Comments on: METALSUCKS WELCOMES NEW GUEST BLOGGER, DAATH GUITARIST EYAL LEVI

By: jbstans

jbstans — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:11:03 +0000

Your keyboard can you just didn’t know how!

Alt + Numpad 134

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And Alt + Numpad 0197 for the capital! Å

By: Demogorgon

Demogorgon — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:36:32 +0000

3 months

By: metalguy

metalguy — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:26:43 +0000

sleeping with a seatbelt and getting the seatbelt marks on you would be more badass.

By: DecrystallizingReason

DecrystallizingReason — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:25:04 +0000

Uhh…Knock on wood?

By: harshdoobs

harshdoobs — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:05:13 +0000

OOOOOOOOOH, driving without a seatbelt, what a badass!

By: \m/Eluveitie\m/

\m/Eluveitie\m/ — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:21:32 +0000

The point of the whole thing was that Daath DOES NOT CARE about personal safety

By: Justin Foley

Justin Foley — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:45:14 +0000

At least you’re looking at this with your eyes open.

Still, there are some things that you can do to decrease the likelihood of problems. Many of the band problems I’ve heard are not necessarily the fault of the band but could have been avoided if someone hadn’t tried to drive tired or make up extra time during a dark snowstorm.

My advice for others (and maybe you do some of this stuff): Make an equipment checklist, print up a bunch of copies and keep them on a clipboard – run through this checklist EVERY time you stop for gas (tire pressure, equipment hitch is solid, gear has not shifted in trailer, etc). No one is allowed to drive for more than two hours in a row after dark. There is not shame in being the slowest, hazard flashingest thing on the road in rain or snow. Hook up a bunch of extra lights on your trailer. Driver is not allowed to interact with any devices other than the car/van (cel phones, nav devices, vibrators, etc). Always maintain a three second delay between when the back of the car in front of you passes a point and when your front tires pass that point. And the number one rule of carrying a trailer – treat the speed limit as a LIMIT.

I’ve found that keeping the driving part of the tour as boring as possible makes an inherently dangerous activity safer. In fact, write this on masking tape and post it on the dash board in front of the driver – “OUR BAND KEEPS IT BORING”.

= Justin

By: alexwank

alexwank — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:54:59 +0000

this reply was exactly one sentence too long

By: \m/Eluveitie\m/

\m/Eluveitie\m/ — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:53:59 +0000

Judging from this entry’s topic, this blog, along with the band, will be short-lived

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:18:29 +0000

I greatly look forward to reading this blag.

By: Max M

Max M — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:19:18 +0000

Good to see that Metal Sucks got another blog person. Dallas Coyle was good, but he just kind of stopped writing a while ago.

By: shreddies

shreddies — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:14:43 +0000

That video looks SICK!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:56:29 +0000

you get your terrorist keyboard symbols out of here

By: godmoney

godmoney — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:08:02 +0000

*ding ding ding* we have a winner in the comments section!

By: Mancubus

Mancubus — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:42:28 +0000

If you’re using that analogy, then the new God Dethroned and Susperia albums are not just showers but two of the biggest blackest cocks out there.

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:28:37 +0000

Wow. I can’t wait to go on tour. Thanks for that.

By: MetalMatt

MetalMatt — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:36:57 +0000

meh.
The Concealers isn’t that great so I don’t know how much I will bother to follow Daath now. Maybe it’ll be a grower.

By: MetalMatt

MetalMatt — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:35:23 +0000

my keyboard won’t even do that.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:58:04 +0000

So does this mean I get to wish you a painless death next time I see you guys play?

‘May you die painlessly in an atrocious van accident!’

By: Mancubus

Mancubus — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:38:35 +0000

Anybody up for betting on how long Eyal has to live? I’m going with six months.