Polish extreme metal band Behemoth has released a video of their cover of Bathory’s “The Return of Darkness and Evil.” (The song has just been named the official anthem of this year’s Mystic Festival in Poland.)
“When Michał Wardzała suggested that Behemoth should create the anthem for Mystic Festival, I was game immediately,” said Behemoth lead singer Adam “Nergal” Darski. “I had only one condition — that it won’t be an original song, but a cover.” Continue reading »
Check out the best covers of past months here.
This one’s for all the Dylan superfans. In 1984, Bob Dylan played three songs on Letterman with L.A. punk band The Plugz. They were gritty and garagey and raw. It boded well for his new sound. And then he never played with them again. The album he was ostensibly promoting, Infidels, was much smoother, helmed by Mark Knopfler. For those who still wonder what could have been, Daniel Romano covered the entire album as if he’d recorded it with The Plugz. Continue reading »
“A Forest” is the first single from The Cure‘s second album, Seventeen Seconds. It features a moody intro which builds for a minute before the pace suddenly picks up to something resembling contemporary post-punk. Robert Smith’s vocals don’t even enter until nearly halfway through the four-minute song. The song helped lay the groundwork for the gothic rock sound so popular through the 1980s. Continue reading »