by Alex P. Berg | Oct 12, 2013 | Metal, Music
In ‘Is it Metal?’, I take an old rock song and ask the question, can it be considered metal or not? This week, from 1972, the song “Hocus Pocus” by Focus: Wikipedia says: It might be metal. My take: This is a tough one. The song is just so completely off-the-wall...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 9, 2013 | Science
In my last post, I talked about Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, and what it meant to me personally, but I didn’t go into much detail about the subject matter of the series itself. In brief, in the series’ fictional mythology, a deity known as...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 5, 2013 | Fantasy, Literature
Strap yourselves in folks, because today we are talking about the one, the only, The Wheel of Time. What is The Wheel of Time you ask? Well, in the broadest sense, the ‘wheel of time’ is a concept found in several religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, which...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 2, 2013 | Metal, Music
Savatage’s “Hall of the Mountain King”, off of their album by the same name, is an awesome song, and given the song’s name, you might expect it to be based upon a contemporary fantasy tale featuring cavern-dwelling dwarves or some such. You would be wrong,...
by Alex P. Berg | Sep 28, 2013 | Metal, Music
In This Moment is a band that’s not afraid to embark upon experimental stylistic voyages. To date, they’ve released four albums, and each has featured a distinct musical approach. Their first album burst upon the scene solidly within the genre of metalcore, a mix of...
