One of the most interesting bands of the past decades, Ghost, led by Tobias Forge, has a quite unique sound, often mixing Heavy Metal, Pop, and even church organs, all of it aligned with the mythology created around the Popes and Cardinals that Tobias has embodied over the years. Besides their praised original songs, the band has also released some excellent covers, often of tracks related to religion. The latest one is "It's a Sin," one of the biggest hits by the British duo Pet Shop Boys. "We wish to inform you that when you're the 'main poncho', you get the keys to the vault. Tomorrow sees the wide release of Ghost's cover of "It's A Sin" across streaming services worldwide. It does have us wondering if Frater should be delegating video editing duties too," the official message of the band said about the track. As the episode 'Frater Is Delegating' shows on their YouTube series, it seems the track will be released as a single and will not be part of a new covers EP. Hear Ghost cover of Pet Shop Boys' "It's a Sin" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMVF-o7g1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgzK1-Y_uHI Ghost's latest album is "Skeletá", which the band will keep touring to promote this year. In 2023 the band released "Phantomine", their latest covers EP. Next tour dates January 21 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center 22 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 24 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center 25 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center 26 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena 28 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena 30 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre 31 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena February 2 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena 4 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center 5 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena 7 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center 12 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena 14 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena 15 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 17 – Portland, OR – Moda Center 20 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center 21 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center 23 – Inglewood, CA – Intuit Dome The post Ghost releases cover of Pet Shop Boys’ “It’s a Sin” appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Formed more than four decades ago in Los Angeles by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, Metallica has released 11 studio albums so far, filled with hits that became important parts of the history of Heavy and Thrash Metal. Alongside Kirk Hammett, Rob Trujillo, Jason Newsted, and the late Cliff Burton, the founding members created incredible songs that have influenced countless musicians all over the world. Although they are one of the most successful Metal bands of all time, many of their songs did not receive the recognition they deserved. James Hetfield once mentioned three underrated tracks as favorites. 3 underrated Metallica songs James Hetfield said are favorites "The Thing that Should Not Be" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgeSScjSU7U&pp=ygUeIlRoZSBUaGluZyB0aGF0IFNob3VsZCBOb3QgQmUi The first song is "The Thing that Should Not Be" from "Master of Puppets" (1986), which was inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft, one of the most influential horror and sci-fi writers of all time. The track has many references to the story "The Shadow over Innsmouth" and Cthulhu himself. It is considered to be by many fans the heaviest track on the album with a riff that to many of them emulates "a beast dragging itself into the sea". "I have many different favorites for different moods. 'The Thing that Should Not Be' (Is one of them)", Hetfield said in an interview with Jammin in 1999. That's not the only Metallica track inspired by Lovecraft's work, the most obvious one is "The Call of Ktulu", from their 1984 album "Ride the Lightning". "(The original name of the song was) 'When Hell Freezes Over'. Cthulhu was a part of the Lovecraft mythos, which Cliff was really into. It's kind of all from this tweaked out guy from way back in the 30s and 40s. He had this old mythos about creatures sleeping in the earth, waiting to arise and take you away," he told Double J. Although Cliff Burton was the one who brought Lovecraftian inspiration to Metallica’s lyrics, in 2008 Hetfield tried to replicate that in"All Nightmare Long", released on their album "Death Magnetic." When answering fans’ questions around the time the record was released, he explained the inspiration behind the track. "I like to keep it as vague as possible, so it can plug into your life. It almost didn't make it." He continued: "The chorus is a leftover from 'St. Anger'. It was an attempt to get back to the H.P. Lovecraft mythos with 'The Thing that Should not Be', 'The Call of Ktulu'. This was about the hounds of Tindalos, which was another crazy mind f*ck (story). (It's) about these wolves that hunt through their nightmares. The only way you can get away from them is stay with angels. You can't even escape through sleep," he told Sun Media. James is also a big fan of Lovecraft’s stories and has even posted a photo on Metallica’s social media standing beside a plaque that pays tribute to the author on the campus of Brown University in Providence, where he lived. In "Hardwired... To Selft-Destruct" (2016), Metallica once again released a Lovecraft inspired song: "Dream No More". When asked why by Vancouver Sun, James said: "Godzilla’s been done. You could write a song about King Kong, I guess. There’s a mystery still to it — it’s still alive and well, and interesting. I’m able to get dark, evil and giant whenever I take on the Cthulhu role." "Fixxxer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCwcjfxvOCU&pp=ygUHRml4eHhlcg%3D%3D James Hetfield has said that "Fixxxer," the final track on the "Reload" album, released in 1997, is one of the songs he is most proud of. Although it is a song he highly regards, the band has only played it live once. It was part of the setlist only at their December 17, 2021 show in San Francisco, when they were celebrating their 40th anniversary. “After 40 years, there’s still firsts,” the frontman said. He already described the track as one which is more epic and "kind of like instrumental with real lyrics". "I think there's a lot of old school Metallica in this (Reload album). (...) Longer, big fat Sabbathy type riffs like on 'Fixxxer' and things like that, are quite Metallica," he said in an interview with Channel V in 1997 when promoting the record. That song was overshadowed by other fan favorites on the album. Some of them are "Fuel," "The Memory Remains," "The Unforgiven II" and "Better Than You." "Carpe Diem Baby" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7e6RRtAZkw&t=620s&pp=ugMGCgJwdBABugUEEgJwdMoFEiJDYXJwZSBEaWVtIEJhYnkiNNgHAQ%3D%3D The third song is "Carpe Diem Baby," which was also part of "Reload" (1997). Curiously, the song title is the same as a tattoo James Hetfield got after a near-fatal accident at a Metallica concert in 1992 in Montreal. He practically caught fire after being hit by one of the pyrotechnic effects used on the tour. The phrase, in Latin, means "Seize the day, live your life like it’s your last, because you only have one." The phrase was tattooed on his burned left arm, which depicted flames and cards. The song was also not played very often live by the band during their career, but at least it was performed more frequently than "Fixxxer." The song was played four times: at The Fillmore in San Francisco in 2011 (during their 30th anniversary shows), at their Orion Music + More festival in 2013, at the Roskilde Festival in 2013 and most recently at the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo. Out of these three songs, "The Thing That Should Not Be" is the most famous one. It was played by the band 267 times until 2025, being first performed in 1986 when the album was released. The most recent performance was in 2019 in Cologne, Germany.The post 3 underrated Metallica songs James Hetfield said are favorites appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

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This month, seismic activity along the west coast has been making headlines almost every single day.  Could it be possible that all of this seismic activity is leading up to some sort of a really big event?  It should be obvious to everyone that the clock is ticking.  I have been sounding the alarm about the potential for apocalyptic seismic events along the west coast for a long time, and now it feels like we are building up to some sort of a crescendo.  Unfortunately, most of the people living right along the west coast are still convinced that everything is going to be just fine. On Thursday, a “major earthquake” suddenly struck an area approximately 180 miles from the Oregon coast… A major earthquake has struck off the coast of Oregon, sending shockwaves felt in multiple cities along the US West Coast with more quakes expected to follow. The magnitude 6.0 earthquake erupted in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 180 miles from the coastline, at 10.25pm ET Thursday night. This earthquake was so powerful that it was felt as far away as Portland, and it was followed by magnitude 3.1 quake. But what is really alarming the experts is the fact that these quakes “took place along the Juan de Fuca Plate”… This latest quakes took place along the Juan de Fuca Plate, which drives the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) – a nearly 700-mile-long fault line off the West Coast of North America. Scientists have long warned that the zone is overdue for a catastrophic event, with many nicknaming it the ‘Sleeping Giant.’ Simulations have shown the fault is capable of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that would impact most of the Pacific Northwest, including major cities such as Seattle and Portland. I have written countless articles about the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The next time it produces a megathrust earthquake, there might not be any warning at all. And when that happens, a “100-foot-tall mega tsunami” could suddenly come slamming into coastal towns and cities… If an earthquake between 8.0 and 9.0 in magnitude struck today, scientists have estimated that the shockwave could produce a 100-foot-tall mega tsunami which wipes out most of the nearby coastline. A 2022 emergency report from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated that there would be over 100,000 people injured and over 618,000 buildings damaged or destroyed during the next major CSZ earthquake. Scientists assure us that this is going to happen someday. It is just a matter of time. The day before the magnitude 6.0 earthquake off the coast of Oregon, a swarm of at least 40 earthquakes began in Southern California.  The following comes from a Daily Mail article entitled “Dozens of earthquakes shake California where the earth is tearing apart”… At least 40 earthquakes have shaken Southern California since Wednesday morning, with the largest reaching a magnitude of 4.4. The US Geological Survey recorded the first quake near Holtville at 1:40am PT on Wednesday, with the most recent detected on Thursday morning. Hundreds of California residents have issued reports of shaking to the USGS, and shockwaves were also recorded in Arizona and Mexico. The city of Holtville is about 130 miles from San Diego, and it sits in an area known as the Salton Trough. Geologists tell us that the Salton Trough is a place where the crust of our planet is literally “slowly pulling apart”… Geologists describe the Salton Trough as a young, actively stretching rift valley, meaning the Earth’s crust in the region is slowly pulling apart. This process occurs because the Pacific Plate is sliding northwestward relative to the North American Plate along the San Andreas system, while simultaneously, the crust in the Salton Trough is being stretched and thinned. As the land pulls apart, it fractures along numerous faults, including the Imperial Fault and smaller subsidiary faults, producing frequent earthquakes of varying magnitudes. We have all seen movies about what is going to happen to Southern California someday. Sadly, “someday” may arrive a lot sooner than most people think. The day before the earthquake swarm started in Holtville, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Mendocino County in Northern California… A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck eastern Mendocino County on Tuesday afternoon, shaking a rural area southeast of Willits, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 1:10 p.m. local time and was centered roughly 6 miles east-southeast of Willits, the agency said. It struck at a depth of just under 5 miles, a level that can produce noticeable shaking near the surface. Could it be possible that the Mendocino Triple Junction is waking up? The Mendocino Triple Junction is considered to be one of the most dangerous seismic zones along the entire California coastline… Off the coast of Humboldt County lies the Mendocino Triple Junction, where three of Earth’s major tectonic plates come together. South of this point, the Pacific plate moves northwest alongside the North American plate, forming the San Andreas fault. North of the junction, the Gorda (or Juan de Fuca) plate pushes northeast and slides beneath the North American plate, sinking into the Earth’s mantle in a process known as subduction. Our scientists have always known that the Mendocino Triple Junction is a major threat. But now they have discovered that there are “five moving pieces rather than just three major plates”… The updated model shows that the region contains five moving pieces rather than just three major plates. Two of these pieces are completely hidden below the surface. At the southern end of the Cascadia subduction zone, the researchers found that a section of the North American plate has broken off and is being pulled downward along with the Gorda plate as it sinks beneath North America. South of the triple junction, the Pacific plate is dragging a mass of rock known as the Pioneer fragment beneath the North American plate as it moves north. The fault separating the Pioneer fragment from the North American plate lies nearly flat and cannot be seen from the surface. The entire west coast of the United States sits directly along the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the past 12 months have been a time when the Pacific Ring of Fire has been shaking like crazy. Of course the entire southern coast of Alaska also sits directly along the Pacific Ring of Fire, and it was just hit by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake. And last month a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the state… A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has rocked Alaska on Saturday, Dec. 6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred at 11:41 a.m. local time in northeast of Yakutat, Alaska, the USGS said. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yakutat had a total population of about 657 in 2020 and 332 housing units in 2023. Yakutat is over 300 miles from Anchorage, where the earthquake was also felt, the USGS’s interactive map shows. Alaska gets pummeled by significant earthquakes so frequently that most of them don’t even make the news anymore. But they should. I think that seismic activity along the Pacific Ring of Fire is going to be a major theme in 2026. Unfortunately, most people that live in the most dangerous areas will not take the threat seriously until it is too late. ***Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Michael’s Substack newsletter.  Michael’s work reaches people in more than 100 different countries every single week, and it is the faithful support of the paid subscribers that makes this possible.*** Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com. About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. 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