FUCKING METAL

Mnemic - Mnemesis (2012) Amazon MP3 link Ah yes, more Mnemic!...

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:13:59 -0400

Mnemic - Mnemesis (2012)

Ah yes, more Mnemic! Glad they’re making some new stuff because they’re fucking awesome melodic death metal. Based on the samples it sounds a bit more industrial and djent but it still sounds sweet. Comes out June 19th, although it has supposedly been leaked onto the internets.

Formless - Horrid Obsession I’ll put the spotlight on a...

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:45:00 -0400

Formless - Horrid Obsession

I’ll put the spotlight on a talented young lady who shreds pretty hard. Go to 2:06 to watch the song start playing, but this is probably my favorite song by them. The riffs are pretty awesome and the solos near the end are so fucking good.

Mind you this is some pretty fucking solid tech death.

I honestly have no clue who Arthur Brown is

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:23:15 -0400

I honestly have no clue who Arthur Brown is

Nile - The Fiends Who Come to Steal the Magick of the Deceased

Sat, 26 May 2012 16:36:03 -0400

Nile - The Fiends Who Come to Steal the Magick of the Deceased

Cephalic Carnage - Megacosm of the Aquaphobics Amazon MP3...

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:51:50 -0400

Cephalic Carnage - Megacosm of the Aquaphobics

Amazon MP3 link

MAN! I had no internet for 2 fucking weeks and that really fucking sucked. My tube is back on, so have some fucking brutal death metal.

Slaughter Survivors Tour 2012 I’m highly considering just...

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:46:25 -0400

Slaughter Survivors Tour 2012

I’m highly considering just not going to the main Summer Slaughter tour except that would be a fairly dumb idea, however if money was tight I would want to see Aegaeon more than anything else, plus I’m salty that they didn’t win the opener spot on the main tour.

Photo taken during Kreator’s set in Chile

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:53:43 -0400

Photo taken during Kreator’s set in Chile

An update on Jeff Hanneman, guitarist of Slayer

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:25:00 -0400

An update on Jeff Hanneman, guitarist of Slayer:

Slayer fans everywhere - it’s time to let you know what is going on with our brother Jeff Hanneman.

As you know, Jeff was bitten by a spider more than a year ago, but what you may not have known was that for a couple of days after he went to the ER, things were touch-and-go. There was talk that he might have to have his arm amputated, and we didn’t know if he was going to pull through at all. He was in a medically-induced coma for a few days and had several operations to remove the dead and dying tissue from his arm. So, understand, he was in really, really bad shape. It’s been about a year since he got out of the hospital, and since then, he had to learn to walk again, he’s had several painful skin grafts, he’s been in rehab doing exercises to regain the strength in his arm; but best of all, he’s been playing guitar. We were all excited when he joined us onstage for the encore a year ago at The Big Four show at Coachella. Since then, we’ve given him all the time and support he’s needed to continue his rehab so he can come back to the band fully recovered and able to deliver the kind of shows we all want him to. While Jeff’s been doing some writing and has been coming to rehearsal over the past several weeks, he has decided he needs to take more time to continue his rehab. While we want him back onstage with the band, all of us support his decision. So, we’re very grateful that Gary Holt will continue to fill in for Jeff, and will tour with us until Jeff completes his rehab and is ready to return. How long will that be? The best and most honest answer we can give you is ‘as long as it takes.’ We also wanted you to know that we’ve been doing some writing and recording for the next Slayer album - we’ve tracked a few songs, and will finish the album when we’re off the road later this year. Gary will join us on tour in Europe and the UK in May and June, and then we’ll all see you on this Summer’s Mayhem Festival.

For those of you who don’t know, Gary Holt is the guitarist for Exodus. He is EXTREMELY talented and has been absolutely incredible playing with Slayer while Jeff wasn’t doing so well. I’d be stoked to see Gary but I’d be even more stoked to see Jeff play again on tour.

Now THIS is awesome. It’s just a small clip from what...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:44:00 -0400

Now THIS is awesome. It’s just a small clip from what seems to be the 2010 Mayhem Festival with Cannibal Corpse playing. There is a handicapped person in an electric wheelchair in a mosh pit. I think he’s seriously redefining the term “circle pit.”

Please, find ANY other genre of music where someone with a disability like this man can have this much fun.

Hypocrisy Live At Summerbreeze 2002 About to spend the next hour...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:46:35 -0400

Hypocrisy Live At Summerbreeze 2002

About to spend the next hour watching this. Such a great band.

Sinister - The Carnage Ending (2012) Sinister released some...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:54:02 -0400

Sinister - The Carnage Ending (2012)

Sinister released some hi-res album art for the upcoming album. No release date has been announced yet, but it’ll be 10 tracks and full of death metal.

Photo

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:23:50 -0400

There seems to be a lot of problems in the record industry...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:41:45 -0400

There seems to be a lot of problems in the record industry lately. WMG bought out Roadrunner Records in 2010, and now Roadrunner is closing offices in Germany, Canada, and the UK.

Now Napalm Death is publicly displaying some concise hate for their own record label. This can’t be good…

Nile - At The Gate of Sethu (2012) The reigning king of...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:44:35 -0400

Nile - At The Gate of Sethu (2012)

The reigning king of technical, historically-themed brutality, Nile, has announced a July 3rd release date for its upcoming studio album, At The Gate Of Sethu. The follow-up to Nile’s latest state-of-the-death-metal-art release, Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009), will once again be released via Nuclear Blast Records. Neil Kernon (Cannibal Corpse, Macabre) handled production duties for Nile’s seventh full-length.

Time for another brick-shittingly good time with Nile. I’m sure it’ll be better than Ithyphallic, but I wonder if it’ll be able to top Those Whom The Gods Detest. Comes out June 26 in Europe and July 3 in the US.

thekittencovers: Iron Kitten and Kitallica

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:35:33 -0400

Iron Kitten

Kitallica

thekittencovers:

Iron Kitten and Kitallica

Dimmu Borgir - The Insight And The Catharsis I cannot emphasize...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:38:09 -0400

Dimmu Borgir - The Insight And The Catharsis

I cannot emphasize enough how absolutely amazing Vortex’s voice is. This is definitely one of my favorite Dimmu Borgir songs and I’m pretty sure every time I get to that last bit at the end every hair on my body stands on end. Goosebumps of awesomeness. Take time out of your day to remember Vortex’s voice and get a dose of black metal.

This lineup… it’s just… like wtf. Someone had...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:03:42 -0400

This lineup… it’s just… like wtf. Someone had to die at that concert.

What a lovely pair of underwear

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:21:00 -0400

What a lovely pair of underwear

Did you realize (in your blog about Max being announced as the permanent bassist of TBDM) that when you put JFAC as an example of a band constantly changing line ups, Alan from JFAC and Max were both in Goratory and Burn In Silence together?

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:22:00 -0400

Actually I had no idea. I’m fairly certain I met Alan though, but then again I can’t remember because I was pretty drunk and they’re always changing members (there’s a picture of us.. somewhere…). I used JFAC as an example because they go through a lot of people but the music stays pristine and gets better and better over time. TBDM, even though they’re my favorite band by a longshot, seems to hit some weird plateau with me.

God dammit time to go listen to all their albums again. It’s gonna be a TBDM marathon.

Summer Slaughter 2012 Tour Dates I could have sworn Fallujah was...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:23:00 -0400

Summer Slaughter 2012 Tour Dates

I could have sworn Fallujah was on this tour but maybe not. I still stand by what I said a while back regarding Periphery because they’re definitely the odd band out this year. Not that it’s a bad thing, because it’ll be refreshing to have them play in the middle of everyone else.

Now when you see these dates I wouldn’t get too angry if they aren’t coming to your city based on this list. There’s a few areas where it seems like there’s a lot of time/distance between shows, such as June 31 in Fort Lauderdale then not playing until August 8 in NYC. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is another date (hell, maybe 3-5) added within that timerange. Hopefully we’ll see some more dates added (finalized?) in the near future.

UPDATE: Blah blah blah, the official and finalized dates were released a little bit ago.

7/20- Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
7/21- San Diego, CA @ SOMA
7/22- Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
7/23- Scottsdale, AZ @ Venue of Scottsdale
7/25- Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
7/26- San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
7/27- Mission, TX @ Pharr Events Center
7/28- Houston, TX @ House of Blues
7/30- Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
7/31- Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
8/01- Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
8/02- Knoxville, TN @ The Valarium
8/03- Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend
8/04- Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
8/05- Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
8/07- Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
8/08- New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
8/09- Albany, NY @ Northern Lights
8/10- Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
8/11- Montreal, QC @ Heavy Montreal
8/12- Toronto, ON @ Heavy Toronto
8/14- Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
8/15- Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s
8/16- Chicago, IL @ House Blues
8/17- Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
8/18- St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
8/20- Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
8/22- Seattle, WA @ The Showbox Sodo
8/23- Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
8/24- San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
8/25- Anaheim, CA @ The Grove