"Them" is the third studio album by Danish heavy metal band KING DIAMOND, released in 1988 via Roadrunner Records. It is the first album to feature guitarist Pete Blakk and bassist Hal Patino. The album has sold over 200,000 copies in North America alone.
"Them" is the first of two fictional concept albums about King and his mentally ill grandmother, the second of these being "Conspiracy". King falls into a harrowing descent into madness via his grandmother and the voices in the House of Amon, known to the listener only as "Them".
As the album opens, a young King and his mother and sister are welcoming King's grandmother home from a mental asylum. That night, King investigates strange voices and discovers his grandmother having a tea party seemingly alone, though with the teacups and kettles floating in the air. King is invited into the room, to sit in his grandmother's chair. King is sent back to bed, but only after staring into his grandmother's eyes, whereupon she instructed him to forget what he saw.
On another occasion, Grandma awakens King and tells him that she will teach him about Amon, their house, over a cup of tea. Grandma cuts King's sleeping mother's hand and adds her blood to the teapot. The voices of the house ("Them") begin to affect King with a drug-like effect. King's sister Missy tries to convince King that they should do something to help their mother, who is unconscious under "their" power, but his judgment is clouded due to his altered state. He refuses to call for help and cuts the phone line. At tea, Missy interrupts and furiously expresses concern about her mother's state and breaks the teapot. "They", in response to the breaking of "their" teapot, chop Missy into bits with an axe and throw the remains into the fireplace in the kitchen. King is snapped out of his "spell," and he stumbles outside and pieces together the events that transpired.
After fainting and regaining consciousness, he decides to attack his grandmother. He notices that "their" power is weakened outside the house, so he lures his grandmother outside and kills her. The voices of Amon continue to haunt the boy as he is questioned by police and incarcerated in an asylum. Years later, he is released and returns home to find his grandmother and the voices of Amon are still very much alive.
King Diamond - vocals, keyboards
Andy LaRocque - guitar
Pete Blakk - guitar
Hal Patino - bass
Mikkey Dee - drums
Today's tune "Welcome Home", taken from "Them" with an official Video
Is it Halloween yet? Silly question, it’s Halloween all year round for BLOODY HAMMERS!
The American hard rock band, founded in 2010 by Anders Manga in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Manga is the primary producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. BLOODY HAMMERS music straddles a range of genres including heavy metal, gothic rock, doom metal, and psychedelic rock. The touring band features a revolving lineup with Manga and keyboardist Devallia being the only permanent live members. Devallia also contributes keyboard parts to recordings and is sometimes credited as a co-producer.
BLOODY HAMMERS has prepared a wonderfully creepy horror musical experience that pays homage to classic flicks such as today's tune "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" (1974). The band's idea of a soundtrack for your favorite video nasties holds some surprises on their fifth album Frontman Anders Manga infused the new album tracks with epic metal and hard rock nuances. But don’t fret, the lumbering doom riffs deliver massive doses of goth rock and very catchy and present ever-still, and turn their latest effort "The Summoning" into a well-balanced, lush and highly infectious affair.
The German hard rock band RAMMSTEIN have released a new tune "Deutschland", once again they shock the surroundings with the released a nine-minute video of their new song. It’s the first tune taken from their upcoming self-titled album, due for release in May, and has already racked up 8.9 million views on YouTube at the time of writing.
The video shows the German history (and potential future) of human conflicts from Weimar, Nazi, and communist East Germany. Throughout, they sing about a love-hate relationship with their German identity. You will see the band members dressed as Nazi concentration camp prisoners where they have nooses around their necks as the Holocaust victims were made to wear in the death camps. At least one band member appears to be wearing a yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis.
RAMMSTEIN has courted controversy numerous times since the band was started in Berlin in 1995. The band's videos, songs, and album art have depicted necrophilia, sadomasochism, sexual violence, and abuse.
QankHD translated the lyrics to Deutschland into English. Some words don’t accurately translate 100%, but this is pretty close and it’s pretty heavy.
You have cried a lot In the mind apart In the heart united We have been together for a very long time Your breath is cold The heart in flames You I Us You (plural) Germany My heart in flames Want to love you, want to damn you Germany Your breath is cold So young And yet so old Germany I I never want to leave you One can love you And want to hate you Overbearing Superior To take over To surrender Surprising To assault Germany, Germany over everyone Germany My heart in flames Want to love you, want to damn you Germany Your breath is cold So young And yet so old Germany Germany Your love is a curse and a blessing Germany My love I cannot give to you Germany Germany You I Us You (plural) Superior Needless Übermenschen Weary The higher you climb, the farther you fall Germany, Germany over everyone Germany My heart in flames Want to love you, want to damn you Germany Your breath is cold So young And yet so old Germany Your love is a curse and a blessing Germany My love I cannot give to you Germany
Check out the video for "Deutschland" below and look for the new album coming May 17. You can place your pre-order here.
Upcoming dates for the EUROPE STADIUM TOUR 2019:
05/27/2019 Gelsenkirchen, Veltins-Arena
05/28/2019 Gelsenkirchen, Veltins-Arena
06/01/2019 Barcelona, RCDE Stadium
06/05/2019 Bern, Stade de Suisse
06/08/2019 Munich, Olympiastadion
06/12/2019 Dresden, Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
06/13/2019 Dresden, Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
06/16/2019 Rostock, Ostseestadion
06/19/2019 Copenhagen, Telia Parken
06/22/2019 Berlin, Olympiastadion
06/25/2019 Rotterdam, De Kuip
06/28/2019 Paris, Paris La Défense Arena
07/02/2019 Hannover, HDI Arena
07/06/2019 Milton Keynes, Stadium MK
07/10/2019 Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin
07/13/2019 Frankfurt am Main, Commerzbank-Arena
07/16/2019 Prague, Eden Aréna
07/17/2019 Prague, Eden Aréna
07/20/2019 Luxembourg, Roeser Festival Grounds
07/24/2019 Chorzów, Stadion Śląski
07/29/2019 Moscow, VTB Arena - Central Dynamo Stadium
08/02/2019 Saint Petersburg, Gazprom Arena
08/06/2019 Riga, Lucavsala
08/10/2019 Tampere, Ratina Stadion 08/14/2019 Stockholm, Stockholm Stadion
08/18/2019 Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion
08/22/2019 Vienna, Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Killer Old School Thrash Metal with Class and Humour from Uppsala, Sweden. The Swedish Horror Metal Mosh band are about to paint the town red with their latest offering. Over the course of a very intense hour, the listener will be haunted by rapid tracks and razor-sharp riffs. There's no chance to take a breather, when the bloodthirsty bunch revolving around Larry Lethal are calling to mosh! Even fans of other genres will immediately be transformed into Die-Hard Moshoholics and will crave for more songs just like zombies will crave for the brains of the living. With a perfect grasp for heavy grooves and lethal melodies, F.K.Ü. puts the pedal to the metal from the very first to the last second! Are you ready to get moshed?
The band name is an acronym for "Freddy Krueger's Ünderwear".
Members:
Larry Lethal - Vocals
Pete Stooaahl - guitar
Pat Splat - bass
Dr. Ted Killer Miller - drums
Todays tune "Black Hole Hell" taken from the 4th studio album "Rise of the Mosh Mongers", released April 24, The video is directed, illustrated & animated by Juppi Juppsen
The Italian extreme metal band Cadaveria was formed in April 2001, forged by the erstwhile Opera IX personnel Cadaveria and Flegias, (a.k.a. Marçelo Santos), the latter reverting back to his real name. The band signed to Scarlet Records for the opening 2002 album The Shadows' Madame. Cadaveria and bassist Killer Bob would also be operational as singer for Industrialists DyNAbyte.
Cadaveria's second album, Far Away from Conformity released in early 2004, was recorded and mixed at Capitan Woofer Studios. In early 2007 the band joined Season of Mist and released In Your Blood in May 2007.
The fourth album Horror Metal was released in January 2012 and it's from that album we find todays tune. The band has elements of thrash, death, black, gothic and symphonic metal.
Todays tune "Death Vision" ('Post Mortem' Video-Edit).
Directed and edited by Raffaella Rivarolo.
Listen to ”F.K.Ü. - Black Hole Hell" on Spotify 
