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New Message Posted!2013-05-19 19:46
Another ancient sites inspired name, this time for Scottish artist Johnny Lynch who goes under the nom de plume The Pictish Trail. He used to live in Fife, hence the name presumably. He now lives in a caravan on the Isle of Eigg!
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New Message Posted!2013-05-17 20:27
What is it with heavy rock and prehistoric connections? Anyway it's a good link IMHO.
Wait for it: Dutch free-jazz/metal/grindcore duo Dead Neanderthals bring their incendiary noise to the UK's shores this week. In advance of their shows, they spoke with Stewart Smith about disjointed drums and a 'tongue-in-cheek' connection to jazz
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New Message Posted!2013-05-02 11:23
One from the Portal's archives. Vicky wrote in 2004: Purchasers of the latest single from flamboyant British Rockers, The Darkness - ‘Love is only a Feeling’ – are treated to a somewhat unexpected B-Side. Entitled the ‘Curse of The Tollund Man’ the song covers the demise of the prehistoric man discovered in a Danish Bog in 1950, in the tradition of true rock theatrics.
The song begins with the following lyrics, written by all four members of the band, and brought to life by lead singer, Justin Hawkins, in his characteristic, high pitch:
‘His actions were slated
His guts were hated
His day, night, his life
Should be truncated
His demise the townsfolk plotted
Ambushed, beaten garrotted
Curse of The Tollund Man….’
It’s not the kind of subject you expect to hear about in a rock song, but it works (of course it does, its perfomed by The Darkness).
The Darkness’s debut album, Permission to Land, released in July last year and winner of Best British Album at this year’s Brit Awards, also features the ghostly ‘Black Shuck’, the legendary black Hell Hound who claws at the Blytheburgh Church Door, a phantom familiar to many an earth mysteries enthusiast.
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New Message Posted!2013-04-29 19:06
One from a Mysteries angle - a hip hop group called Ancient Astronauts. Track Bass and Time featuring lots of samples from 'Ancient Aliens' TV programmes (or something)
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New Message Posted!2013-04-28 19:30
I wonder where these were taken?
An insanely heavy French band described as Celtic / Pagan Black Metal
New Message Posted!2013-04-28 19:06
US Psychedelic Rock band Bardo Pond with a cover of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain
Nice pyramidical cover:
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New Message Posted!2013-04-26 01:44
A blast from the past. Echos of everything from Chris Deburgh to (or should that be from) Uriah Heep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMhToE2rjzI
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New Message Posted!2013-04-24 21:27
Clannad- magical ring-has to be!!Even the cover has part of a radius of a circle on it.
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New Message Posted!2013-04-24 17:33
I have been rediscovering the wierd and wonderful Cardiacs, I think they deserve a mention for being regulars at the Stonehenge Free festival in 1979, 1981, 82, 83 and the final one in 1984
There is audio out there - search for the following and you may find!
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