Slaughter of the Bluegrass - Blinded By Fear

Slaughter of the Bluegrass from Stockholm, Sweden, it’s a band that plays unplugged versions of death metal songs. They use traditional bluegrass instruments and arrangement ideas and try to keep the essence of each song they cover. Reminds me of Hellsongs who also do remakes off old tunes.

This is what SOTB says about the band:

People ask us why we choose to play metal songs, and we answer them that we just want to play good songs, which in this case happens to be in that particular genre. As it turned out, people who aren't used to hearing growling vocals, guitars drenched is distorsion and heavy drums, could still appreciate these compositions, only in a new form.

Slaughter of the Bluegrass is:

Peter Norlinder: Vocals, banjo, mandolin.
Dan Norman: Acoustic guitar, accordion, percussion, backing vocals.
Hannah Sundqvist: Violin, vocals.
Alexander 'Alke' Lindberg: Drums, percussion, backing vocals.
Niklas ’Nille’ Sandin: Bass, backing vocals.
Tomas Åkvik: Banjo, backing vocals.

As for today, during Metaltown i choosed to pick a song from a band that was suppose to end up a few years back but somehow is back on stage again, im not sure if i should be pissed or happy about it.
Anyway its At The Gates i’m talking about, they will play tonight at Metaltown on Red Stage at 22:00
so if you are there, have fun and tell me how it was.

So pour yourself a cup of moonshine and relax to some great music!

Todays tune ”Blinded By Fear” is originally taken from At The Gates ”Slaughter Of The Soul” and got released back in 1995, todays version is just awesome, done as a hillbilly tune, just hit play and enjoy!



Click here to listen to it right on the spot!

Download the tune here!

More info @
Official SOTB Website
Official SOTB at Facebook

Other bands at Metaltown

Sorry no Spotify on this one!

The Heptones - Born To Love You

The Heptones were a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal trio most active in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Heptons is one of the band that will visit Uppsala Reggae Festival this weekend, a festival that i used to work at but not this year as i will got to Gothenburg. But as they provide the Uppsala and the rest of Sweden with some great vibes over a weekend, so will Tune Of The Day provide you with some great tunes from that festival.




Todays tune with The Heptones is "Born To Love You" from 1973 Original Press version. First of a few tunes from URF festival. Enjoy it!



More info @ Offical Site or MySpace

Hazmat Modine - Two Harmonicas

Stockholm had their annual Jazz & Blues festival last week.
I was working a bit there in the end, unfortunally I didnt see this band.
Never heard of this group as of now.

They play the harmonica so good.

Its a blues and roots musical group from New York, and their lead singer, Wade Schuman sings very bluesy but this song is a mix of blues and reggie in my ear.

They are 8 in the band and no bass player.
2 harmonicas, 2 gitarrs one tuba, saxophone, drums and a trumpet.
Pretty cool set.

Ah well enjoy duuuuudes and duuuuudettes!

Love Thetania

Rockamovya - Warrior Sound

The three founding members of Groundation (Harrison Stafford, Marcus Urani and Ryan Newman) join forces with the legendary Jamaican drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (who worked with numerous reggae artists including The Gladiators, Inner Circle, Prince Far I, Sound Dimension, Burning Spear and Ijahman Levi.) and the grammy nominated Jazz guitarist Will Bernard (has played with many musicians including Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra, The Coup, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, MG5 (formerly Frequinox), Idris Muhammad, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Zigaboo Modeliste, Groundation and the Stanton Moore Trio.) to form Rockamovya. The name comes from Leroy Horsemouth Wallace, Jamaican patios style and is meant to show the unity and power of the music.



The sound is fresh and little different from the Groundation works, but it remains deeply rooted in Reggae and Jamaican popular music with influences of Soul and Jazz. Harrisons voice is still very powerful, so you can feel the Groundation rhythms. This is a record i can recommend to all fans of Groundation.



More info @ Rockamovya's official website

Dag Vag - Dimma

Dag Vag, Swedish pop, reggae, punk band formed in 1977. Main singer Stig Vig. The bands early punk sound became more and more reggae-style, and the band itself calls it transcontinental rock-reggae. Their popularity peak was in the 80s but they are still active today.

Dag Vag sometimes toured together with Ebba Grön, and the band makes a cameo in Ebba the Movie.

Tonight Dag Vag will celebrate thier 30th Anniversary at Mosebacke Terass
with old members as Zilverzurfarn, Kopp Te, Per Cussion & Bumpaberra!
And ofcourse thier new member Teka Pukk.

This clip is when Dag Vag playing on Ferry "Cinderella" 10 november 2007

More info www.dagvag.se

Culture - I'm Not Ashamed

Culture - I'm Not Ashamed

Mikey Dread - Money In My Pocket

Michael George Campbell (born June 4, 1954 in Port Antonio, Jamaica - died March 15, 2008 in Connecticut, United States), better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was one of the most influential performers and innovators in reggae music. His abilities, technical expertise, and unique vocal delivery combined to create a unique sound that tells the listener emphatically that it is the “Dread at the Controls”

Burning Spear - Slavery days

Clasic hit revisited in studio

Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile

Horace Swaby (June 21, 1953 – May 18, 1999), better known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He was perhaps the first person to use the melodica as a viable musical instrument. He was known for his devotion to the spiritual Rastafari movement.

Here is a great gig from Jamaica (1998)

Peter Tosh - Johnny Be Goode

Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh (October 9, 1944 – September 11, 1987) was the guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers, a reggae musician, and a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement.

Tosh grew up in the Kingston, Jamaica slum of Trenchtown. He stood out because of his height at 6 feet, 4 inches. His short-fuse temper and unveiled sarcasm usually kept him in trouble, earning him the nickname Stepping Razor after a song written by Joe Higgs, an early mentor. He began to sing and learn guitar at a young age, inspired by the American stations he could pick up on his radio. After an illustrious career with the Wailers and as a solo musician, he was murdered at his home. Though robbery was officially said to be the motivation behind Tosh's death, many believe that there were ulterior motives to the killing, citing that nothing was taken from the house.


Just listen and enjoy!!

Groundation - Freedom Taking Over

Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences from Sonoma in Northern California.

The band was formed in the fall of 1998 by Harrison Stafford, Marcus Urani, and Ryan Newman. In 1999, Stafford teamed up with Kris Dilbeck to found Young Tree Records and release Groundation's debut album of the same name. In 2000 they added to the line up David Chachere, a San Francisco based jazz trumpeter, and Kelsey Howard, a North Bay trombone player. Saxophonist Jason Robinson was a member of the band for a time, and has since gone on to become the head of the jazz program at UC San Diego. Drummer Paul Spina (Les Claypool, Will Bernard’s Mother Bug) has been with the group since taking over for James Stafford in December 2001.

Between 1999 and 2001, Harrison Stafford taught the first course on the History of Reggae Music at Sonoma State University.


Groundation tributes Nelson Mandela.

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey

Winston Rodney, OD (born March 1, 1948), also known as Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaican reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages

Here is another clasic hit revisited at studio.

Lizz Wright - Old Man

Lizz Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz singer and composer.

Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister. She started singing gospel music and playing piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and blues. She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving the National Choral Award. She went on to Georgia State University in Atlanta to study singing. Since then she has studied at the New York New School, and in Vancouver.

Lizz Wright Band live in Basel, Switzerland November 2005. Lizz Wright with Marvin Sewell-g, Ede Wright-g, Massimo Biolcati-b, Rock Deadrick-d.