Cover Of The Month 3/12: “I Am The Hunted” (Charged G.B.H), City Baby Attacked By Rats, 1982.

Just like back in 2015, we’re going UK for the March cover in this year’s series as well. We can’t deny how much of an impact and influence the UK punk/metal scene has had on us over the years. Not to mention all the classic hard rock bands from our childhood.
Anyway, that time it became a song by The Exploited that we chose, but before finally settling for them, another strong candidate we also considered back then as well was G.B.H. So this time around they felt quite given to be saluted with an interpretation by yours truly.

As one of the most iconic and classic punk bands of all time both music- and style-wise, we surely cannot be alone to have them as one of the first bands we got into when discovering this genre in the first place. There’s just no end to the insane amount of bangers they’ve produced, which is something that made the task of choosing just one song a bit complicated.

The songs from their early EPs and singles are perhaps the ones that most people strongly associate them with. We thought it felt a bit too obvious and after some serious consideration we eventually decided to go with a song from their first album. Which in retrospect feels like an excellent choice since it really suited us well as it has elements of punk rock, the rawness and a certain melody. We also gave “Slit Your Own Throat” a try, but it literally stumbled at the finish line.

By the way, is it just us or aren’t Eddie on the cover of Iron Maiden’s debut album and Colin Abraham from the same era strikingly similar? Anyone else ever thought about that?

Recorded by Jocke D-takt at Studio Mangel, February 2025. Mixed and mastered by Kenko at Communichaos, March 2025.

Note: the songs are only available via our YouTube channel.
Link: https://youtu.be/A1eG2NAzqCM

Cover Of The Month 2/12: “State Oppression” (Raw Power), Screams From The Gutter, 1985.

While discussing which songs to choose this time around, we early figured out that we really wanted to do something Italian. They have such a rich history and strong tradition of great bands, and their scene seems to stay ever so alive, active and vibrant. It can be hard to choose among all of our favorite bands, and at the same time be in agreement, but we tried to be spontaneous and go for what the gut feeling said at the moment. A band and a song that immediately felt right without analyzing and discussing it too much.

We decided to go for this all time raging opening track from a stone cold classic album. The way that they’re stylistically moving in the borderlands between punk, hardcore, crossover and thrash is something that we really feel that we can relate to. Bands with such versatility are always a huge inspiration.

With its mindless intensity and anthemic sing along chorus, this is simply the kind of song that you just can’t resist urging to play, and wish you were able to write yourself. The rest of the album is full of songs that ain’t too far behind either, and to wrap it all up it’s also graced with one of the sickest looking cover artworks you’ll ever lay your eyes upon. That twisted sewer-creature in those shrieky colors is just a perfect match with the craziness of the music itself.

Recorded by Jocke D-takt at Studio Mangel, December 2024. Mixed and mastered by Kenko at Communichaos, January 2025.

Note: the songs are only available via our YouTube channel.
Link: https://youtu.be/hl45Bqf1D7Y

Cover Of The Month 1/12, January: “Armageddon” (Bathory)

Time for another year with a monthly cover, to pay tribute to bands that have influenced us in one way or another. Overall, we will mainly make our own interpretations and versions of bangers that made us rockin’ air guitar, bang our heads and simply go wild over the years. The first time we did the ‘Cover Of The Month’ project was in 2015. Now, like then, it’s a study in other bands’ songwriting and deeper diving into the structures, arrangements and techniques behind the timeless classics that once caught our attention in the first place. Hopefully we’ll get some guests to join us this time around too.

First off is this gem from one of the most influential bands and albums of all time, Bathory shouldn’t need any further introduction.
“Armageddon” is just one pick from an abundance of immortal classics on this album, being released in a time when nothing was really labeled or carved out yet when it comes to the countless extreme metal subgenres that soon would follow. Just fast and loud unhinged madness.

Can’t ignore the total punk vibe of the whole thing either, having these guys clearly not being able to play (what most ignorant people would consider) very well, yet not giving a shit and just doing their thing anyway, and believing in it. Proving that with that attitude, you can accomplish the most sensational things and completely change what everyone thought they knew about music.

Tonight we raise our cups and toast in angels’ blood!

Recorded by Jocke D-takt at Studio Mangel, December 2024. Mixed and mastered by Kenko at Communichaos, January 2025.

We have also compiled all 12 covers as an album to those who missed out ‘COVER OF THE MONTH 2015’ or who wants to refresh their memory. Listen HERE!

Note: the songs are only available via our YouTube channel.
Link: https://youtu.be/_Lhx8wN7Wk0