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Friday Morning Metal – Löanshark – Electric Shocking Waves

Pretty sure if I see an umlaut or the o with a line through it in a band name, I’ll try to get a Friday Morning Metal for it. This time it’s Löanshark, straight out of Catalonia, and willing to let you borrow some cash, for a price.

They are very much a throwback band, all the way to the tight jeans, leather vests, and big hair. Sometimes it’s fun to kick back and listen to shreddy old school metal. The vocals are interesting; they put an echo effect on it, so it sounds like he’s singing in a well, or on speakerphone. And the speed up about 3/4 of the way through is great for getting one amped to rip the sleeves off their t-shirt. All in all it’s a pretty fun song!

The video is straight up them playing in an empty room, no fuss, no muss. But apparently it was directed by Juli Bazooka and I’d like to see more from the Bazookaverse. Also kind of reminds me of Airheads in a way. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the guitarist. I think he gives off some Brendan Fraser vibes.

Friday Morning Metal – Tailgunner – Guns for Hire

Hooray for throwback metal from England! Tailgunner’s been shredding since 2018. You can tell they mean business from the video because none of them have sleeves on their shirts. That’s a good sign of metal bonafides. I think there’s gotta be a “subway/sewer” setting theme or something for videos. It does start off with some VHS artifacting, letting you know just how 80s these guys are trying to be.

The vocalist has some solid pipes, without sounding too operatic or anything. And the whole band chimes in on the chorus, so you get some three part harmonies and whatnot. Gotta have them harmonies. AND HOLY SHIT DUELING GUITAR SOLO WITH DUELING POSING! Gotta love it. And it transitions to the shreddiest of shredding!

This song rips, maybe that’s what happened to their sleeves. So listen to it now!