Although it is late October I still haven’t published my Top5 picks for the month of September, so I guess now is as good a time as ever. I begin with “Starlight” by The Supermen Lovers, an uplifting song that I used to listen to back when it first came out and rediscovered this month. It makes me smile and the music video is grotesquely adorable!
“Wolf Totem” is the song that made Mongolian band The Hu famous worldwide, and it is easy to understand why: the melody and rhythm are catchy, on one hand. On the other hand, the language barrier is easily overcome, since the atmosphere of the song is all that one needs to enjoy it. In fact the song was so popular that later Jacob Jadix from Paparoach joined the band in a new version of the song, although I feel the original is still the better version.
I’ve been a Sepultura fan for some years and recently bought two compilations put out by Roadrunner Records after their split with Max Cavalera, one being The Roots of Sepultura and the other Blood Rooted. I found so far the latter to be the most captivating of both with “Mine”, a song featuring Mike Patton from Faith No More being one of the highlights of this compilation.
I have been listening to a lot of doom metal lately, in fact I attended day one of the Under The Doom festival this year. Tiamat’s EP Gaia is an interesting one that I have been listening to a lot these past few weeks with the titular track being my favorite. It is sad, depressing, in deep contrast to the first song from this playlist, but beautiful at the same time.
Quinta do Bill as a Portuguese band from Tomar that had some success while I was growing up in the nineties I believe, and the other day I was walking to a friends’ house and heard a rendition of “Filhos da Nação”, one of their most popular songs. To me it is a song about being a young adult and not knowing what your place in the world is yet, a bit like “I’m Eighteen” by Alice Cooper, but in the perspective of a Portuguese youth. It reminds me of how much one feels when you reach the threshold of adulthood and you have no idea of what you’re going to do with your life.
In conclusion, these are the songs that stuck with me the most during the month of September, below is the link to the Top5 Playlist, but also to each bands’ website or socials. If you enjoy the songs, take a look at the bands and see if you will enjoy more of their music and/or history.
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Top 5 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31q7XxuF3sTLcuHiTOpbxJ?si=678497d9768b42b8
-The Supermen Lovers: https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZwHrOzAVeLs5Dr3orLVqaZvx9BAK2GFv0q0r6imiKXH0FSDjFgF0z_otlh5j2tuI-UtZOrOYRjx3ORWFML0ovEDoRpCjlK-RgIRSDQzfXf3n3FwwSz2OarrW-putIy61eHiyGBnS5gQ ;
-The Hu: https://www.thehuofficial.com/ ;
- Sepultura: https://www.sepultura.com.br/pt ;
-Tiamat: https://www.facebook.com/tiamat/?locale=pt_PT ;
-Quinta do Bill: https://www.facebook.com/quintadobillbanda/?locale=pt_PT .
