Last week, we posted video of Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe rehearsing with Cannabis Corpse, who he was going to front for the memorial show in honor of late GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot; that show took place this past Saturday, so now, of course, we have video of the actual performance. Here’s the entire set…

…and here’s some bonus footage — Blythe shaving GWAR front man/MetalSucks columnist Dave “Oderus Urungus” Brockie’s head on stage:

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In news that will shock no one who follows him on Twitter (or enjoyed the slow-but-brutal grooves on The Infection, for that matter), Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter likes to smoke weed. And, like so many of us who enjoy herbal refreshments, Hunter has now had a run-in with 5-0. Last night he was arrested in San Antonio for possession; as a result, he missed last night’s Chimaira show, and keyboardist/fellow marijuana afficionado Sean Z. filled-in on lead vocals again.

Hunter seems to be in surprisingly good spirits about the incident, though, if the tweets he’s been sending out since his release are any indication:

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Well, here’s a story which is simultaneously crazy, awesome, and crazy-awesome. From Metal Injection:

“Last Saturday, October 8th, 2011, Cannabis Corpse’s van broke down and they missed their slot on the “Ritual Tour” that night with Black Dahlia Murder and All Shall Perish in Lancaster, PA. Through the band’s Facebook page, they were able to put out the word that the band wouldn’t make it and asked if anyone could help out with a DIY late night gig in the area. Rich ‘Bebo’ Abraham of Richolow Films, a Lancaster based metal music video company got in touch the band and coordinated a show for Cannabis Corpse right down the street from the BDM show to start at midnight. The guys made it to the venue in time to watch BDM and after the show marched with 100 local thrashers to a small venue up the street. A complete rager commenced. Richolow Films caught it all!”

The resulting video is below — and the whackiest part might be, it has more energy and a greater sense of fun that most live videos which weren’t done at the very last minute without any prior planning. Like I said, crazy-awesome.

Cannabis Corpse’s latest, Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise, is out now on Tankcrimes.

-AR

Clearly, MetalSucks is the best media outlet of any kind in the entire universe, but a close second would have to be High Times. The fantasy I have in my head is that the magazine’s offices are constantly shrouded in a cloud of weed smoke so thick everyone has to call out to one another and walk slowly with their hands extended to ensure they don’t crash into anything — kinda the human equivalent of gondolas turning through the canals of Venice — and then once a month someone is like, “Oh, shit, dude, we have a magazine to print!” But I’m sure it’s actually much more professional than that.

ANYWAY, the reason I mention High Times now is because they’ve done two things this week which are extremely metal. First, they debuted a new track by 3, which is called — wait for it — “High Times.” So that worked out pretty well. You know we got nuthin’ but love for 3 here at MS — in fact, we recently debuted a new 3 track ourselves, “React” — so we highly recommend that you head over to the High Times website and check that shit out. 3′s new album, The Ghost You Gave to Me, comes out October 11 via Metal Blade.

The second awesomely metalicious thing High Times did this week is get Phil Anselmo really stoned and do an epic four-part interview with him, in which he discusses, amongst other things, how he smoked herb for the first time when he was six years old. That is fucking YOUNG, dude. At least now I know what to do when I wanna ensure that my son is the next great heavy metal front man. You can check out part one of the interview below, then go here to watch the rest.

-AR

[Anselmo interview news via Metal Injection]

We’ve been trying to get one of the dudes from Cannabis Corpse do a “Metalcal Marijuana” column for us for what seems like forever now, and they said they were gonna do it but never actually did, and now I’m finally going public with this request in the hopes that if enough of you post comments to the effect of “YES PLEASE DO THAT,” it will actually happen.

Then again, it’s hard to blame stoners for forgetting to do stuff. Especially when you’re a stoner who sometimes forgets to do stuff.

Speaking of blaming shit on bud: the band has a new song called “Blame it on Bud” that our, uh, buds at Brooklyn Vegan are now streaming. It comes from Cannabis Corpse’s new album, Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise, which is coming out on July 12 via Tankcrimes. And if you still think of Cannabis Corpse as “just some joke band,” well, you oughta know that Erik motherfucking Rutan mixed the album, SO THAT SHIT IS SERIOUS.

So “get right,” as we like to say, and then go rock out to the song. But don’t toke up and then forget what you were gonna do next, you silly stoners!

-AR

We’ve already had a lot of great entries, but we wanted to remind you about this awesome contest we’re running in case you’re pot-addled brain forgot!!!

Above you see a photo of an awesome, ONE OF A KIND, Silver Surfer-produced, Obscura vaporizer, with a retail value of $600. And we’re just gonna give it away to one lucky winner! Plus, oh yeah, some copies of Obscura’s orgasm-inducingly good new album, Omnivium (out now on Relapse — order one here!), and some sweet Obscura merch, too.

Here’s how you win:

• Anytime between now and June 17 — one week before Obscura kick off their most excellent summer tour with Children of Bodom, Devin Townsend, and Septicflesh — send an e-mail to MetalSucks with “OBSCURA VAPE CONTEST” in the subject line.
• In the e-mail, include a design for a weed smoking device that would be ideal for use in outer space (in keeping with the theme of Obscura’s album art for both Omnivium and Cosmogenesis). How you present that design is entirely up to you — you can just describe it (but be colorful… this is MetalSucks, not your high school science fair), or send in a drawing, a diagram, pictures of a sculpture, or, if you really wanna go for the gold, a photo of an actual working unit.
• OBSCURA THEMSELVES (!!!) WILL JUDGE THE WINNERS, which we’ll announce just before they kick off the aforementioned most excellent tour.
• One grand-prize winner will get the vape (including a soft carrier and all necessary accessories — e.g. a glass blower, tube, etc.), a copy of Omnivium, and an Obscura t-shirt.
• Two runners-up will get a copy of Omnivium and an Obscura t-shirt.
• Unlike so many of our contests, this one is actually open to fans from around the world! In part because the vape actually has European voltage/wiring, which means non-Europeans will have to purchase a converter

And that’s it! We’re really stoked on this contest — remember, this is a one of a kind vaporizer that you cannot get anywhere else – so get crackin’! The more creative your entry, the better your chances of winning. Good luck!

And after the jump, check out more pics of the vaporizer in question, plus get tour dates for that Children of Bodom/Devin Townsend/Obscura/Septicflesh tour!

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So, yeah, 4/20 might have been last week, but better late than never — we have an awesome weed-themed contest for you!

Above you see a photo of an awesome, ONE OF A KIND, Silver Surfer-produced, Obscura vaporizer, with a retail value of $600. And we’re just gonna give it away to one lucky winner! Plus, oh yeah, some copies of Obscura’s orgasm-inducingly good new album, Omnivium (out now on Relapse — order one here!), and some sweet Obscura merch, too.

Here’s how you win:

• Anytime between now and June 17 — one week before Obscura kick off their most excellent summer tour with Children of Bodom, Devin Townsend, and Septicflesh — send an e-mail to MetalSucks with “OBSCURA VAPE CONTEST” in the subject line.
• In the e-mail, include a design for a weed smoking device that would be ideal for use in outer space (in keeping with the theme of Obscura’s album art for both Omnivium and Cosmogenesis). How you present that design is entirely up to you — you can just describe it (but be colorful… this is MetalSucks, not your high school science fair), or send in a drawing, a diagram, pictures of a sculpture, or, if you really wanna go for the gold, a photo of an actual working unit.
• OBSCURA THEMSELVES (!!!) WILL JUDGE THE WINNERS, which we’ll announce just before they kick off the aforementioned most excellent tour.
• One grand-prize winner will get the vape (including a soft carrier and all necessary accessories — e.g. a glass blower, tube, etc.), a copy of Omnivium, and an Obscura t-shirt.
• Two runners-up will get a copy of Omnivium and an Obscura t-shirt.
• Unlike so many of our contests, this one is actually open to fans from around the world! In part because the vape actually has European voltage/wiring, which means non-Europeans will have to purchase a converter

And that’s it! We’re really stoked on this contest — remember, this is a one of a kind vaporizer that you cannot get anywhere else – so get crackin’! The more creative your entry, the better your chances of winning. Good luck!

And after the jump, check out more pics of the vaporizer in question, plus get tour dates for that Children of Bodom/Devin Townsend/Obscura/Septicflesh tour!

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-CM

Corey Mitchell is a best-selling author of several true crime books. Thanks for playing…

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Weed is an awesome so-called “drug”, but it’s NOT for everyone. And throughout certain periods of my life, it’s been that way for me too. Growing up it was fun and my friends and i smoked a whole lot (!) whilst jamming…but somewhere in my mid-twenties, it would/could make me paranoid and uncomfortable in my own skin, so I didn’t/wouldn’t partake as often.

I’m probably the last guy around the MetalSucks Mansion that should be writing about pot.

Last time I smoked was over 20 years ago. I was riding around in a van with a couple of dudes from Deadhorse somewhere in Houston, Texas, having a great ol’ time. For some inexplicable reason though, I decided to give up the ganja then and there. There was no traumatic reason for doing so. I just knew I was done. Haven’t touched the stuff ever since.

So, instead of trying to opine about marijuana, I decided to turn to some of my metalhead friends in the business. I simply asked them to write down their thoughts on pot.

These are their stories:

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The MetalSucks CEOs thought it would be hee-larious to stick me, the straight one, in the driver’s seat on 4/20. You’ll find out later today exactly when I quit smoking pot. I have nothing against marijuana. It’s just not for me.

But for those of you who partake, enjoy this morning’s wake and bake.

It’s “4:20,” from Six Feet Under.

-CM

Corey Mitchell is a best-selling author of several true crime books and was one dark motherfucker when stoned.

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The backstage area of the NYC stop of the Summer Slaughter tour this year was so thoroughly hot-boxed that you could get a contact high just from touching the door knob. Every time someone walked in or out, enormous plumes of smoke would immediately snake right up your nostrils and into your brain. The security guard stationed at the door must have had the best night of his professional life; his job required him to do nothing but glance at the passes of potential entrants and enjoy all the second-hand smoke. I think by the end of the night, I even saw him rocking out to Decapitated.

It will surprise no one to learn that a large portion of the evening’s debauchery was due to the Cephalic Carnage dudes. And it was sometime during the umpteenth pass of the whatever-the-fuck-we-were-smoking-out-of-at-that-moment that Vince and I decided that one of us should do a Metalcal Marijuana interview with Cephalic front man Len Leal. But our number one homies at Metal Injection actually one-upped us, and got Mr. Leal to make an instructional video for vaporizer noobs, demonstrating on the Cephalic Carnage vaporizer that Silver Surfer manufactures. If you’re a vape virgin, well, you can’t find a much cooler teacher than Mr. Leal. Motherfucker is like the Obi-Wan Kenobi of weed.

Metal Injection has lots more awesome coverage of Summer Slaughter, including interviews and live footage. Go here to check it out.

Cephalic Carnage’s latest, Misled by Certainty, is out now on Relapse. Vince is currently giving away a couple of copies here!

-AR

We’ve been meaning to do some “Metalcal Marijuana” interviews forever, but being potheads, we naturally came to execution of said interviews rather slowly. But once we finally got our asses off the couch to begin the new series, we had to answer a key question: “With whom shall we start?”

Knowing that Denver, Colorado’s Cephalic Carnage are also big smokers (they’ve described their music as “hydrogrind”), and knowing that they have an awesome new album, Misled by Certainty, coming out August 31 on Relapse (pre-order it here), CC front dude Len Leal seemed like an ideal place to begin.

I called Mr. Leal last week, just as Cephalic were pulling into Cincinatti for the latest date on the MetalSucks co-sponsored Summer Slaughter Tour; it should go without saying that he was incredibly, uh, affable. After the jump, get his thoughts all things weed, the use of weed in Cephalic Carnage, and, oh yeah, the band’s new album.

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By the time you read this I will either have just-completed or be wrapping-up an interview with Cephalic Carnage vocalist Len Leal; more specifically, I will have just-completed or be wrapping-up an interview with Cephalic Carnage vocalist Lenzig Leal on the topic of weed, and its usage in creating awesome, awesome death grind (“hydrogrind,” as the band calls it). It should go without saying that I’m really, really stoked to discuss two of my favorite topics with a man who I know is pretty much a Jedi master in both metal and marijuana — at Summer Slaughter last weekend, Leal was wearing a shirt that read “Party Organically,” with the letter “i” dotted with a weed life. Nice.

And look! How appropriate! Cephalic Carnage have now debuted a new track on Metal Injection, entitled… wait for it… “The Incorrigible Flame!” Does this have anything to do with weed? Who knows, I can never really understand what Leal is saying without a lyric sheet. But the song is awesome, and I’m inclined to believe that weed had something to do with its creation.

“The Incorrigible Flame” comes off of Cephalic Carnage’s latest, Misled by Certainty, which will be released by Relapse on August 31. The visuals in the above video come from its cover art.

-AR

No mandatory extended vacation in Amsterdam would be complete without smoking a cartel-load of sensational ganja & hashish……and believe you me, I certainly did my part last week.

My personal favorite coffee shop I patronized along my stony travels was most definitely the mighty Dampkring, where the vibe is just right, the staff is ultra-friendly, and the selection is aces.

I highly recommend this spot.

-KW

Holy stony synchronicity!!!!!!!!

Have you guys heard about this crazy volcanic ash situation in Europe that´s grounding planes left and right?!?!?

Well guess whose flight got cancelled from AmstermotherfuckingDAM to NYC yesterday and is stuck spending the week smoking the world´s best hash and weed???

This is not going to be easy — I really appreciate your sympathy.

-KW

As if you didn’t already have big plans for 4/20, Periphery have marked that date for the release of their Sumerian debut, which I’m assuming is self-titled.

That’s already good news, but, interestingly enough, I also just so happen to be aware of another awesome new record that’s coming out on 4/20. I’m gonna have to conceal the identity of that album right now because I don’t think they’ve announced the release date and I don’t want to be a hindrance to whatever they have planned, but trust me when I say there’s no need for cynicism – it’s gonna be awesome.

Thanks to Jeff Bairely for the tip about Periphery. Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em!

-AR

Well, not really. But I certainly do have a “Skull Full of Bong Hits.”

Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em…

“Skull Full of Bong Hits” comes off of Cannabis Corpse’s The Weeding EP, which is out now on Tankcrime Records.

-AR

MS Maniac King Cheezit just sent us the following e-mail:

Dear the merry gentlefucks at Metalsucks,

I come to you as a fellow metalhead and enjoyer of the reefer. If you enjoy watching The Wizard of Oz while listening to Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, then boy oh boy do I have a suggestion for you! I just got out of Avatar in IMAX 3-D while completely stoned out of my mind, and there was only one ingredient missing (for me) and that was the sounds of Gojira. What a perfect way to blend such beautifully heavy progressive metal such as theirs with the intensely spiritual creation from Jame’s Cameron? Can you imagine the power of “From The Sky” during the fight scene in the end, or…well I won’t make any more suggestions to protect from spoiling said experience for anyone else, but I highly suggest the mixture of the three. Any other crazy interesting ideas to mix metal and weed besides just going to a show? I’d love to know, now that I’ve discovered this gem of an idea.

Thank you,

King Cheezit

Now, I actually hated Avatar. I know everyone loves it, but I was stoned outta my skull when I saw it, and I was still as bored as fuck. They really should have called it Avatard.

But His Majesty has a point: what are some good ways to mix metal and weed, besides just going to a show?

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