IN WHICH WE GOT NAKED AND DRANK COW’S BLOOD
Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 6:48pm by Vince NeilsteinI’m ’bout to go party at a triple-birthday event then get rowdy at an outdoor winter BBQ tomorrow afternoon (Bacon Explosion, anyone?). But not before I can tell you what went down on MetalSucks this week:
- Dallas broke the silence on Earthsblood and told the “Blabberbitches” to fuck off.
- Zakk Wylde recorded on a Dope song, throwing his last shred of cred out the window. Yeah, Dope.
- Metal Hammer released a shady list of the best death metal songs ever. But at least Metal Hammer is still around: Metal Edge and Metal Maniacs bit the dust for good.
- David Draiman hit the singles market. J-Date.com, here comes the sickness!
- We spoke with Sunn O))) mainman / Southern Lord Records founder Greg Anderson and Sylosis’ Josh Middleton.
- We told you what we think about the new release by Dimension Zero while we asked you what you think about Lamb of God’s latest.
- Sigh’s foxy Dr. Mikannibal got naked and drank cow’s blood.
- We took shots at Camp Kill Yourself and Insane Clown Posse, and their fans took shots at us.
Peace in the mideast.
-VN
Let’s say you need a new car, and you have it narrowed down to two: A BMW and a Toyota Carolla. The Carolla is a safe, dependable car that you’ll probably own until your kids are in high school, even if you don’t have kids yet. The BMW, on the other hand, is also, in theory, a well built, reliable car with the added bonus of being fucking awesome. The difference, of course, is that your finances don’t allot for a new BMW, despite its awesomeness, and a new Carolla – with its reliability and not entirely emasculating presence – is certainly one of the better new car choices you could make considering your budget. Metal, however, isn’t priced on quality, and such choices don’t have to be made in that fashion. Dimension Zero are definitely a Toyota Carolla: they’re perfectly adequate, they play proficiently, their band members are of varying pedigrees in Swedish metal, and there’s absolutely nothing exceptional about their music. And though Dimension Zero aren’t a low quality melodeath band per se, there sure as hell isn’t anything really good about the band’s latest, He Who Shall Not Bleed.
