Archive for April, 2009

Fuck me, my preferred mp3 store has followed the same route as Apple. The pricing hasn’t affected anything I’ve bought so far. But when it does… I’ll shut up and pay whatever they ask me to.

We knew it was coming, Apple has finally introduced a tiered pricing scheme for songs in iTunes.

Basically, more popular songs will cost $1.29 and less popular songs will cost $0.69. The majority of music will stay at the standard $0.99 price point.

This probably won’t affect the majority of people visiting this site, and I haven’t seen a single song priced at $0.69 so it’s all the more reason to use Amazon’s MP3 Service. Where songs can often be found for less than $0.99 and are never more than that. Songs from Amazon are also easily imported into any media player using their excellent software.

But better yet, support your local record store and enjoy the perks of a fully packaged disk.

James Malone (the dude with the long black hair in the pic below), vocalist/guitarist of tech-death band Arsis is apparently suffering from anorexia. I read some press release a while back where he was apologizing to fans, their record label and pretty much everyone about the fact that they had canceled every gig they were supposed to be on for most of 2008. Back then he only mentioned some personal problems and that “there is no safe way to loose 100 lbs in 4 months”.

In a recent interview on Noise Creep, Malone comes clean about his anorexia problem. He mentions that at his worst he was weighing 128 lbs, which is “crazy for a guy who is 6′ 1″ tall”. Kind of gets me thinking, I’m 6’3″ and weigh 150 lbs. Am I bordering on anorexia? Anyway, Malone is on the way to getting his shit together. And now that original drummer and college buddy Michael Van Dyne has rejoined them, things are looking up for the band.

When you think of metal musicians dealing with personal problems you imagine stuff like drinking, drugs, being broke or getting shot at; but I would have never imagined Arsis’ main man suffering from anorexia. Here’s to him getting out of that hole and keep on keeping on.

This concert really wasn’t going to be a highlight for me. I was mainly looking forward to Municipal Waste, and to see if Children of Bodom played anything good. But when As I Lay Dying had to cancel and were replaced by the mighty Suicidal Tendencies, I began to really look forward to this show.

God Forbid: We showed up late and missed these guys. I’ve heard mixed things about them but never bothered to really check them out.

Municipal Waste: I’m a pretty big fan of these guys, so I was pissed that we only showed up for the last 2 songs (Fuck trying to go anywhere with more than 3 people btw) but they were solid from what I saw. I don’t think they were used to having such a big stage and didn’t take advantage of it. I look forward to seeing them in a smaller venue sometime though.

Children of Bodom: What can I say? Practically the definition of sell out, they opened up with Silent Night, Bodom Night, and played Bed of Razors towards the end. By that point though, I was just waiting for them to end it so I could drive a nail without burning out the teeny bopper girls jumping all over me creaming in their panties.

I can’t say there’s been a band I’ve been this disappointed with live, at least I could laugh at Dragonforce, but I went through a big Children of Bodom phase and it’s like Alexi took the money I spent on their early albums and wiped his ass with it on stage. His “Hey look guys I’m Americanized” tough guy bullshit was out in full force. “FUCK YEAH IVE NEVER SEEN A FUCKING PIT THIS FUCKING BIG I WAS SO FUCKING HUNGOVER THIS FUCKING MORNING BUT YOU FUCKING GUYS MADE ME NOT FUCKING HUNGOVER AND FUCKING I FUCKING FUCKER FUCKER BITCH HATECREW MOTHERFUCKERS!”. If I remember correctly this guy used to have an accent.

It also didn’t help that during some slower song this dude was dry humping his girlfriend and his ass kept banging into my leg on the back thrusts.

Fuck Children of Bodom

Suicidal Tendencies: The pain of the Children of Bodom set was washed away as soon as Cyko Miko came skipping out on stage. I’ve been listening to these guys forever. They were one of my Dad’s favorites and are now one of mine. The crowd thinned quite a bit, the area that was pretty jam packed during Children of Bodom was now sparsely sprinkled with groups of kids who didn’t know what the fuck was going on, “WTF? Where’s As I Lay Dying?”. Looking at all the Suicidal Fans like they were crazy… Which made the opener “You Can’t Bring Me Down” all the more fitting.

Who the hell you calling crazy?
You wouldn’t know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating Fruit Loops on your front porch

They played a lot of good stuff, Send Me Your Money, War Inside My Head, Possessed to Skate, Cyco Vision (This is when a glimmer of recognition shone through the crowd towards the back), and Pledge Your Allegiance as a closer.

As usual it was part rock concert and part motivational speech from Mike. He’s been doing this for close to 30 years, and you can tell he wouldn’t change a minute of it.

Lamb of God: This band has always been a mixed bag for me, so I didn’t have much opinion on seeing them. But as usual they put on a good show, solid playing from every member in the band. And they were fun to watch. They dedicated the song Contractor to Suicidal Tendencies, if every song they wrote was more along the lines of that one I would probably enjoy Lamb of God a good deal more.

Overall I had a good night, and No Fear was giving out free drinks after the show so it was all good. Suicidal Tendencies is going to be in Europe in June, don’t miss them.

These Guys are fucking hilarious.

They currently have alot going on too

They are going to release a new DVD called “The Birthening” on april 14.

A new CD called Sandwich is going to be released 5/5/2009.

They are also currently Touring the US

18 apr 2009 19:00 2009 Jagermeister Music Tour Beaumont Club Kansas City, Missouri
19 apr 2009 19:00 2009 Jagermeister Music Tour featuring Pop’s Sauget, Illinois
20 apr 2009 18:00 2009 Jagermeister Music Tour The Blue Note Columbia, Missouri
05 may 2009 19:00 Nutty’s North Sioux Falls, SD
08 may 2009 19:00 Lizard’s Lounge Wichita, Kansas
09 may 2009 19:00 Club Roxbury Omaha, Nebraska
10 may 2009 18:00 Box Awesome Lincoln, Nebraska
14 may 2009 19:00 Iliff Park Saloon Denver/Aurora, Colorado
15 may 2009 19:00 Old Community House Cheyenne, Wyoming
16 may 2009 20:00 Club Vegas Salt Lake City, Utah
19 may 2009 19:00 Peppertree Lounge Idaho Falls, Idaho
20 may 2009 19:00 F.O.E. Billings, Montana
21 may 2009 19:00 The Other Side Missoula, Montana
22 may 2009 19:00 The Blvd Spokane, Washington
23 may 2009 19:00 Central Saloon Seattle, Washington
25 may 2009 20:00 Players Bar and Grill Bend, Oregon
26 may 2009 20:00 The Space Salem, Oregon
28 may 2009 19:00 The Sports Bar / sponsored by KRRX Redding, California
30 may 2009 19:30 Dreamland Community Center Hayward, California
06 jun 2009 20:00 The Panic Room Los Angeles, California
19 jun 2009 19:00 The Rock Nightclub Maplewood, Minnesota
21 jun 2009 19:00 The Garage Burnsville, Minnesota
23 jun 2009 19:00 The Medium Brainerd, Minnesota
27 jun 2009 20:00 Racer’s Edge East Moline, Illinois
28 jun 2009 19:00 The Annex Madison, Wisconsin
29 jun 2009 19:00 Coconut Louie’s Bloomington, Illinois
06 jul 2009 18:00 Amped-Up Lyons, Indiana
08 jul 2009 19:00 Krazy St. Grille Indianapolis, Indiana
10 jul 2009 20:00 Phoenix Hill Tavern Louisville, Kentucky
11 jul 2009 20:00 The Underground Sandusky,Ohio
03 aug 2009 19:00 Brick House Dover, New Hampshire
29 aug 2009 19:00 The Haven Winter Park, Florida
18 sep 2009 19:00 Chic’s El Paso, Texas

Their Myspace

German power metallers Stormhammer have released details about their upcoming album “Signs Of Revolution” wich they are going to release May 22. Tracklisting is as follows:

1. The Other Side
2. Omens Of Agony
3. Kiss At The Abyss
4. Signs Of Revolution
5. Permanent Menace
6. Well Of Wisdom
7. Bridges To Eternity
8. Pied Piper
9. From Dusk To Dawn
10. Ride On A Razorblade
11. Sham World
12. Challenge Of Life
13. Calls From The Other Side

The titles looks like generic powermetal titles and the artwork looks kinda generic too

But i still have high hopes for these guys and im looking forward to it especially with their new singer Mike Zotter.

Arkona, the russian pagan metal band, is releasing their first DVD ever “Noch Velesova” starting in Finland and for some fucked up reason, Spain. Here’s the cover art:

And here’s the release dates:
Finland & Spain: 27.05.2009
G/A/S & SWE, Ben elux, FRA, ITA: 29.05.2009
EUROPE: 01.06.2009
USA/Canada: 16.06.2009
Nicaragua: lolwut

I could give a shit about Arkona (although I do like that one song off that one album). Dunno, maybe I should listen to them some more. But you have to give props to a band whose drummer gets run over by a car and simply walks it off like nobody’s business.

Source: Myspace

I’m on it like crack. Despite the gay linkin park drums and that weird dude chiming in from time to time with his “screaming” to metal things up, I’m drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Maybe it’s because of the female vocals, or maybe because I’ve been starved for anything remotely good to listen to lately. In any case, it’s entertaining my saturday. This could’ve been so much better without that fucking drumming.

Anyway, here’s a picture of hurdy gurdy hottie Anna Murphy:

It’s in Norwegian, so it pretty much qualifies as metal. That is all for now.

After posting the video for the single “Omnos” Eluveitie have posted the entire album on their MySpace, as well as a song by song interview to read while you listen.

While so far I’m liking it more than I thought I would, I don’t think the label “acoustic” really fits it… at all. The whole thing comes off as a little overproduced with weird electronic effects put on the drums. It doesn’t evoke an acoustic atmosphere, it’s no more acoustic than something like Wild Dances by Ruslana.

Actually that song is more entertaining than this whole album, and she’s hotter to boot, so I’ll leave you with a video of Ruslana.

Eluveitie – Evocation I – The Arcane Dominion 6/10… metalscapes?