These folks are just freakin’ awesome. The song is “Diablo Rojo.” You won’t make it past the 2:20 mark without banging your head. When’s the last time you went all headbanger on an acoustic track? When was the last time you saw this kind of technical ability from a thrash metal guitarist?
Okay, okay, here’s some frankly glorious metal, from a movie that involved some diabolic characters:
The MP3 download is available here.
And in a slightly different vein, a song about another Red Devil. Well, maybe just a person with a reddish-colored name. I first heard this live in a basement in Davis, and it simply is… well, it’s Cake, you gotta crank it!
Finally, a topical song by a Red-Haired Devil, the man who should have played the Joker in the Batman movies (not only does he have the smile, he’s got the voice). That would be Danny Elfman, and “Capitalism” provides Thursday’s Quote of the Day, too:
I had that album ages ago! Or the tape, I forget, maybe a roommate had it…
Thanks for the introduction to Rodrigo y Gabriela. That’s some SKILL! Inflicted the first two videos on my GF (a John Mayer/Michael Buble fan :P); no response yet.