Playlists

Playlist: TD0320

29/03/2020 This Decay

Our third Spotify playlist of 2020 spans years, genres and moods. What could be finer?

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Ride The Lightning: Metallica and the sound of Sweet Silence

21/03/2020 Chris Nee

By the time they arrived in Copenhagen in February 1984 Metallica were established as thrash metal pioneers.

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Playlists

Playlist: TD0819

31/08/201931/08/2019 This Decay

For our eighth Spotify playlist of 2019 we’ve delved into the heyday of the Big Four for a 1980s thrashageddon.

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Metallica’s St Anger on trial: the defence

05/06/2019 Dave Musson

I guess you could call me a St Anger apologist, but it’s not a term I use myself. Why? Because it suggests Metallica has something to apologise for on this record.

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Metallica’s St Anger on trial: the prosecution

05/06/2019 Chris Nee

There are certain rites of passage that every Metallica fan experiences regardless of when they discover the greatest metal band there’s ever been.

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Playlists

Playlist: TD0319

05/03/201905/03/2019 This Decay

For our third Spotify playlist of 2019 we have a collection of oldish, newish, and just plain goodish.

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Cut from Diamond: how the Midlands made Metallica

30/12/201809/01/2019 Chris Nee

“Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with. Tygers Of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden.”

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Albums Of The Year

Dave Musson’s Albums of the Year 2016: 20 to 11

14/12/201608/01/2019 Dave Musson

Well, what a year 2016 has been! By June I already had 30 albums on my end-of-year shortlist, and that’s without considering the vast amount of brilliant EPs I’ve listened to and reviewed for Dave’s World Podcast this year.

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Albums Of The Year

Chris Nee’s Albums of the Year 2016: 20 to 11

14/12/201608/01/2019 Chris Nee

It’s the moooost wonderful time of the year. Not because of Christmas. Not because of festive food and drink, or a bottomless supply of Quality Street, or Boxing Day football.

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