. This song has a great atmospheric sound to it that the video complements very well.

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Someday by Nickelback

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by Nickelback. These guys are probably the best metal band that every lived. They put all other metal bands to shame with their outstanding guitar work and lyrics. Every song they put out is very unique. It is also obvious that they are in it for the music and not just to make money.