Quite by accident eight year old Juliet Childs became what some musicians struggle for a lifetime - a metal music star. An impromptu filming of her singing "My First Hardcore Song" in a park went devilishly viral and the song along with t-shirts and other Juliet memorabilia are selling briskly on the web. The video has already had over 8 million views and counting. Her parents says they probably influenced the "child" as she would not go to sleep without the assistance of metal music playing in the background.

German industrial metal sextet Rammstein, named after an airshow disaster and formed in 1994 garnered yet another accolade in 2011 when LoudWire.com awarded their video "Mein Land" the best of the year. There are really two ways to view the caricature of the American beach scene circa 1960's - either as tongue in cheek fun, or a behind the scenes serious outtake on the American experience. One could say we're going to have fun, fun, fun until daddy takes the T-Bird away, and that eventually daddy did take away the car and the keys and left us to take the bus- and the bus is very crowded and dangerous.A more serious psychoanalysis of "My Land" lends itself to an image of teens and young adults partying on "their" beach - it's theirs alone and life is all about play - work is a dirty word even if someone must be paying for the guitars, drums and booze. If you have ever seen an American beach movie set in the Sixties you understand the ingredients of unreality because reality is not… Continue