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This morning, I received the following e-mail from reader Parker Werley:
“How does a band get to earn the proud badge of having -core in their genre?”
That’s a pretty simple question, but it’s also kind of thought provoking. So I thought maybe we could explore it here a little bit. Because, honestly, I’m not sure that I know what the answer is.
Dallas Coyle a prophet? Maybe not — but his prediction that myriad summer tours would be canceled this year because of the prohibitively high price of gasoline has proven true. Day after day I see tour cancellation announcements dropping into the MetalSucks Mansion inbox and RSS reader, most recently the “Summer of Scum” tour with Shai Hulud and Full Blown Chaos. Inevitably these press releases include vague language such as “uncontrollable circumstances” or issues “out of our hands,” which is not-so-secret code speak for financial issues, aka gas money. If respectable, successful bands like Shai Hulud and Full Blown Chaos are being forced to cancel tours, it begs the question: what lies ahead for the touring industry in these tough economic times?
Congrats to MetalSucks reader Dave D. who won last week’s Funny Photo Caption Contest to the picture at right with this timely gem:
“What Lars Ulrich used to fuck before he fucked over his fans.”
Dave gets Hail of Bullets’ Of Frost and War and Epicurean’s A Consequence of Design sent to him in the mail. I’d also lke to give a shoutout to Walker, who posted this extremely tasteless but no less hilarious caption:
“And a moment later he fell in Tommy Lee’s pool.”
I’m speechless. Anyway, this week we’re giving away a 3-pack of Metal Blade Records CDs including Shai’s Hulud’s recent Misanthropy Pure, Fate’s Vultures and Hatchet’s Awaiting Evil. Just come up with a funny caption to the below photo and post it in the comments. The winner will be notified by email.
I think it’s safe to say that Full Blow Chaos front man Ray Mazzola is the funniest interview subject we’ve ever had. If you’ve read the interview, you know these dudes get into some crazy, crazy The Dirt-style shit when they’re on tour.
So it’s just been announced that they’ll be hitting the road again in July, first to do a string of headlining gigs with The Breathing Process and Sons of Azrael, then to do some shows with science fiction lovers/pure misanthropes Shai Hulud. You should really, really make an effort to go to one of these shows and buy Ray and company a drink or twelve. If you’re nice to them, I’ll bet they’ll let you co-indulge in whatever shenanigans they get up to. And there will be shenanigans.
Just leave your girlfriend/sister/mother/whatever at home. It would be a shame to see anyone you really care about get a bottle shoved up any place that is extremely uncomfortable… like the back of a Volkswagen.
After the jump, get FBC’s complete tour itinerary.
Congratulations to the winners of last week’s Funny Photo Caption Contest; you’ll each be receiving a copy of Another Black Day’s self-titled debut in the mail for coming up with a funny caption to the photo at right. The winners are:
Congratulations. This week we have a package from Metal Blade Records to give away, featuring the brand new Shai Hulud CD Misanthropy Pure and Aletheian’s recent release Dying Vine. All you have to do to win is come up with a funny caption to the below photo and post it in the comments section. Good luck!
I’ve never met Matt Fox in person, but reading his answers to this all-too-brief interview I recently conducted with him via e-mail, I really, really want to. Fox comes across as intelligent, funny, and, as his band’s name would suggest, a knowledgeable and opinionated sci-fi geek; in other words, he comes across as exactly the kind of dude I’d wanna be friends with.
Shai Hulud’s latest cock punch of metallicized hardcore, the excellently titled Misanthropy Pure, hits stores today via Metal Blade, and if you haven’t heard it yet, well, you need to: it’s a vicious, wholly unique entry into a genre that seems to be growing more tired by the day, an album that genuinely doesn’t sound like anything else on the market right now. Above, watch Shai Hulud’s David Brodsky-directed video for the title track; after the jump, check out Matt’s thoughts on the writing process, the metalcore genre, and, of course, all things sci-fi.
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