SPEAKING OF RUSTY COOLEY…
Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 2:30pm by Axl RosenbergLast month my man Vince posted a video of Rusty Cooley shredding like no one has ever shredded before; then, yesterday, the dudes in All Shall Perish said in their interview with Sammy that Rusty “is, hands down, one of the best guitarists on earth.”
Well, I didn’t really know that much about Cooley, so I decided to do some homework and check out his band, Outworld, to see what he was like in a band situation where he’d have to play an actual song rather than just scales (at an admittedly super human speed). As it turns out, Outworld are pretty good – although I’m not over the moon about their vocalist, who I think borders on a parody of a good power metal glass-breaker. Still, I leave it to our beloved peanut gallery to have the last word…
Here’s Outworld’s “Warcry.”
-AR
That must have been the windiest video shoot ever!
Pretty sweet shit but the dude had one of those stupid ass Affliction shirts on. Only Bros who think they are UFC fighters wear that shit.
Axl, agree with you on all accounts. Methinks somebody has a Halford poster somewhere on the wall of his bedroom, no?
To “AR”
First of all, the singer quit this band like last year and they said they will take the band in a Meshuggah style direction for the next CD, so it would be nice if you got your shit straight.
Second of all, you rag on Outworld (who I don’t particularly love either; too many stolen Nevermore riffs), but praise All Shall Perish? Like your (awful) musical taste actually matters. Keep praising soulless wanky metalcore bands and shitting on actual metal bands. This site is a cancer to the scene, just like Metal Injection.
@bob
The scene is a cancer to the scene.
Bob,
First off, he DIDN’T rag on Outworld – although any band with a ridiculous high-pitched power metal singer sucks immediately, as far as I’m concerned – and second, if you feel this site is such a cancer, why are you here? Go sharpen your swords, or burn down a church or something.
You’re out of touch. Just accept it so you can get back to making your world smaller in peace, and we can get back to enjoying good MUSIC – that’s right, there’s a bigger world out there than just metal.
BTW, I enjoy metal from the 1970s through now, ranging from Maiden to Slayer to Cannibal Corpse to All Shall Perish and much in between, so don’t try to peg me as representing “metalcore” – a subgenre that means very little to me. “Actual” metal bands? I don’t even care what you mean by that. Axl is growing the “scene” (which is a bullshit notion anyway; what is a “scene” and why should anyone care about it?) by fostering dialogue, reviewing metal new and old, and generally promoting the discussion of metal – a genre heavily beleaguered by hostile and closeminded fucks like you.
@Mike: I had a thought to address with “Mike” but it seems you somehow mind-melded with my brain and stole my words, verbatim. I give Vinnie and Axl grief all the time, but honestly, they do foster a healthy (usually) dialogue about metal and the ancillary pop culture surrounding the “scene”.
Industrial fans…Check
Air Raid Vocals…Check
Random Ass Warehouse…Check
Keyboard that adds little to the sound except cheese…Check
What a sick intro to the song. I was headbanging getting motivated to jack some shit up then all of a sudden……SOME FAGGOT STARTED RUINING THE SONG. I swear to god power metal is the gayest shit since two guys fucking each other in the ass. FUCK!
You know what the wierd thing is? I posted my response, the multi-paragraph rant up there at 4:00, but at 3:52 SOME ELSE named Mike posted as Mike “Mike”, summing up my the point of what I wrote in 8 words BEFORE I EVEN WROTE IT. I didn’t post the first “Mike” response! Coincidence? I don’t know…
**twlight zone theme music**
my only problem with rusty cooley and similar shredders like MAB is that while they are ridiculously technical, it’s not musical enough. i simply can’t listen to it.
*for that long
I’d love to rip on “bob” but since that has been accomplished by others I’ll thank him instead for bringing the wonderful news that the “testicle squeezed” vocalist is out of the band. The music rocked but those vocals made me want to stab myself in the ear with a screwdriver. The vocals ruined what was otherwise pretty damn good. I sincerely hope he quit the band so that he could drive to the nearest cliff and jump off it.
You know when you see guitars with more than the normal amount of strings, that things are about to start sucking…….
Great music. Not a fan of the vocals.
If it weren’t for the dude’s Affliction shirt I would’ve thought this was from the late 80’s.
Good music, but the singer is a bit over the top.
I really need another update on the new God Forbid album.
Yup… the vocals completely ruin it. I hope they are indeed getting a new singer… Someone in the vein of a Jesse Leach would be nice
First of all, I am terribly disappointed that there are all these responses and nobody is talking about the faces. I mean either the drummer is constipated or trying to swallow his face. Hilarious! And people want to talk about “the music”? The riffs are ok, but the drummer’s faces bring me back for more.
Second, shouldn’t we talk about Rusty’s crazy ass instructional videos? I think we should.
Not bad. I’d listen to it again. The vocalist kinda sounded like what Tim Owens would sound like if he had a baby with The Heathen and said baby was then castrated.
I listened to the entire album every morning while travelling to school two years ago. It sucks at first, but really grows on you if you listen to it a couple of times. Even the vocalist has his moments. I recommend checking out ‘City of the Dead’. He does a great job there.
All you raggers of Outworld……..are you guys doing anything worth a crap? You guys rule or what? :)
You tell em Bobby Williamson! All this hating is ridiculous. One poster even stated anyone who plays anything but a 6 string sucks.. WHAT THE HELL?