Love Letters in Loud Volume: When Bands Around the World Cover the Songs They Love “ Love isn’t always soft. Sometimes it’s loud, distorted, and played at full volume.” February usually arrives wrapped in clichés — roses, slow dances, predictable playlists. But rock music has always expressed love differently. Not with whispers, but with amplifiers. Not with perfection, but with passion. And sometimes, the purest expression of that love isn’t an original song at all — it’s a cover. When a band chooses to reinterpret a legendary track, they’re doing something brave. They’re stepping into sacred territory. They’re saying: this song shaped us — now let us show you how. To kick off the month of love, here are six bands from around the world paying tribute to the music that raised them — not by copying it, but by rewriting it in their own language. These aren’t novelty covers. These are love letters in loud volume. 1. Nemophila (Japan) – “Master of Puppets” (Metallica) The spark that ...
Saxon – Love Without Ballads “ And the bands played on.” February is supposed to be about love. Roses. Choruses. Predictable sentiment. Saxon never played that game. So it feels only right that Saxon opens our new monthly series — One Band Per Month — not with a ballad, but with something far more honest: love that survives noise, distance, time, and defiance. This series isn’t about ranking bands or rewriting history. It’s about honouring them — for who they were, who they are, and why they still matter. And Saxon matter because they never pretended to be anything other than what they were. Saxon Didn’t Write Love Songs — They Lived Them Saxon’s catalogue isn’t filled with candlelit choruses or romantic fantasy. Instead, their songs speak to: loyalty over lust endurance over infatuation brotherhood over heartbreak Their version of love is forged on the road, tested by time, and kept alive by belief. And that makes it real. Love as Obsession: When Belief Goes Too Far “Dallas 1 PM...