“Precious Burden” is the 2nd studio album from Swedish pop sensation Sophie Zelmani. Her second album takes a darker turn compared to her debut album (Sophie Zelmani) as it deals with the concept of death and loss.
The album opens with the gloomy “Leaving”, a heartwrenching ballad about a woman …

Off the new Slash album, Nothing to Say by Slash is a song featuring vocals by The M Shadows off Avenged Sevenfold. It starts off with a creepy laugh by Slash and goes into a dark riff that goes into another riff into the verse of the song. I …

Overview —“ Surfing With The Alien, the second album released by Joe Satriani, is another of Satriani’s albums to be completely instrumental and driven primarily by his guitar work. One thing that I always liked about Satriani is that he wasn’t really one of the shredders who just played …

The 1999 release of Mary J. Blige’s album featured a wonderful opening song called “All That I Can Say.” I really love this little ditty. It’s a wonderful piece of instrumentation. And Mary really gets behind the music with her voice. The tempo is …

The Final Command is a song by Slayer which appears on their debut record, Show No Mercy. The song opens up with a very quick guitar riff which isn’t exactly heavy, but it’s quite fast. To be fair, on Slayer’s debut record they were more of just a fast …

In 1982 and 1983, Fang released their first two LPs, “Landshark” and “Where The Wild Things Are”, a pair of albums that are about as good and solid as it gets in second wave punk. In 1997, they were paired together and re-released in one package, providing over 40 …

Avery Island/April 1st is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which is the seventh on the track listing of their debut release, On Avery Island. Something to point out about this track is that it’s another instrumental, so this could potentially be slightly discouraging to some listeners. In my …

Escape, one of the final tracks for Muse’s debut record Showbiz, is yet another one of Muse’s tracks which I’ve been listening to a lot recently along with Apocalypse Please. The first few bits of Escape open up with a very melodic sound with Bellamy leading the track …

Chop Suey is a song by System Of A Down which is one of their more well known tracks from their second studio effort, Toxicity. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar riff played by Malakian before a lead distorted guitar comes in as well along with an …

Overview —“ Hit The Lights, the opening track of Metallica’s first record: Kill —˜Em All, is the song which made it on Metal Massacre and really what got Metallica noticed and truly recognized. If this song didn’t end up on Metal Massacre then I’m really not sure if Metallica …

Fast Car is a folk rock song from Tracy Chapman from her self titled album. I first thought that Tracy is a woman but when I saw her face in the net I have doubts if she is really a woman. Even in the internet, people are being confused …

“White Horse”, by Taylor Swiftis by far one of the best songs she has ever written. I didn’t even know that she wrote her own songs until just recently! She is so young and talented and this just really came as a surprise to me. Most artists have other …

Anybody who is not familiar with this record does not have any right to consider himself a music fan. It is the central record of the 1990s. This album is the representative of an entire generation of artists. In the 1990s industrial rock music was pretty popular, it went …

I first heard Taylor Swift’s “You Belong with Me” in my boyfriend’s iPod, and he was singing along with it like some lunatic so I just had to listen to it for myself to know what the hype was all about. Then wow, I was instantly hooked.
Personally I …

Overview - The Roland Cube 30X is a modeling amplifier, meaning it has a channel where it replicates sounds of other amps, eight to be exact, and also a clean channel. The main reason that I decided to buy this amplifier was that I needed an amp which had …

Back Pack is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which appears as the fourth track on their record Knife Man. Opening up with a brooding rhythm guitar, the vocals come in soon enough and I would characterize this song as having more of a ballad feeling. Although the previous …

Mistah FAB is a great rapper. I really like and enjoy his music. He is a good rapper from the city of Oakland CA. He is known as the freestyle king because he is a great battle rapper who destroys rappers on the mic. He is part of the Bay …

Knights Of Cydonia is a track by Muse which is the final track on their record Black Holes And Revelations. Knights Of Cydonia is probably the most well known Muse track, because it appeared on either Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but I have to say that I have …

This UK Band, singing their hit single titled, Back Here is one of the best songs ever sung by this band. And this band is none other than BBMak. I don’t know whether the BB and the Mak should be close or separated, but that’s more or less …

Yes, that’s the real artwork for Sia’s newly debuted song titled “Bird Set Free”. She’s been getting weirder and weirder as she’s deeper into her career, now she’s refusing to have a camera in front of her face. Her album covers and live performances are so weird to be …

One of my all time favorite Sugarland songs is Settlin’. It is a song about a woman who is tired of settling for less when it comes to men. She decides she isn’t going to take it anymore. I listened to this song more than one time when …

I have most recently developed an attatchment to another song that starts off with a slow,flowing, and a tune created by an acoustic guitar. This may seem tedious to an audience who is exposed to almost a million songs that is written about a “sappy” moment in our lives. …

Oh, My Pregnant Head is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Opening up in a very melodic fashion, the vocals don’t take very long to kick in with the rest of the band. What I particularly like about this …

Overview —“ The GBME Epoch Electric Guitar Pack is actually the first guitar, and all guitar related accessories, that I received when I first started playing. Obviously, the guitar isn’t going to be great for only around $170 or whatever it was, but honestly, this guitar is just horrible …

This album catapulted the band to worldwide fame, but I personally do not find the album all the strong. I think that this album has a very deep discrepancy between the different songs on it. Some of the songs are impressive and deserved to become the hits that they …

Ever since I first heard about them “Alice in Chains” has been one of my favourite bands, and whenever I listen to them, I regret the fact that I never knew about them in the nineties even though I was a little girl. Therefore when I discovered their old …

Tell Me That Isn’t True is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Nashville Skyline. The song opens up with a simple guitar pattern along with a slight organ in the background as well. The song also features a steady bass line which pretty much provides …

Maggie May was one of the first big hits that Rod Stewart ever recorded and it is still just as popular today with those who remember when it was released and new generations of Rod Stewart fans. This is the ultimate Rod Stewart song and it essential to have …

Yellowcard is known for two songs. Its first one, Ocean Avenue, and its other Way Away. Now, the first one got a lot publicity and was on the VMA’S which was a big plus. Then it went off the radar for a while and came back a little back …

“See You” is the 8th track off of the Foo Fighters multi platinum album “The Colour and the Shape” released in 1997. Dave Grohl himself admits that it is his favorite song off the album, and it was almost not included had he not redone the drum track for …

End Of The Night is a song by The Doors which appears on their self-titled debut album. The track opens up with a very calm sounding clean guitar part which is soon accompanied by an organ as well as the bass line of the track and drums. Thus far …

Trace Adkins looks like a rough and tumble kind of guy and that’s exactly what you expect when you hear his music. Honkytonk Badonkadonk is a great song and it is all based around a woman and her rear end. Men love rear ends and Trace took the cue …

Under The Boardwalk is a track by The Rolling Stones which appears on The Rolling Stones No. 2. I’m aware that this song is a cover so I cannot really comment on the structure of the actual songwriting of the track so I’ll be focusing on the execution of …

Relaxation: A Windham Hill Collection is an audio CD that offers up a total of twelve tracks of incredibly calming instrumental music by various composers, like Will Ackerman, Douglas Spotted Eagle and Patrick O’Hearn. Although twelve tracks does not sound like very many, something of which that occurred to …

For us those who are old enough to catch the tail-end of 80’s rock, rock icons Guns N’ Roses are definitely something we can be nostalgic about. Hard-core fans definitely miss the music of unique guitar sounds, equally unique and incredible song structure and craftsmanship and wildcat howls …

I really like this song, it remain me when I’m in high school. The day you went away is still memorize in my mind though this song is over 7 years. Unfortunately, M2M the group who’s singing this song is already no longer exist. Marion and Marit, girls who’s …

One Of My Lies is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Kerplunk. The track starts out with a pretty raw sounding three-chord guitar riff before the bass and drums join in. Something I like about the sound thus far is that the production really isn’t …

The Living Toys is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second release, Danse Manatee. Opening up instrumentally, vocals do not join the mix until around the two minute mark which allows the band to establish a fairly melodic atmosphere which is one of the first times …

I recently just bought 2 CDs, which have a cultural mix to it, each costing between $19 - $23. I love different cultures and traditions all around the world, and it includes African and Latin music. The first CD is called Acoustic Africa. This CD features …

The Crystal Ship is a song by The Doors which appears on their self-titled debut record. The song starts off with Morrison singing a few words before the rest of the band joins in with him. His vocal tone on this track is extremely melodic and has that very …

I think that this album is really good. I would not say that the whole album is perfect, because it has some minor weird components, from my point of view, but the majority of stuff on this record is really good, and it sounds truly convincing. I think that …

This song made me cry whenever it is playing. I am imagining myself included on the finalist of American Idol. They are showing my video on how was me on the first time I enter the idol stage until I got into final two. Of course, that is only …

It is hard to tell what this song is about unless you really listen to the lyrics. The lyrics itself complete a song so that is the most important thing to pay attention to when reviewing a song, not just how the song sounds or who it is by. …

Almost all the songs in We Sing, We Dance. We Steal Things by Jason Mraz are amongst my listening taste buds. Jason Mraz is a synonym name to talent in my world of music dictionary. And of course the ever so popular track I’m Yours is included inside. …

I think that the 1999 Issues is Korn’s greatest work. It is the first album by them that I got hold of, and I was strongly impressed by the music. I was rather young when I got a hold of this record, it was before their 2002 release Untouchables, …

This record is fabulous. When people talk about the Cure and their best albums people usually mention such albums as Seventeen Seconds, the 1982 album called Pornography, the 1989 Disintegration. All of these three albums are kind of pompous, grand. This album, the 1985 The Head on the Door …

Here comes the judge! That’s right, this is the album that proved to the world Soundgarden was a legitimate threat to any rock Gods previous. Badmotorfinger, Soundgarden’s forth album, is where it really starts to get good.
Oh, man. I can hear the start of Rusty Cage playing in …

My favorite hip hop artist of all time is the Big Dog, Snoop Dogg. I have the collection of all his albums and I think I can acclaim myself as one of his biggest fans of all time.
There was a time when I was really into Snoop’s stuff, I …

Genesis is LEGENDARY British band in the progressive rock genre. Originally, I wasn’t too keen on them, but after Phil Collins took over from Peter Gabriel, that is when I became aware of Genesis as a band, and actually began to like them and respect them for what they …

No More Tears is my favorite solo album by Ozzy Osbourne.I love every song on the album with all of my heart’s content.The reason mainly is Zakk Wylde’s guitar playing.However, I feel like they captured Ozzy’s voice and desire in a very mature time in his life.The overall feel …