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Friday Morning Metal – Destruction – Fast as a Shark

THRASH! Or SPEED! Destruction is here to kick you square in the solar plexus with Fast as a Shark. It’s a cover of an Accept song, and it shreds for a solid three and a half minutes. Minus a bit of the German folks singing something at the beginning.

The song stays pretty close to the source material, just sounding a bit more modern. Big fast drums drive the song along at breakneck pace, perhaps this is what goes through a shark’s head when they’re truckin along the ocean. Destruction’s vocalist has a good solid growl that fits on their vibe really well. Oooh yeah and a guitar solo that sounds like it’s pulling from a classical song. Those are great.

This is an “official visualizer” which I guess isn’t a music video, since it’s a series of animations and stills. There is a big fat great white shark up in there, which is rad. Parts of it do seem like filmed or something, but not much. Now I want to see a music video comprised entirely of stock footage, like all those Better Off Ted ads.

Friday Morning Metal – Accept – The Rise of Chaos

Man, 80’s metal is the best. Or at least when it’s done well. And Accept does it well. And looking at their Wikipedia entry, they’ve been around since 1968. That’s pretty gnarly. Anyway, they have a new album out, and The Rise of Chaos is one of the singles tied to it.

The song’s great, solid driving rhythm, technical yet not excessively noodly guitars, and a singer who has that great mix of vocal skill and growly angry grit. Were I in a cross-country car chase, I’m playing this right before I stomp the gas to get things kicked off.

Anyway, behold and enjoy!