My Life In Music… C. J. Orazi
Metallica – Black Album This album is responsible for me playing guitar in the first place. It made me start learning and playing every day. I learned to switch from clean to grit, and when…
Metallica – Black Album This album is responsible for me playing guitar in the first place. It made me start learning and playing every day. I learned to switch from clean to grit, and when…
There have been a host of games I’ve played over the years. Some I’ve played once or twice, others I’ve played and dipped back into again and again. These are some of the titles I’ve…
Clutch – Pure Rock Fury This was my first taste of Clutch and really influenced my guitar playing. It was exactly what I was looking for when I bought it on a whim and it…
The Cult – Love I’ve been listening to The Cult since I was little. My parents used to take me travelling across Europe, which was fortunate, as we listened to lots of music. This album…
Since their inception in 1988, Detroit’s Cold As Life have had to cope with numerous line up changes, incarceration and even murder. With a reputation as one of hardcore’s most brutal bands they make their…
Nebraska’s Bent Life have been around since 2010, but it was 2016’s album Never Asked for Heaven (Bridge Nine Records) that really made the scene sit up and take notice. Primarily influenced by N.Y.H.C, but…
Appetite for Destruction – Guns \’N\’ Roses This is the perfect debut album. It really has everything I love about rock n roll music, it’s dangerous, sexy and loud but the song-writing is also stellar. There…
My name is Axel Verstraeten and I play guitar in This Gun for Hire. Let me share with you what effectively \”ruined my life\” without even knowing it. The following has learned me to not…
Metallica – Ride the Lightning This album really turned me onto metal. The intro of “Ride the Lightning” made me pick up that dusty guitar we kept hidden away in the closet. Just an overall…
Jason Tankerley is the lead singer / songwriter for the band Energy from Boston, MA who formed in 2006. Energy is currently promoting the UK release of their album Apparition Sound in preparation for their…
Well the point of no return for me came at the tender age of eleven when I discovered punk rock. It would go on to shape my life, develop my character and subsequently make me…
BATHORY – Under the Sign of the Black Mark. Nothing gets closer to this. The sound is rotten and loud. Songs like Massacre, Equimanthorn and Chariots of Fire were unparalleled even until today. Now imagine…