I’m still playing catch-up. Why? Well, I’m slack. Another reason is that I’m easily distracted. My recent blog post about my ten most influential guitar duos for example got me thinking about what a list of my ten most influential bands with one guitarist would look like.

One band from today’s list would absolutely be in such a list. I’ll have to put that list together. Soon. But not before I finish this article.

A few things happened when putting this entry together in my alphabet playlist of metal. First, I realised I’ve loved a good dual guitar attack in a metal band for a very long time now. Secondly, I discovered that the letter K was another letter that brought me a more limited result when building the playlist. Finally, I discovered that this limitation made me write another late blog post.

Sorry about that.

I’ll say one thing—I’m glad it’s a public holiday today in my neck of the woods. This free day has given me the time to post something for my fortnightly article series for the first time in a long time. If I was to say another thing, it would be that I don’t live in, or anywhere near, the woods.

It would make sense for a Scarebear though. I’ll look into it one day.

To be honest, when I started this fortnight’s playlist of metal for the letter I, I couldn’t think of anything other than Iron Maiden. For a while, it was my only thought. Beyond knowing they would be the first band in my list, I got caught on which Iron Maiden song to pick as the song I selected to represent them.

Once I got past that difficult choice, the rest actually fell into place relatively easily.

I read an article recently that said Internet users have short attention spans. Long paragraphs get lost on people and nobody cares to read too much before getting to the point.

Luckily this fortnight’s playlist of alphabetical music is short and sweet. I could only find six seven H bands I liked enough to include in a playlist.

I’ll start this fortnight’s entry by saying I am truly grateful to work with some genuinely lovely people. Every now and then I’m asked how my fortnightly playlists are going and today was one of those days. Luckily, today’s query resulted in me being able to add enough new music to my list to almost double what would have otherwise been another small entry.

I’ll be honest. I wasn’t surprised that this fortnight’s playlist was easier to put together than the previous fortnight‘s efforts. It’s the letter F after all. This blog post could have almost marketed itself. F‘ing awesome … F Yeah … I could go on forever. Let’s not though.

I knew it would happen at least once in this challenge. A significantly shorter list than I’d have preferred to post. I went through my existing music collection—digital and physical—and still came up short. Maybe there just aren’t that many heavy bands that start with the letter E. That’s an opportunity for someone.