Coinciding with the release of their new album “Warp Riders” The sword has unveiled the first of three planned music videos set to be released.

The video is for the song “Tres Brujas” and introduces us to a fat bearded, I’ll call him Ralph. Who gives the band a magical stress ball that will take them to see three witches.

There’s also this hot asian chick who I think they’re trying to save, because she’s floating around in fucking outer space, while some guy in a trucker cap gets in a sword fight.

Then they all take off in their spaceship.

FUCKING EPIC

Tres Brujas

The Sword | MySpace Music Videos

Megadeth has posted a live video of “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” which is taken from the upcoming DVD “Rust in Peace Live”.

The video looks very nicely shot and the DVD will contain behind the scenes fun stuff to, not just a video of a concert you didn’t go to. Although this clip is suspiciously devoid of Dave Mustaine pissing and moaning about… well everything, I wonder what the DVD has in store.

Yup, and there aren’t a whole lot of marrow donors in Poland. They say it’s too far along to undergo chemotherapy, but we know it’s just because bone marrow transplants are way more metal than chemo.

His wife has donated some marrow, although it’s not known if it is a match yet. Many polish musicians and artists have begun organizing fundraiser events and concerts to help, and all scheduled Behemoth dates have been cancelled.

Don’t fuck with Jesus, he’ll give you cancer.

Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson has picked up the camera on the American Carnage tour to talk with the guys behind the scenes. Check out the sound and light boards in the youtube videos.

Slough Feg is almost done recording the next album entitled “The Animal Spirits”. Aiming for a release by the end of the year, the band has released the track listing in the meantime.

"Trick The Vicar"
"The 95 Thesis"
"Ask The Casket"
"Heavyworlder"
"Materia Primia"
"Lycanthropic Fantasies"
"Second Coming"
"Free Market Barbarian"
"Tactical Air-War"

Finnish Metal 2 will kick off in January 2011 in Orlando Florida and will continue until March. Support will be provided by Rotten Sound and Barren Earth.

I suggest everyone go out and see this show, Ensiferum is an excellent live act. And Finntroll, while not quite as exciting on-stage, brings a crowd that is like nothing you have ever seen and is guaranteed to be a good time.

DATES

January 31 – Orlando, FL – The Club at Firestone
February 1 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
February 2 – Louisville, KY – Headliner’s Music Hall
February 3 – Tulsa, OK – Marquee
February 4 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Alternative Lounging
February 5 – Dallas, TX – Ridglea Theater
February 6 – Amarillo, TX – The War Legion Underground
February 7 – Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse
February 8 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club
February 9 – Ramona, CA – Ramona Mainstage
February 10 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
February 11 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
February 12 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
February 14 – Calgary, AB – The Republik
February 15 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
February 16 – Regina, SK – The Exchange
February 18 – Minneapolis, MN – Station 4
February 19 – Chicago, IL – Reggie Rock Club
February 20 – Detroit, MI – Blondie’s
February 21 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
February 22 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
February 23 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial de Quebec
February 24 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis
February 25 – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
February 26 – New York City, NY – The Gramercy Theatre
February 27 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
March 1 – Philadelphia, PA – The Trocadero
March 2 – West Springfield, VA – Jaxx
March 3 – Charlotte, NC – The Casbah
March 4 – Raleigh, NC – Volume 11

The new album, entitled “Warp Riders”, will be officially available on August 24th. But if you just can’t wait you can hear the entire album on the bands myspace right now.

1. Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
2. Tres Brujas
3. Arrows in the Dark
4. The Chronomancer I: Hubris
5. Lawless Lands
6. Astraea’s Dream
7. The Warp Riders
8. Night City
9. The Chronomancer II: Nemesis
10. (The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire

In another exciting edition of Metalscape Radio. Zach drinks beer and plays music for the internet, by himself. You have to hear it to believe it.

Download that shit

So we can all agree that Van Canto is silly right? Well the drummer has set off to make his own band, full of instruments and everything.

Sounds pretty good.

But he went and replaced guitars with one piano (that tries to play guitar riffs) and came up with this turd. And you have to read the bands Biography, with funny puns such as…

Traditionally, most rock bands are dominated by guitars. Not so the case with IN LEGEND, where the mother of all instruments is the “key” component: The piano.

OMG get it? Key, as in piano key.

FUCK YOU

Equilibrium have posted the album artwork for their upcoming release “Rekreatur” as well as a song from the album.

The song, entitled “Die Affeninsel” (The Island of Monkeys) lolwut, is a quick jaunty number similar to anything you would expect from the band. With some fun instrumentation and keyboard work. Check it out at their myspace.

They are also holding a contest to design the cover for the single release for “Die Affeninsel”. Send submissions to equilibrium@nuclearblast.de in .jpg format, 300dpi, 15x15cm, smaller than 15MB.