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We haven’t posted one of these crazy mash-ups in awhile, but reader Cody Barrick sent us this DJ Schmolli mash-up of Motorhead and Slayer, and since it a) doesn’t involve a terrible or semi-terrible pop or rap song and b) works surprisingly well, it struck me as worth sharing…
-AR
New MetalSucks photographer Diana Lee Zadlo was on hand at The Trocadero to capture photos at Satyricon show last week in Philadelphia. Her stunning images after the jump! Also be sure to check out her photos of Eyehategod and Goatwhore from the previous night.
Reader James Keglor sent us the following e-mail about the band The Sign of the Southern Cross:
“in case yall aint heard ov this band then check em out. Especially check out the tune Purge, its really fuckin badass but the rest are kinda like Tera filler songs. The dude sounds EXACTLY like Anselmo its insane like i wouldnt be surprised if Phil was actually the singer in secret.”
Although it’s clear that the singer wishes he were Phil Anselmo, I don’t think this band is anywhere near as good as Pantera. I also don’t think James should continue to spell “of” with a “v” more than once in any given e-mail, but that’s a personal decision that James has to make on his own.
Also… a confederate flag, fellas? Really?
If you feel so inclined, check out The Sign of the Southern Cross here, then share your opinions with James in the comments section below.
-AR
Living Colour, one of the best live bands on the planet right now in pretty much any genre, are playing the Highline Ballroom here in NYC tomorrow night, and we just came upon a pair of tickets to give away! We’re gonna make this real simple because we have less than 24 hours to unload these babies, so all you hafta to do to win is:
TELL US WHICH LIVING COLOUR SONG HAS YOUR FAVORITE VERNON REID GUITAR SOLO, AND WHY
We’ll read through all the answers and choose a winner in the morning. The tickets will be at will-call under your name. The only requirement to enter is – duh – that you have to live in NYC, or near NYC, or be willing to get your ass to NYC by 8 pm tomorrow night, when the show starts.
This contest ends on Friday, October 30 at 6 am EST.
The show is nearly sold-out (actually, by the time you read this it might be totally sold-out) and is sure to be killer, so definitely go ahead and give it your best shot! And don’t forget that Living Colour’s awesome new album, The Chair in the Doorway, is out now on Megaforce.
Good luck everyone…
-AR
Anubis Gate have begun writing material for a new record to be released in 2010. Halt the presses! Decent but unspectacular obscure band that sounds like a million other mainstream bands is working on a new record! Zilty’s creaming his pants in anticipation.
-VN
Ax and Vince receive a lot of emails from readers anxious for us to check out bands, both their own bands and ones they just happen to dig. This is great, and we really appreciate it. It’s how we find out about new, cool music.
However, we’d like to suggest two tips to ensure that we actually listen to the band you’re so excited about:
Capeesh? Yes, we’re assholes.
Sincerely,
AR & VN
A little birdy came and told me that Karl Sanders has never been to Egypt.
What what WHAT?!?!
This perplexing nugget of information came up in conversation because yours truly just booked a flight to Cairo in February. There will definitely be a serious Nile listening session in effect when I visit the pyramids, and, if Egypt’s mobile technology allows, blog and Twitter updates from The Middle East will be aplenty. Better yet, I’ll be traveling with someone who lived there for 2 years and speaks Arabic, and for at least part of the time I’ll be staying with a local metalhead. I’m really looking forward to exploring the underbelly of Egyptian metal culture, whatever that entails… I’ll probably get a lot of confused looks when I tell folks I run a website called “Metal Sucks.”
We’re trying mightily to get Mr. Sanders to accompany us on our journey. We’ll see how that pans out. In the meantime, Noisecreep is streaming Nile’s new track “Utterances of the Crawling Dead” which comes from Nile’s new album Those Whom the Gods Detest, out November 3rd. You should listen to it whilst imagining the hilarity of this Jewish metalhead traipsing around Egypt this coming Winter.
-VN
-LK III
Today I want to talk about acrostics. For those of you who didn’t waste ridiculous amounts of money on a college English degree, an acrostic is when the first letter of each line of a text spell out a message. For example, below is an acrostic from lines 510-514 of book nine of John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost:
Scipio the highth of Rome. With tract oblique
At first, as one who sought access, but feard
To interrupt, side-long he works his way.
As when a Ship by skilful Stearsman wrought
Nigh Rivers mouth or Foreland, where the Wind…
This is pretty neat, and, needless to say, it’s not a coincidence. Milton was a smart guy – he read himself blind, for crying out loud. And, of course, acrostics have been used in lots and lots of other pieces of literature.
The reason I bring this up is two-fold:
If you’re not familiar with Resurrection, here’s a little background you need for the acrostic to make sense: the album was the band’s first after their acrimonious (or at least semi-acrimonious) parting with Roadrunner Records, and the lyrics to said title track (example: “Free at least/Finally tasting happiness”) are generally accepted as being about the split.
With me so far? Okay. So here’s the acrostic from the song:
As promised, here are the dates for that whole Between the Buried and Me/Cynic/The Devin Townsend Project/Scale the Summit North American Orgasm Tour 2010, which I’m sure actually has a much more “professional” name, even though calling it the “Orgasm Tour” would really just be truth in advertising.
ANYWAY, the dates. Okay, here we go. Get ready to celebrate or cry, depending on where you live…
In a move that’s seen relatively little press, Earache announced on Monday that they’ll be giving away the entirety of Gama Bomb’s new album Tales From The Grave In Space for free via Rapidshare.
Woah, what? For free?!?!? “But there’s money to be made on music sales!!” cry the industry curmudgeons. That sound I just heard was a certain old-school metal publicist screaming in disgust when she wasn’t even asked to.
This is the most forward-thinking business decision I’ve seen any metal label make to date. It’s absolutely groundbreaking, and Earache should be applauded. Now I’m going to tell you why in exactly 1,123 words.
Of course that’s not what Regis actually says when he introduced the craptastic reunited band – the song is called “Rain” – but it’s what I thought he said the first time I watched this.
And “rape” would be an appropriate word for what Scott Stapp does to the song. Not that it was ever going to be any good – this is one of the most deplorable rock acts on the planet, after all – but holy shit, does he miss some of these notes. I’d feel bad for him, but he’s a worthless woman beating fuck, so really I just hope that he gets nut cancer. At least with no testicles he could hit those high ones like it was still 1998.
-AR
Thanks to Pete Arado for the tip.
Completing their coverage of this past summer’s super-awesome grind show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple (featuring Pig Destroyer and Brutal Truth), our brovers (half brothers, have lovers… purrr) at Metal Injection have posted five pro-shot clips of Repulsion’s first-ever NYC performance. If you’re one of the many sad (and possibly suicidal!) people who wasn’t able to be at this incredible show, here’s your chance to live vicariously through the magic of cameras and editing.
Below, enjoy “Slaughter of the Innocent;” you can check out more br00tal footage here.
-AR
We loved the last tour blog that Bison B.C.’s Dan And did for us so much, we’re only all-too-happy to present another! Below, please enjoy part 1; check back tomorrow for part 2!
Sep 11 ’09 (Vancouver BC @ Commodore)
I always love kicking off a tour with a show in Vancouver. It’s great to have one last chance to get completely loser pissed with our friends before we hit the road for however long. This time we were fortunate enough to finally share the stage with local good ‘ol boys The Golers and old pals 3 Inches of Blood. The Golers have been around forever and everyone should fucking hear them. They’re basically Vancouver’s Venomous Concept: relentless, break-neck speed pummeling. Is grind-punk a genre?
Show was fucking fun as all hell. It was 3 Inches record release show for Here Waits Thy Doom (which may or may not feature all of us doing backups on the song “Preacher’s Daughter”) and the place was packed! The cap of the Commodore is somewhere between 950 and 1000 and apparently it was like 15 tickets away from being sold out. Jesse from local grinders Zuckuss pointed out how fucking crazy it is that three local bands brought that many metal heads out of the woodwork. The night was bitter sweet though because not only was our good friend Ian unable to be there because of surgery but that night would also be my last chance to ever set foot in local punk/metal institution the Cobalt. I can’t even describe how awesome that bar and the staff are. The thought that it’s getting shut down by the fucking slum lords that own the building so they can cash in on Olympic fever makes me wanna tear someone’s head off. I’m consoled by the fact that I know bar legend/honcho Wendy 13 will soon enough have a new venue I can crawl out of at 5am reeking of Jager bombs. COBALT FOREVER!
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RUFKM? (AKA “Are you fucking kidding me?”) takes a look at stellar metal albums and their douchie one-star Amazon reviews.
Next up: Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast.
Nate Acephalic opined: “This is for the people who have little left in the brain and have perhaps burned one too many nerve cells. Great music to be retarded to.”
Andy critiqued: “pretty sad when the backstreet boys are a heavier band than you… his voice sounds like bea arthur trying to sing.”
Jeremy cracked: “Dudes and other genders Maiden sux bad…all i have to say…’har har look at me im all gay and stuff i listen to maiden.’”
MS Maniac Edward Wilfred is digging the new stuff from NYC black metallers Krallice. Says he:
First I want to thank you guys for turning me on to this band in the first place. They are definitely one of the greatest black metal bands I have ever listened to. But anyways, they have a new track up on their myspace and apparently a new album is coming out november 10!!!!! Hurry up and post the news so the rest of the metal world can jizz over the news!!
You’re welcome for the introduction, Edward. But I’m going to have to disagree with your assertion that they are one of the greatest black metal bands ever (“that you’ve listened to”… ok, maybe).
In theory, I should hate a band that has adopted the gimmick of being completely Star Wars-themed, but I’m a Star Wars dork and have enjoyed Buckethead’s renditions of John Williams’ awesome score many times in the past. So I’m gonna give a free pass to the UK’s Anchorhead, who not only do metal versions of Wiliams’ music, but apparently play dressed as various Star Wars characters. Seriously. Take a look:
The title of this post is intentionally sarcastic, so please don’t get cranky or confused! Still, I think we all can agree that the traditional single has become ever rarer with the rise of digital downloads. Though still in circulation, 7″ singles maintain a tenuous, uncertain existence even in the punk and hardcore scene. Clearly the demand for vinyl exists in the metal community, as savvy indies large and small produce (sometimes limited) wax versions of their releases. This, then, is why I anticipate at least some of you will be happy to hear that The End Records will release a 7″ of brand-new music from Brooklyn noise rockers Goes Cube.
As you may be aware, Vince and I are both big fans of The Destro. So this news, which I read on Metal Underground, is pretty upsetting:
Brad Kirkland, bass player from Metal Blade recording artists THE DESTRO, reportedly disappeared before the band’s show on Tuesday, October 27 at Fubar in St. Louis, MO. The band called the venue and cancelled the show minutes before they were due on stage.
This is the second time in a month that a prominent metal band has completely misplaced a member; but unlike that other group, the dudes in The Destro are not total idiots, and actually make good music. It would be great if it turned out that Kirkland was just enjoying a lost weekend, because while that make him irresponsible, at least he’d be safe, and the only consequence would be that he make a sincere apology to any fans who got screwed out of a Destro gig.
More news as we get it.
-AR
On November 10th, Unearth will offer up a special edition of their latest album The March. The special edition will come with a bonus DVD featuring a tour documentary entitled The Three Day March, with footage shot by acclaimed director Doug Spangenberg during Unearth’s recent tour of the Northeastern US. The DVD will also feature footage from inside the studio during the band’s recording sessions for The March as well as party footage from the band’s recent tour with Testament. Anyone who’s ever met the dudes from Unearth or even seen them live should know that they’re a perpetual party machine… so this should be fun to watch. In addition to the candid behind the scenes footage, the DVD will also feature live footage of four songs from the 2008 Wacken Festival and the three music videos shot for The March.
Check out an exclusive preview clip from the DVD below, and pre-order the special edition set here. Unearth go on tour in early November with Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Born of Osiris and Hate Eternal; full list of dates after the jump.
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