Category: Metal Monday

One of the more romanticized hoaxes of the 20th Century was that of Anastasia Romanov.  Basically, for those who are unfamiliar (and don’t want to click on the link), there were numerous women who claimed to be Tsar Nicholas II’s youngest daughter.  While their versions of survival differ, all basically rested on the fact that most folks in that basement besides the Romanovs either died shortly thereafter or didn’t want to cop to having helped massacre a bunch of kids.  (Rule Bolshevik:  Make sure you get EVERYBODY in the line of succession if you’re going to hit the Regicide button.)

One sign of how pervasive and popular the tale was Disney made a movie about it in 1997.  I was only recently exposed to the villain’s song from it.  I, of course, immediately set about finding a heavy metal version…and found Jonathan Young again.  Who, as with last week’s post, once again found a way to make a villain seem far more sinister and creepy than the original.

So fans of the blog may remember I’ve mentioned how heavy metal lends itself well to certain historical events.  You know, things like Biblical Plagues.

Well today on Metal Monday, we’re going back to the well.  Folks who were around in the 1990s might remember The Prince of Egypt.  One of the musical numbers covered when Moses showed up in the Pharaoh’s throne room and basically dropped the “Hey bro, good to see you.  God says let my people go…” and Egypt’s senior priests were like, “Uh, which god again?”

Given that it was a family show, the original was more “Oh Moses, you silly man…” and less “Listen here, He Who Rides In Basket, we are RELIGIOUS NUTTERS and are about to hurt you.”  Today’s cover?  Well, see for yourself…

Also, the same duo who did this cover also did a version of The Plagues song from the original movie.

This is another song I’ll put on heavy rotation when it’s time to get some writing done.  From the “Epic Score” stable of composers.

Sorry I let this lapse—things got kind of hectic in editing To Slip The Surly Bonds.  Which, by the way, has completed editing, is with Chris Kennedy Publishing for layout, and is expected to drop on 13 September.

Which is why I picked today’s song.

“But wait, wasn’t Those In Peril the naval alternate history?”–Peanut Gallery.

In response, I will simply laugh in carrier and you’ll all find out why next month!  Enjoy the Sabaton!

…both got mentioned in the same song.  In Living Colour’s classic “Cult of Personality” is both lyrical gold and cautionary tale:

Robotech Third Generation had a character called Lancer / Yellow Dancer.  The former was his [male] official name.  The second was his cross-dressing rock star alter ego.  Robotech was a strange time, but it did produce some good music like the in universe song “Look Up (The Sky Is Falling).”  The one below has been reproduced with a more hard rock sound (and the AMV is pretty cool too).

A few years back, Apocalyptica and Cristina Scabbia (of Lacuna Coil) collaborated on “S.O.S. (Anything But Love),” a song that touched upon mental abuse and control.  I think it’s particularly haunting given some friends’ terrible relationships.