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Hardly:

If this was the actual album art, I’d buy it instantly and declare Slayer as the greatest metal band in history:

As seen on The Sheriff’s album “review” thread. If anyone knows the original source of the image let us know.

My uncle, AKA my roommate, just sent me this via e-mail. He’s supposed to be working right now, but there’s always time for internet videos. And this one is cool as shit:

I could give a shit about Guitar Hero (even though it is quite fun), but this ad is awesome:

Have you ever wanted to own a unique piece of Metalscape memorabilia? Well you’re in luck, because now you have the chance to do exactly that!

Metalscape Co-Host and barely-accomplished acoustic guitar player Ron is auctioning his one-of-a-kind Marshall AS50R Acoustic Amplifier on eBay. That’s 50 watts of Marshall’s finest amplification for non-electric guitars. This fantastic device features 2 independent channels, RCA inputs, reverb and chorus effects and a high-tech ultra-modern Anti-Feedback module. You can hear this amazing piece of equipment on such classic albums as Finntroll’s “Visor om Slutet” and Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez”!*

Bidding starts at $180 but why delay the inevitable? Buy it now for $230 plus shipping! That’s the best offer I’ve heard of since they announced free ground shipping on orders of 2 or more items from the Metalscape Store! UNBELIEVABLE!

So head over to the auction page now and make your dream come true by purchasing this gorgeous and magnificent object of desire today!

*This statement may or not be completely false and ridiculous.

Apparently, Finland has become the first country in the world to declare broadband internet access as a basic human right, and is demanding that by July 2010 all citizens of the Power Metal country by excellence be provided with at least a 1 MB/s connection. And by 2015 that requirement will jump to 100 MB/s.

In other news, Nicaragua has no idea what the fuck the internet is.

I was going over this blog’s stats as they relate to daily number of visits and the posts you guys read the most, and I was surprised to see that the most read post on the site was the “Sundays at the Wordless Chamber” one.

In my never ending quest to create the ultimate metal blog and in turn, create the ultimate metal revenue, I took these findings to heart. I guess you guys enjoy reading personal informative tidbits that also offer the opportunity to interact more than reading actual metal news or articles.

So in order to satisfy this unfulfilled crave, I am now writing this here post. It’s a peaceful Tuesday afternoon and I just finished washing my car using the pressure water gun located inside this rental community I recently moved in. It definitely got rid of most of the dirt and crap that was obscuring the radiant beauty of my beloved steel chariot (which by the way is now all nice and fixed for those of you who remember the perilous condition it was in not too long ago). It’s a good start, but it’ll definitely need a good scrubbing to achieve a complete clean.

With that out of the way, I entered the Wordless Chamber with the iron will to being the outline for the persuasive speech I am to be doing tomorrow. I’m doing it on why you should learn to cook your food at home, and I truly wish all you guys were in that classroom with me watching me perform magic with words. To be witness to one of my speeches is like being in the presence of the truly divine, all modesty aside. And for those of you who question my authority on home cooking, I’ll leave you with a picture of what I prepared for lunch today; Lamb with chips and rice:

Delicious ^

But yeah, I’ll begin working on that as soon as I’m done with this post. I’ll prolly also need a refill of chocolate milk as my glass has run low in the course of this typing. I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you guys about the Store; I added a couple of shirts featuring some classic Metalscape phrases, and later this week you can expect a new design featuring Zach’s “Food Connoisseur” and “Folk Me!” concepts. Also, episode CXX was released yesterday, so if you haven’t checked that out, you most definitely must. It’s a very good one and it contains some important news concerning Metalscape’s future.

We’ll see how this personal posting thing works out. Maybe I’m onto something, maybe it was a coincidence, we’ll see. So what are you up to on this Tuesday evening?

Devin Townsend quit all conventional drugs (tobacco/pot/booze) but has already picked up a new one: Twitter.

This dude does nothing in his life but record albums and post in Twitter.

If you’re a casual visitor of the Metalscape blog you know that updates are not really a common thing to see on our page. So it may have caught your attention the fact that there were 3 (!) on the same day. I mean, that’s a lot of fucking updates.

The reason for this is because I, Ron, am the only one that makes posts on a somewhat regular basis, and for the last week or so I had no internet in this new apartment I’m now living in. You read that right, I am no longer sharing my dwelling with that crazy Venezuelan ape known as “Chepe” you all came to love/hate.

I’m not back to living on my own, as I know share this apartment with an uncle of mine, but it is definitely a significant change. And I guess this really has not much of an effect on the podcast, but I thought you guys should know. And hell, I’m in a posting mood and there’s no mortal man that can stop my stride.

By the way, new episode will probably get recorded tomorrow (Sunday, Oct 11) if Zach can find the time in his extremely busy schedule.

Sup gice.

I’m supposed to get my car back from the mechanic today. I was going to tell you the awesome tale of how it got fucked up over the supposed episode recording that was gonna take place during the weekend. As you all know, that didn’t happen.

For all of you who don’t know, I’m the proud owner of a 2004 Nissan Murano, and last week something wicked its way came. I was backing out my parking spot when I suddenly noticed that the steering had become harder than my abs. It was almost completely locked. At the same time I started hearing a weird creaking noise coming from the engine, so I stopped. I looked under the car and saw a puddle of liquid which I assumed to be the power steering liquid. I also assumed that I was not going anywhere in this car that day.

So I called the mechanic to send a tow truck over to pick up my crippled vehicle and get it fixed. I thought it was a simple matter of replacing a broken hose or a seal, but no. According to el mechanicho, I had somehow managed to break the power steering rack. Now if you’re like me when it comes to cars, the first thing you’d be thinking is “what the fuck is the power steering rack?”.

It’s this thing right here:

And if you wanna know how that fucker works, click here.

So the tech mech tells me I’m gonna have to replace the entire piece. Either that or take the broken one to some dudes that do “repair” work on these sort of parts for a fraction of the price. I of course tell him to get it new because I don’t want some random bastards putting lawnmower parts inside my trusty steed. This happened on Thursday. It’s been 4 days without my car now. It sucks.

That colombian grease monkey told me it was going to be ready today, so in the meantime I’m writing this post.

I miss my car.