Remember back in March, when we found out that Horse the Band are releasing a six DVD/photo book set from their Earth Tour? Well, they’re only going to be available as a pre-order, because it ain’t cheap to make ‘em. And the ABSOLUTE DEADLINE FOR THOSE ORDERS IS MAY 24. After that, if you want one, tough luck.

In case you forget what comes with this bad boy, it’s five DVDs consisting of a FOURTEEN HOUR LONG “main feature,” then a live DVD, PLUS a photobook. That’s a lot of HTB goodness.

You can order a set here. It’s a pay-what-you like system, with a minimum cost of $79, which seems reasonable to me, considering what you’re getting. You can also seem some previews and get additional details here.

And in case you never have before, you really should read the  “Horse the Blog” bits that HTB keyboardist Lord Gold did for us. They’re friggin’ hilarious.

-AR

Well, here’s a story that caught me pretty off-guard. From The PRP:

“Los Angeles based NINTENDOCORE pioneers HORSE the band have decided to change their name a decade into their career.

Singer Nathan Winneke says, ‘After touring Africa for the last two weeks we have had some profound experiences and decided we wanted a name that better expressed how we feel inside. We felt that it was time for our name to start expressing genuine emotion. We felt for too long we have let people criticize us for our name alone and its abstraction. It has become clear to us after 10 years. Our new name is Wicked Decision. We want people to know we are serious about our music.’”

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Full confession: until about an hour ago, I had no idea who the hell Ke$ha was. I think I’ve read some shit about her on Stuff You Will Hate, or maybe she just looks like someone I’d read about on Stuff You Will Hate (she’s collaborated with SYWH favorites 3OH!3); in any case, I didn’t really know any of her music.

Then I saw on The Number of the Blog that Metal Hammer played her a bunch of metal songs – including selections by Slayer, Megadeth, Horse the Band, Atreyu, DevilDriver, Steel Panther, and Kiss – to get her opinions, and decided I had better check out her music so I knew how seriously to take her reactions.

Holy shit, is this bitch ever lacking in talent. It’s like she looked at Brittney Spears and Lindsay Lohan and said “Nah, those chicks are too classy and prude for me.” If I ever caught my daughter listening to this garbage, I’d probably send her to a convent. And given that I’m Jewish, you should know if I ever send my daughter to a convent, I mean business.

But as it turns out, Ke$ha (I assumed it was pronounced “kee-sha” but apparently it’s “keh-sha,” which sounds like a dish my mom’ll be making at Passover next week) does not have terrible taste in metal – just kinda mediocre taste in metal. Her assessment of Atreyu pretty much hits the nail on the head, and it’s hard for me to talk too much smack on anyone who has good things to do say about the recent output of Slayer and Megadeth. But Horse the Band, “too emo?” Seriously? How about a nice cold glass of go suck a dick, Ke$ha?

-AR

I bought a six DVD set once. It was called Miso Horny, it cost ten dollars, and it literally took me weeks to watch the entire thing, ’cause, well, it’s hard to get through that much content when you’re only watching in fifteen-second increments. I certainly got a lotta bang for my buck, though!

Speaking of bang for your buck: Horse the Band are releasing a six DVD/photo book set from their Earth Tour. Even though I should be able to watch it for slightly longer periods of time than I was the aforementioned yellow fever collection, I still anticipate it taking months and months to get through the whole thing, which will apparently be fifteen hours long. I mean, it took me a week to watch that entire Cannibal Corpse DVD, and that was only three discs! Six discs is so overwhelming!

Still, I bet it’ll be worth it. The “Horse the Blog” bits that HTB keyboardist Lord Gold did for us are some of the most bestest ever to run on MetalSucks, if you ask me. If these DVDs are even half as entertaining, they should be well worth however much time it takes to get through them all.

There’s no release date on this puppy yet, but we’ll let you know when there is. In the meantime, you can read more details here.

-AR

Tomorrow is Halloween. This is great news, because it means that come Sunday (or Monday) people will finally fucking stop talking about Halloween. So sick of it already. When did I become so curmudgeonly? I’m gonna make a hell of an old man. Here’s what went down this week:

• Danzig drummer Chuck Biscuits died. Oh wait, no he didn’t.
• We debuted a new Mudvayne track and we posted live photos from Satyricon and Goatwhore/Eyehategod shows.
• We analyzed the business models of Earache and Roadrunner Records.
• The Boner Tour 2010 has been announced.
• Bison B.C.’s Dan And wrote two tour blogs for us while Horse the Band’s Lord Gold told us about women in diners.
• We spoke with Jucifer’s Amber Valentine and James Plodkin from Jodis.
• We’re giving away a buncha BTBAM shit and celebrating the release of their new album.
• We got all creative writing on your ass.

Our very own Corey Mitchell is gonna be on TV this weekend; he’ll be appearing on E!’s “20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders” on Saturday night at 6:00pm EST/5:00PM CST. In addition to his duties as the resident Mansion old fart, Corey writes books about true crime and is a respected authority on the matter so it should be an interesting (and br00tal) watch. Have a good weekend everyone.

[Horse the Band are currently on tour supporting their new album Desperate Living. Keyboardist Lord Gold (his mommy calls him Erik) is recording their current road trek for posterity in this here MetalSucks blog. Entry 4 follows (read Entry 1, Entry 2 {complete with wild coke party w/ IWABO} and Entry 3). -Ed.]

Two women walked beleagueredly into Denny’s Restaurant after a night of drinking after work, planned one week in advance. They were wearing luxurious, flowing black clothing and black high heels. The high heels were warping severely. Upon closer examination the straps were ripping and frayed. The women’s heel skin was split red and white, crackling over the edge of the platform.

A woman began the process of sitting down. She lowered herself gracefully with one arm leaning heavily against the bowing table and one arm on the back of the booth seat. Her sinews tightened under her supple skin, her bag hanging on her forearm fell to her wrist. She lowered herself about one third of the distance, then completed her entry by letting her body freefall into the booth. The vinyl-covered padding ballooned ever so slightly and then gave way, enveloping her with a muffled whoosh. The whole row of booths tremored slightly. It was a perfect landing.

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There’s a lyric in the song “Hour of Rats” from Fed Through the Teeth Machine, the album by The Red Chord, and this particular lyric has really taken hold in my brain as of late: “WE’VE KNOWN EACH OTHER TOO LONG TO BE FRIENDS.” What a simple, beautiful statement that I can 110% relate to these days. Hm.

Speaking of The Red Chord…

• We’re streaming The Red Chord’s new album, Fed Through the Teeth Machine, through Monday! It’s awesome, so definitely give it a listen, then go buy it when Metal Blade releases it on Tuesday, October 27! We also spoke to The Red Chord’s Mike “Gunface” McKenzie.
• We got a European tour wrap-up from Chimaira’s Mark Hunter, had a nice chat with Kowloon Walled City’s Jason Pace, and even played nice with Oceano’s Andrew Mikhail.
• Lord Gold from Horse the Band graced us with another awesome tour blog, Eyal discussed physical CDs, and Dallas explored the evolution and importance of deathcore.
• We checked out new releases from Converge, Ancestors, and Smite the Righteous.
• Janet Reno quit Attack Attack!
• We’re fairly certain that Dave Mustaine is still a Megadick. Actually, we’re positive.

Have a good weekend everyone…

-AR

[Horse the Band are currently on tour supporting their new album Desperate Living (full stream here!). Keyboardist Lord Gold (his mommy calls him Erik) is recording their current road trek for posterity in this here MetalSucks blog. Entry 3 follows (read Entry 1 and Entry 2). -Ed.]

What has happened in the past week. I don’t remember. I have watched a lot of plants go by through the window and also watched the sky for a very long time while listening to the song “Eskimo Snow” on repeat. There have been some inspirational cloud formations where I thought “yes, life is worth living.”

One night we made a lot of money and people were going insane and I didn’t hate them and I felt very happy and excited because I knew I could make the minimum payment on my credit cards before we went to Europe and still have money left over. The next night we played next to A Day to Remember in San Diego and their show had pre-sold 2,400 tickets. I thought about how their guarantee for the show was probably $25000 and they would sell another $30000 of merch so after expenses each member of the band would probably make $5000 minimum in one night and that would happen every night for a month. I felt sad. If I could be in that band for 3 days I could pay off my credit card bill and have a fresh start in life at 28. It would be funny to pay off 8 years of band induced financial failure in 3 days.

That night our show had 6 local bands.

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Pretty big week here at the MetalSucks Mansion. We laughed, we cried, we fired someone, we rocked out with our cocks out. Here’s a rundown of the highlights:

• We debuted a new song by The Devin Townsend Project, a new video by Skeletonwitch, a new song by Javelina, and the cover art for Sigh’s new album.
• Horse the Band’s Lord Gold blogged about Nawlins and cocaine, God Forbid’s Doc Coyle gave us an exclusive statement about that whole cup throwing incident, Dallas Coyle is giving away music for free, and Daath’s Eyal Levi talked about a run-in with the Polacks and drum triggers.
• We spoke to Dethklok’s Brendon Small, Converge’s Jacob Bannon, Gojira’s Joe Duplantier, and Liturgy’s Hunter Hunt-Hendrix.
• We checked out new releases from Baroness, The Red Chord, Skeletonwitch, Immortal, Vains of Jenna, Vampire Mooose, and Javelina. Also, some asshole really likes Oceano.
• We’re sponsoring the incredibly awesome Tyrants of Evil North American Tour 2010 with Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis, and Mutiny Within!

Alright. I’m going to see Where the Wild Things Are now. I’m fairly certain that it is going to make me weep like Gary Suarez. See ya Monday.

-AR

[Horse the Band are currently on tour supporting their new album Desperate Living (full stream here!). Keyboardist Lord Gold (his mommy calls him Erik) is recording their current road trek for posterity in this here MetalSucks blog. Entry 2 follows (read Entry 1 here). -Ed.]

I was still feeling bored in New Orleans, walking down Bourbon Street after the show, when who did we meet but Iwrestledabearonce at the Tropical Isle, pounding hand grenades. Typical night ensued… got conglomerated, walked down to the Mississippi, did a pound of coke, dominated a 40-somethings gay bar. Feeling a little better about this tour…

A photo essay of the debaucherous night after the jump.

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It was a fuckin’ busy week, no? Either shit was crazy this week or I’ve really got to get outside of the MS Mansion more often. Here’s what went down:

• We announced a Winter U.S. tour featuring four bands TBA, and we revealed them day by day via anonymous interviews. So far we’ve revealed Mutiny Within, Arsis and Exodus (click the band name for the interview). Who will the headliner be? Read the interview here and try to guess.
• Eyal got burnt out on the music he loves and explained the financial realities of being a metal musician.
• We spoke with 3 Inches of Blood’s Shane Clark and White Wizzard’s Erik Kluiber.
• Horse the Band’s Lord Gold blogged about being bored on tour.
• We argued about drum triggering in metal.
• We streamed the asshole-ripping new record by The Destro and a webisode from Steel Panther.
• We said goodbye to Evile bassist Mike Alexander. R.I.P.

Ax and I are going to see 3 Inches of Blood in Brooklyn tonight, so hopefully that’ll provide just the head-clearing I need. See you guys Monday.

-VN

[Horse the Band are currently on tour supporting their new album Desperate Living (full stream here!). Keyboardist Lord Gold (his mommy calls him Erik) was one of the first dudes in a band to do guest blogs for us and he's fucking hilarious, so when he offered to do a tour blog again on this latest jaunt we were delighted. God willing we'll have a few more entries in the coming weeks. -Ed.]

Driving to Corpus Christi… We ate Rudy’s BBQ in San Antonio this morning. I ate half a sausage, creamed corn, and 6 baby back ribs. It made the drive go by, it put me down. 3 hours later… we are in Corpus Christi. I woke up and immediately felt crippling boredom watching the car dealership signs go by. Lots of times when you’re not on tour you feel nostalgia for a certain place and activity you did there. Feels kinda exotic and special compared to the routine of the rest of your life… Being out of town and eating something, or whatever… You think about how fun that would be and how good it will be to get on tour again and roll up there one day. I want to eat sno cones in Corpus Christi pretty often at this sno cone stand. The perfect balance of syrup and ice that held the syrup in it and didn’t freeze into big balls. When I woke up I realized the sno cone place would be closed. It’s not summer. We probably wouldn’t go to the beach either. Then I remembered the venue in the abandoned part of downtown. It put me in a mental hole that reached a low low enough to force me into writing a “tour blog”.

Last night I lay on the floor of the back room for a while in the corner. I did not know what to do. I walked out to the trailer alone and took 3 shots of vodka from my “value bottle” and came back in. Things seemed a little bit better but still not to the point where “talking to people” felt like a viable option. Then we played.

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The below video is a collection of the “Best Keyboard/Synthesizer Breakdowns of All Time.” I saw it today on Sergeant D’s Stuff You Will Hate, which is certainly living up to its name. Because, y’know, I always thought “Gee, totally generic breakdowns could really use some irritating keyboards.”

A couple of good groups, like Horse the Band and Veil of Maya, seem to have snuck their way onto the list, but by and large, this stuff is just as terrible as you’d think. And let’s all thank the guy who made this for not even being able to come up with ten different bands to include – Born of Osiris and HTB are both on here twice.

Also, does The Devil Wears Prada really have a song called “Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over?” ‘Cause that would be an adorable sentiment coming from a three year old. A Christian metalcore band, not so much.

-AR

[We fixed the player issue we were having earlier. Sorry! All better now. -Ed.]

Like we said yesterday, Desperate Living — the new album from Horse the Band which comes out on October 6th — shows a new, more nuanced side to the band. The album is really good; listening to it this morning in its entirety for the first time I was really quite impressed, and it’s definitely my favorite offering of theirs to date. It’s more complex, proggy and headier than anything they’ve done prior, no small accomplishment for a band as completely fucknuts as these guys are. Now you can stream the whole new album below, exclusively on MetalSucks.

Afterwards, check out the video for “Shapeshift” and pre-order the record with an autographed CD insert for only $11.99 at Newbury Comics. HtB have a ridiculous amount of tour dates booked both Stateside and across the globe through the end of 2009; check out the band’s MySpace page for a full list.

[This promotion has ended. -Ed.]

Horse The Band are growing up. They’ve long since distanced themselves from the “nintendo-core” label of the past, and from what we’ve heard of their new album Desperate Living — the new song “Rape Escape” and now “Shapeshift” in the video below — it seems like this album is another big step forward for them. HtB still combine influences from all over the map and their music is still anything but straight ahead rock or metal, but they present it in a much more mature fashion than, say, Iwrestledabearonce (I know Axl thinks this band is the cat’s pajamas, but I’m not sold yet). From what I can tell of the new record so far, Horse the Band seem to be taking themselves a lot more seriously this time around, and it shows in the presentation and composition of their music.

Watch the new (and weird!) video for “Shapeshift” below. Tomorrow, we’re going to have the full exclusive stream for Desperate Living; get psyched.

-VN

Brian Sisserson just sent us a link to this video. Is it metal? Of course not. But it’s awesome, and this woman, Valentina Lisitsa, is apparently doing some work on Desperate Living, the new album from Horse the Band. Check it out:

Speaking of Horse the Band: Lambgoat is now streaming “Rape Escape,” a new song from the band. I’m really digging it… not least of all that whole Wendy Carlos/A Clockwork Orange intro. Check it out here.

Desperate Living comes out October 6 on Vagrant Records.

-AR

Back in early January we reported that HORSE The Band were seeking help booking their own “Fuck the Music Industry” world tour. Here we are a month and a half later with a press release in our inbox from the band’s keyboardist Erik Engstrom (who has blogged for us in the past) that Leg 1 of EARTH TOUR — the self-booked, three-month, four-continent, 40-country tour of the world — is almost fully booked. Usually we’d put the press release here and the tour dates after the jump, but this thing is so fucking impressive (self-booked!) that we’re going to post the full routing here and the press release (which is hilarious and you should read) after the jump. Congrats to HORSE The Band for booking such an incredible run on their own with more to follow. Here are the dates so far:

3/02/2008 – Anaheim, USA @ Chain Reaction
3/03/2008 – OFF
3/04/2008 – OFF
3/05/2008 – Sydney, Australia @ The Metro
3/06/2008 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rare Records
3/07/2008 – Melbourne, Australia @ Gershwin Room (18+)
3/08/2008 – Adelaide, Australia @ Nighttrain
3/09/2008 – Brisbane, Australia @ Club 299 (Under 18)
3/09/2008 – Brisbane, Australia @ Club 299 (18+)
3/10/2008 – Hamilton, New Zealand @ Yellow Submarine
3/11/2008 – Wellington, New Zealand @ Valve (18+)
3/12/2008 – Auckland, New Zealand @ Transmission Room
3/13/2008 – OFF
3/14/2008 – Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan @ Redbomp
3/15/2008 – Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan @ Era
3/16/2008 – Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan @ Sunhall
3/17/2008 – Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan @ Eggman
3/18/2008 – OFF
3/19/2008 – Seoul, South Korea @ Live Club SSAM
3/20/2008 – OFF
3/21/2008 – Hong Kong, Hong Kong @ Pier Pressure
3/22/2008 – OFF
3/23/2008 – Bangkok, Thailand @ Bangrak Bar
3/24/2008 – Shanghai, China @ TBA
3/25/2008 – Nanjing, China @ TBA
3/26/2008 – Nanchang, China @ TBA
3/27/2008 – Wuhan, China @ TBA
3/28/2008 – Beijing, China @ MAO Livehouse
3/29/2008 – Singapore City, Singapore @ Home Club
3/30/2008 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia @ MCPA Hall
3/31/2008 – OFF
4/01/2008 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates @ TBA
4/02/2008 – OFF
4/03/2008 – Ankara, Turkey @ Tunali Golge
4/04/2008 – Istanbul, Turkey @ TBA
4/05/2008 – Eskisehir, Turkey @ Eskisehir Hayal
4/06/2008 – OFF
4/07/2008 – Tel Aviv, Israel @ Patiphone
4/08/2008 – Haifa, Israel @ City Hall
4/09/2008 – OFF
4/10/2008 – Frankfurt, Germany @ O 25
4/11/2008 – Romagnano Sesia, Italy @ Le Piccole Eine
4/12/2008 – Bologna, Italy @ Sottotetto Club
4/13/2008 – Rome, Italy @ Traffic
4/14/2008 – Lasko, Slovenia @ SMOCL
4/15/2008 – Enns, Austria @ Club Hort
4/16/2008 – Dornbirn, Austria @ Schlachthaus
4/17/2008 – Zagreb, Croatia @ KSET
4/18/2008 – Belgrade, Serbia @ SKC
4/19/2008 – Macedonia @ TBA
4/20/2008 – Thessaloniki, Greece @ Street Attack
4/21/2008 – Greece @ TBA
4/22/2008 – Craiova, Romania @ Pistons & Art
4/23/2008 – Cluj, Romania @ Irish & Music Pub
4/24/2008 – Illichivsk, Ukraine @ Golden Lion
4/25/2008 – Ukraine @ TBA
4/26/2008 – Kiev, Ukraine @ DK Himvolokno -ZVEROVISION-
4/27/2008 – Minsk, Belarus @ TBA
4/28/2008 – Kosice, Slovakia @ TBA
4/29/2008 – Budapest, Hungary @ TBA
4/30/2008 – Wien, Austria @ Arena
5/01/2008 – Warsaw, Poland @ TBA
5/02/2008 – Riga, Latvia @ Melna Piektdiena
5/03/2008 – Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi
5/04/2008 – Jyvaskyla, Finland @ Lutakko
5/05/2008 – OFF
5/06/2008 – Sweden @ TBA
5/07/2008 – Oslo, Norway @ Garage
5/08/2008 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Stengade 30
5/09/2008 – Germany @ TBA
5/10/2008 – Meerhout, Belgium @ GROEZROCK
5/11/2008 – Plymouth, United Kingdom @ White Rabbit
5/12/2008 – London, United Kingdom @ Underworld
5/13/2008 – Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom @ Sugarmill
5/14/2008 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Ivory Blacks
5/15/2008 – Sheffield, United Kingdom @ Corporation
5/16/2008 – Yeovil, United Kingdom @ The Orange Box
5/17/2008 – Portugal @ TBA
5/18/2008 – Paris, France @ La Scene Bastille
5/19/2008 – Bordeaux, France @ L’Heretic
5/20/2008 – Bilbao, Spain @ Santana 27
5/21/2008 – France @ TBA
5/22/2008 – Switzerland @ TBA
5/23/2008 – Trier, Germany @ Ex-Haus
5/24/2008 – Bochum, Germany @ Matrix
5/25/2008 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Jubez
5/26/2008 – Germany @ TBA
5/27/2008 – Berlin, Germany @ Cassiopeia
5/28/2008 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Winston
5/29/2008 – Moscow, Russia @ TBA
5/30/2008 – OFF
5/31/2008 – St. Petersburg, Russia @ TBA
6/01/2008 – Dublin, Ireland @ Eamon Dorans
6/02/2008 – Galway, Ireland @ TBA
6/03/2008 – Belfast, United Kingdom @ TBA
6/04/2008 – New York City, USA @ TBA
6/05/2008 – Washington DC, USA @ TBA
6/06/2008 – New Jersey, USA @ TBA
6/07/2008 – Las Vegas, USA @ TBA

The hilarious press release after the jump:

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Horse the Band, art / noise / metal / nintendo-core / whatever pioneers — who you also might remember from our hysterical Horse the Blog series featuring bassist Erik Engstrom — have just sent a press release announcing their formal rejection of the music industry and plans for a 2008 self-booked, self-promoted world tour:

“Three years ago we booked a three-month, eight country tour with no booking agency, manager, or CD in stores. It was the funnest tour we have ever done. 3 years and 11 professional package tours later, we’ve become disillusioned, bad-attitude nerds and pariahs of the established music industry. FUCK IT.

We are currently planning a 40-country tour of Earth. We are booking the tour by ourselves, and going by ourselves because everyone is scared of us and no one will let us play their tours because we are too wild and crazy. In addition, no booking agencies will book shows for us on foreign soil because we have no “tour history on the books” or “soundscans” or “albums in stores”. It is time to once again take matters into our own hands, go off the beaten track, and show the music industry that they don’t matter anymore because of the INTERNET. We hope to be an inspiration to all young bands with honest dreams and the willingness to say “FUCK IT” to the shitty, boring, timid, sterile conventions that have slimed their way into our scene with the recent commercialization and homogenization of underground music. We will be producing a TV show/movie about recklessly circling the globe playing volatile shows, eating weird new foods, meeting new races and species, seeing the marvels of nature and man, narrowly escaping tragedy (or not escaping it), all while teetering on the brink of alcoholism and mental illness and sharing the language of music that unites us all!”

“We need all the help we can get, but we know we can do it using the power of the INTERNET, MUSIC, and SELF-RELIANCE!”

The band needs your help, promoting, booking, filming, feeding, traveling and boozing! Band contact info and a list of where the band is looking to play after the jump.

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[For the duration of their current North American tour which runs through the end of November, HORSE the Band keyboardist Erik Engstrom, aka Lord Gold, will be posting tour blogs from the road, exclusively here at MetalSucks. This week Erik enlighten us on the intricacies of sucking dick on the way to the top. Be sure to check out HORSE the band on MySpace, and catch them on tour. Also check out Blog Entry #1 and Entry #2.]

Everyone in a metal band knows that in order to become a rockstar you need to give some gentle rimjobs and come-from-behind ball massages to truly make it to the top. It’s not about music, fans, or not giving a fuck. It’s about attitude. And by attitude I mean acting mature and having a pleasant, respectful, middle-of-the-line demeanor with the promoter of the show, venue staff, audience, and/or any industry people who happen to be in attendance. In order to become a rockstar you need to Play it Safe.

It’s important.

It’s a “career decision”. I didn’t get into heavy music because I felt something lacking in conventional society, I got into heavy music because I felt it to be a wise monetary strategy with a vast, untapped market potential and room for additional business infrastructure.

Our booking agent recently got a complaint email from a promoter about our “disgusting” conduct. We were “rude, late, unprofessional, and drinking with underage girls in the parking lot”.

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[For the next several weeks, HORSE the Band keyboardist Erik Engstrom, aka Lord Gold, will be posting tour blogs from the road, exclusively here at MetalSucks. This week, Erik shares his thoughts on what it means to be metal. Be sure to check out HORSE the band on MySpace, and catch them on their North American tour which runs through the end of November.]

METAL QUIZ
Metal to me (you) is (pick one)
1. invisible brutality
2. admirable musicianship with inspirational clean-singing breaks

What is most brutal to you?
1. Capturing and raping a virgin, chaining her up for a week and dressing her in fur until she falls in love with you, and then fighting her against another overlord’s slave prostitute and not caring when she loses and dies except that you bet a sword on it.
2. Tremolo picking
3. Drum triggers
4. Playing a solo perfectly while looking at your fretboard and not moving your body
5. Never getting laid

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