This song may not have the most insightful lyrics... but it's POWER METAL!!!
Primal Fear - Six Times Dead (16.6)
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Dream Theater: "A Rite of Passage" is HEAVY!
Work! Damn you!
This new video by Dream Theater for the song "A Rite of Passage" is not playing for me, but I'll put it up in hopes it works for you guys. It is Dream Theater after all so we can expect a few things...
1) A five-minute-plus song featuring some heavily layered vocals and a soaring guitar solo from John Petrucci.
2) Some kind of dark sci-fi/fantasy themed video, with possible special effects.
3) A heavy breakdown of some sort, since this is modern Dream Theater we are talking about here.
Lets see if this video starts working and if my predictions are correct...
UPDATE: It turns out that the video does work, you just need to hit pause and let it load properly. I recommend going to the crapper and then coming back and enjoying what is actually a fairly cool/slightly cheesy music video that does contain most of what I predicted above!
If "A Rite of Passage" is any indicator of the heaviness of the album "Black Clouds and Silver Linings" then sign me up! However, it is guaranteed that there will probably be at least one mediocre/lame song on the CD, but I think this song could make up for that.
Besides you can always make a Dream Theater Metal Mix Tape that includes your favorite heavy songs by the band. Imagine...
Randy's Dream Theater Metal Mix Tape
1) "Ytse Jam" ("When Dream and Day Unite")
2) "Pull Me Under" ("Images and Words")
3) "Strange Deja Vu" ("Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory")
3) "The Glass Prison" ("Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence")
4) "As I Am" ("Thoughts Without Words")
5) "Dark Eternal Night ("Systematic Chaos")
6) "A Rite of Passage" ("Black Clouds and Silver Linings")
That would be a sweet album!
This new video by Dream Theater for the song "A Rite of Passage" is not playing for me, but I'll put it up in hopes it works for you guys. It is Dream Theater after all so we can expect a few things...
1) A five-minute-plus song featuring some heavily layered vocals and a soaring guitar solo from John Petrucci.
2) Some kind of dark sci-fi/fantasy themed video, with possible special effects.
3) A heavy breakdown of some sort, since this is modern Dream Theater we are talking about here.
Lets see if this video starts working and if my predictions are correct...
UPDATE: It turns out that the video does work, you just need to hit pause and let it load properly. I recommend going to the crapper and then coming back and enjoying what is actually a fairly cool/slightly cheesy music video that does contain most of what I predicted above!
If "A Rite of Passage" is any indicator of the heaviness of the album "Black Clouds and Silver Linings" then sign me up! However, it is guaranteed that there will probably be at least one mediocre/lame song on the CD, but I think this song could make up for that.
Besides you can always make a Dream Theater Metal Mix Tape that includes your favorite heavy songs by the band. Imagine...
Randy's Dream Theater Metal Mix Tape
1) "Ytse Jam" ("When Dream and Day Unite")
2) "Pull Me Under" ("Images and Words")
3) "Strange Deja Vu" ("Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory")
3) "The Glass Prison" ("Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence")
4) "As I Am" ("Thoughts Without Words")
5) "Dark Eternal Night ("Systematic Chaos")
6) "A Rite of Passage" ("Black Clouds and Silver Linings")
That would be a sweet album!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Bluegrass, Shitty Europop Covers and Lesbians
Finals week at the University of Iowa is almost here and that marks the end of The Metal Show on KRUI 89.7 during the Spring 2009 semester. However, hopefully yours truly will be back doing the show in a few weeks for the summer edition and you can count on the show being back over the airwaves for the Fall 2009 semester.
Just because there is no Metal Show for a few weeks doesn't mean this blog is going anywhere! Expect plenty of new updates on news and music releases. (Such as the recent leak that Slayer's new album might be out on July 7!)
First off I wanted to share this video of the band Slaughter of the Bluegrass covering the At the Gates classic "Blinded by Fear". This version is awesome and the band is hoping to do a full album of bluegrass-metal covers if time and money permits.
Thank the dudes over at Deciblog for finding this one. Note that the link given leads to an interview with the band.
Also you can check out the band's official Web site and vote for songs for them to cover.
Speaking of covers, here is another cover that isn't nearly as cool by a band called The Berzerker. They recently covered the T.A.T.U.'s one-hit-lesbian-wonder "All the Things She Said". The video is stirring up quite the bit of controversy with its footage of screaming dudes and fetish actress lesbians.
Props to a kind of shitty gimmick band for thinking up a marketing scheme to get their name out there.
Note: The Berzerker are not to be confused with the band that coined the hilarious song "Berserker" that was featured on the Clerks soundtrack. That band is called Love Among Freaks and the song can be heard below.
Just because there is no Metal Show for a few weeks doesn't mean this blog is going anywhere! Expect plenty of new updates on news and music releases. (Such as the recent leak that Slayer's new album might be out on July 7!)
First off I wanted to share this video of the band Slaughter of the Bluegrass covering the At the Gates classic "Blinded by Fear". This version is awesome and the band is hoping to do a full album of bluegrass-metal covers if time and money permits.
Thank the dudes over at Deciblog for finding this one. Note that the link given leads to an interview with the band.
Also you can check out the band's official Web site and vote for songs for them to cover.
Speaking of covers, here is another cover that isn't nearly as cool by a band called The Berzerker. They recently covered the T.A.T.U.'s one-hit-lesbian-wonder "All the Things She Said". The video is stirring up quite the bit of controversy with its footage of screaming dudes and fetish actress lesbians.
Props to a kind of shitty gimmick band for thinking up a marketing scheme to get their name out there.
Note: The Berzerker are not to be confused with the band that coined the hilarious song "Berserker" that was featured on the Clerks soundtrack. That band is called Love Among Freaks and the song can be heard below.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Heaven and Hell Announce Tour Dates With Coheed and Cambria as Support!
So Heaven and Hell release and awesome CD "The Devil You Know" and now it's time to tour. Interesting choice on Coheed and Cambria as the opener, but it makes sense after I read Black Sabbath with Dio was the first big concert Claudio (singer of Coheed and Cambria) had seen.
Coheed and Cambria have always had metal elements in their songwriting and they even did a cover of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper"! Too bad the only versions I can find of it are of unpublishable quality.
Here are the two dates I think people in our neighborhood will be most interested in...
HEAVEN & HELL tour dates with COHEED AND CAMBRIA:
Aug. 19 - Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion
Aug. 21 - Detroit, MI - Meadow Brook Pavilion
Click here for the complete list!
Here is the concert that Claudio saw:
Coheed and Cambria have always had metal elements in their songwriting and they even did a cover of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper"! Too bad the only versions I can find of it are of unpublishable quality.
Here are the two dates I think people in our neighborhood will be most interested in...
HEAVEN & HELL tour dates with COHEED AND CAMBRIA:
Aug. 19 - Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion
Aug. 21 - Detroit, MI - Meadow Brook Pavilion
Click here for the complete list!
Here is the concert that Claudio saw:
Chimaira and Toxic Holocaust Music Video Double-Header
Check out this new music video for the song "Destroy and Dominate" from Chimaira's latest album "The Infection".
I actually think what I have heard of the rest of the album is better than this song, but I guess it's a good thing when you can release one of the worst songs on your album and still have it be an OK single.
Chimaira - Destroy And Dominate
Next up, we have a video from modern day thrash band Toxic Halocaust" for the song "Nuke the Cross" off their latest album "An Overdose of Death...".
Is it just me or is it becoming hip to be thrash again? Even old thrash bands seem to be reuniting that I never heard of in the first place! Anyways check out the video below.
It has the essential items every metal music video needs. Loud guitars. Leather. Fire. Guitar players on fire. Solos. And mosh riffs. Goddamn!
TOXIC HOLOCAUST - Nuke The Cross
I actually think what I have heard of the rest of the album is better than this song, but I guess it's a good thing when you can release one of the worst songs on your album and still have it be an OK single.
Chimaira - Destroy And Dominate
Next up, we have a video from modern day thrash band Toxic Halocaust" for the song "Nuke the Cross" off their latest album "An Overdose of Death...".
Is it just me or is it becoming hip to be thrash again? Even old thrash bands seem to be reuniting that I never heard of in the first place! Anyways check out the video below.
It has the essential items every metal music video needs. Loud guitars. Leather. Fire. Guitar players on fire. Solos. And mosh riffs. Goddamn!
TOXIC HOLOCAUST - Nuke The Cross
Friday, May 1, 2009
As I Lay Dying: "I Never Wanted" Video
Check out the music video for the song "I Never Wanted" off of As I Lay Dying's album "An Ocean Between Us".
By now everyone has grown tired of this metalcore business, but these guys do it right and have some good live energy. Their DVD "This is Who We Are" is out now.
P.S. Check out this news about a Dimmu Borgir comic??? I guess black metal musicians will make good comic book characters!
By now everyone has grown tired of this metalcore business, but these guys do it right and have some good live energy. Their DVD "This is Who We Are" is out now.
P.S. Check out this news about a Dimmu Borgir comic??? I guess black metal musicians will make good comic book characters!
Zombie Outbreak Strikes London!
That's right, according to none other than BBC news, the swine flu has apparently evolved to a new form known as H1Z1 that causes people to be brought back from the dead in fits of violent rage.
Don't worry, if you check the link, it is actually to a site that is not the official BBC one, but good job on the hoax! We need some humor now and again.
Check out the story.
Don't worry, if you check the link, it is actually to a site that is not the official BBC one, but good job on the hoax! We need some humor now and again.
Check out the story.
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