Probably not the same guy.

Reader Brian Twombly e-mailed us about “three bands you seriously need to hear,” and said it “pains me” that we’ve never talked about said bands before.

Okay, Brian. Your wish is our command. Bring it, sucka.

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There was something of a tornado here in Brooklyn yesterday, and even if you didn’t see the tornado itself you saw some of the craziest fucking weather ever. I know you folks out in Nebraska are thinking “So what?” but for us something like this happens about as often as an earthquake does for you. Shit was positively epic. Thankfully even the monkeys didn’t get all riled up like the dudes in the above video — although I think I saw Sammy hiding in the bathtub — and business carried on as usual as it did all week:

• We stroked ourselves just a little bit by celebrating our 10,000th post with a list of our top ten favorite posts ever.
• The return of Ask Oderus: You asked Gwar’s frontman your burning questions and he answered them. Also, Eyal wondered what makes a guitarist “great.”
• We premiered new tracks by Titan, Holy Grail, These are They and we premiered the new Firewind video.
• We spoke with Valient Thorr’s Valient Himself.
• Rumpelstiltskin Grinder changed their name to The Devil. Oh wait, no they didn’t.
• We ranked the Top 10 t-shirts worn by High on Fire frontman Matt Pike.
• We looked at new records by Drudkh and Winterfylleth and Skunk Anansie.
• We looked at our favorite new-school Iron Maiden jams and we wondered if Demolisher is the heaviest band on the planet.
• Tomas Haake may or may not have actually commented on my post about some dude covering Meshuggah’s “Bleed” by playing drums on his pillows. Tomas, if you’re reading this, I have mad respect for your drumming!
• Axl released Part 1 of his Daath in-studio report.

Hopefully no more tornados hit Brooklyn this weekend. Actually, if one could swoop right over Jerry Manuel’s home then hop-scotch over to Omar Minaya’s, I’d be OK with that.

-VN

Relapse won’t release Sweetest Dreams, the new offering from Brooklyn’s epic rock jam band, Titan, ’til October 12, but this is MetalSucks and we aim to please — so we’re debut a new track, “Wooded Altar Beyond the Wander,” right now. Check it out below.

Sweetest Dreams was recorded with current Made Out of Babies/former Red Sparrowes guitarist Brendan Tobin, and in case that wasn’t enough to make ya excited, it’s the first Titan album to feature Zombi’s Steve Moore on bass and synths!

You can pre-order Sweetest Dreams on CD here or on vinyl here. And if you live in the area, you should be aware that the band will be playing at Kung Fu Necktie in Philly on October 22 with Royal Thunder, Serpent Throne, and Snake Sustaine; then they’ll be doing a record release show on October 24 at Union Pool with Royal Thunder and Dark Vibes. The latter is a 21 and over show that will start at 9 pm, and ticketing info will be posted here shortly.

And now, without further ado, we present “Wooded Altar Beyond the Wander” by Titan. Enjoy!

Titan – “Wooded Altar Beyond the Wander”

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