I WONDER IF THEY’RE SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE?
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 10:33am by Axl Rosenberg
Well, you can’t say that Jim Malone doesn’t have a sense of humor.
After admitting earlier this year that he’s struggled with anorexia, Malone and his band, Arsis, have announced the title of their new album to be Starve for the Devil.
Maybe it’s just my own warped mind that finds gallows humor in that title, but in all fairness to said warped mind, eating disorders have not traditionally been the thematic domain of melodic technical death metal or, come to think of it, any metal whatsoever. And Malone’s self-professed love of hair metal leads me to believe that the name has to be a deliberate call-back to a certain Motley Crue record.
And you have to applaud Malone for a) not just doing what every other band is doing and b) continuing to be open and honest about his personal travails. And Arsis is a fucking brilliant band, so I’m inclined to think they’ll pull this off brilliantly. And I’ll certainly be paying much closer attention to Malone’s lyrics than I might under “normal” circumstances.
Starve still doesn’t have an official release date, but should be out early next year on Nuclear Blast. To make the release even more enticing, it will feature the return of super-awesome drummer Michael Van Dyne after his absence from We Are the Nightmare.
More info as we get it…
-AR
Looking forward to this! Arsis pwns.
Definitely looking forward to this
totally looking forward to this
incredibly looking forward to this!
Arsis is such a great band, and James is such an incredibly nice person. I met him when they opened for Shadows Fall at the Crazy Donkey on Long Island and had a good 10 minute talk with him just about life and stuff. Such a soft spoken and polite guy.
looking at pictures of the guy over the past few years that is for sure noticeable.
We Are the Nightmare was shredville. I hope this album is similar and has bass frequencies.
agree with the bass part, i couldnt hear a bass throughout the whole record “watn” hopefully the bass will be legit.
Glad to know that I wasn’t the only one who thought that the title related to the eating disorder. Hopefully this will be more like A Celibration of Guilt instead of the crapfest of the last two albums.
YOU ARE RETARDED
I had the honor of meeting Jim Malone at The Haven in Orlando, he was a real nice guy, and I was shocked at how drastically different he looked after he lost all that weight.
I’ll be picking up this new album when it drops for sure.
to be honest ill probably listen to this record, but im pretty much over arsis, kinda. with all the line up changes it kind of makes me think of malone as control freak bitch, although he is good. just the revolving door of members is rediculous. im gonna have to predict that that new/old drummer will surely be kicked out before the record is released.
Did you even read this post?
Who would want to stay in a band that had to cancel every third show, honestly. These people left because they are broke ass musicians trying to get paid. Why do you think Ryan Knight went to the Black Dahlia Murder? Because that vocalist is the last motherfucker who is gonna have an eating disorder.
Unless mainlining coney dogs is considered an eating disorder, which would then explain why most people in Southeast Michigan are without medical coverage.
Hahahahaha!
laughed my ass off at the BDM vocalist part
people that type ‘pwns’ in net forums are retarded.
I have to say, I chuckled for half a second when I read the title.
I’m psyched as fuck to have Arsis back, however.
I don’t know if it was this or Dumah, but I officially like rap more than metal now.
May G-D have mercy on my brutal soul.
I was at the same show as Tommy Lindbergsen, in Orlando. Met him as well. Had the CD insert and the vinyl for COG signed. He was the nicest guy ever. He spent most of his time at the show just hanging out with the audience.