Some of the tracks will have you questioning why they were ever recorded. Some will have you asking why they were never given a commercial release. The videos are all in .wmv (probably because so many in MPEG would kill any normal server), so I haven't checked any out, but it's worth sampling from the mp3 side at least. There's a recommended-downloads list with about 100 entries, but for those with more limited bandwidth, here's my personal picks for best-of-the-best:
Prog fans and metalheads less into blasting will likely dig Nightingale's cover of Dust's "From A Dry Camel", which can be found on this page. (No direct links; the point is to get you to go to the site and browse some other stuff while the download's going). A little long, but very cool.
Thrashers will enjoy nearly anything from Route Nine, an older death-thrash band with Nasum drummer Anders Jakobson. One of the tracks is a dud, but I forget which; "Before I Close My Eyes Forever" is definitely worth getting both parts to.
Everyone else would probably best be directed to Outcome, which, as strange as it may seem, is a bunch of Asia covers done in the style of Bad Religion. I think it works best on "Voice of America", but it may just be that Swanö doesn't have a very 'punk' voice.
And I *could* mention the power-metal parody Steel (featuring Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth), but too many people on this board seem to like that style too much...
--K
