Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock

Includes excerpts of "A Light in the Black," "Tarot Woman," "Stargazer" and "Kill the King."  All songs originally written and recorded by Rainbow.

From the forthcoming tribute album "Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life", available on April 1, 2014 on CD and digital download.  http://smarturl.it/RonnieRising-iTunes

Ronnie Rising (A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio)

For reasons only God knows, I thought it’d be a riot to recreate the BADASS bridge in Mötley Crüe’s cover of Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room via MIDI. A cover of a cover, if you will. Original (Mötley Crüe): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oz3Wh2fnW8&t=1m20s

Mötley Crüe - Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room (MIDI; snippet)

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Cover of Judas Priest's song Living after Midnight performed by Wasteland Rocks.

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Judas Priest - Living after Midnight

Basement Anthem

This rap-metal track is a metaphorical exploration of how repetition shapes identity, belief, and self-destruction. It personifies the human mind as a "Mantra Machine"—a relentless, mechanical device programmed by its own words, thoughts, and actions. The core theme is the power (and peril) of repetition: what you say, think, or do enough times becomes your reality, forging your soul like code in a machine. It's a cautionary anthem about cognitive loops, self-fulfilling prophecies, and breaking free from mental cages.

Mantra Machine

This song is a tribute to my hometown Copenhagen - a city bursting with life, energy, and spirit. It celebrates the freedom, beauty, and rhythm of urban life, where every street and skyline feels alive. This is where I belong - COPENHAGEN an amazing city🫶🫶

LYRIC

Intro
Yeah!
Copenhagen, turn it up tonight,
City’s breathing, streets are alive.

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Verse
Bikes are rolling by the sea,
Voices laughing wild and free.
Every corner, every street,
Feels like home beneath my feet.

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Pre-Chorus
From Nyhavn lights to the lakes so wide,
It’s the place where my soul can’t hide.

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Chorus
 Copenhagen! You’ve got me singing loud,
Every heartbeat lost inside your crowd.
Copenhagen! You’re my fire, my place,
Every moment wrapped in your embrace.

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Verse
Morning sun on painted walls,
Midnight laughter in the halls.
From the towers to the tide,
Love for you I can’t deny.

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Pre-Chorus
Every skyline, every streetlight glow,
Tells me this is the place I’ll go.

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Chorus
 Copenhagen! You’ve got me singing loud,
Every heartbeat lost inside your crowd.
Copenhagen! You’re my fire, my place,
Every moment wrapped in your embrace.

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Bridge
Drive me fast across the night,
Copenhagen feels so right.
Raise the sound, don’t let it fade,
Love for you I will never trade.

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Chorus
Copenhagen! You’ve got me singing loud,
Every heartbeat lost inside your crowd.
Copenhagen! You’re my fire, my place,
Every moment wrapped in your embrace.

Outro

Copenhagen

Finally, The Father of Heavy Metal makes an appearance in my Top 50 Albums of all-time. So many epic choruses and amazing guitar work from Vivian Campbell. It's Dio at his best and at some point, You know he was going to be somewhere in this list.

Album #25 Dio - The Last In Line

29th May 1983 at The US Festival, Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernadino, California. 

"Diamonds & Rust" - Judas Priest (live)

Deep Purple Comin Home

Inspirada particularmente por el relato corto La llamada de Cthulhu de H. P. Lovecraft. Esta canción apareció en el segundo álbum de la banda, Ride the Lightning, en 1984. Fue escrita por Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich y Dave Mustaine. La canción se refiere a un cuento de terror cósmico en el que un ser llamado Cthulhu yace desde hace milenios bajo el mar; este ser es un cazador de sombras malignas de las cuales los humanos somos presas.

Todos los instrumentos fueron interpretados, grabados, editados y mezclados por Ruben Amaya....

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Particularly inspired by the short story called The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft. This song appeared on the band's second album, Ride the Lightning, in 1984. It was written by Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Dave Mustaine. The song refers to a cosmic horror story in which a being called Cthulhu lies for millennia under the sea, this being is a Shadowhunter evil of which humans are prey.



Deep Purple Comin Home

Brad James