While reading the words 'Hurdy-Gurdy' might initially direct your mind to a certain Swedish chef from the Muppets, it's actually the name of a stringed instrument operated by turning a hand crank that was hugely popular during the European renaissance (15th/16th centuries).
Tributes from fans and musicians have been flowing in for the great Eddie Van Halen over the last week, who tragically passed away last week at the age of 65 after losing his five year battle with throat cancer.
Our favourite goblin metallers Nekrogoblikon have dropped a new music video for their weird and wonderful cover of System Of A Down's 'Chop Suey!', which was previously released as an audio track back in July.
The idea of covering different genres in the style of metal is an interesting one on paper; how many times have you heard a song and thought "I wonder what this would sound like as a heavy track?".
The O'Keefe Music Foundation are back at it again, this time enlisting a band of young children and teenagers to crush a cover of Slipknot's classic 'Psychosocial'!
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