Artillery Bring the Big Guns and Drowning Pool Video

These old school thrash bands that I never heard much about seem to keep releasing new material this year and here is yet another band that has an album coming out.

Danish thrash band Artillery will release the disc "When Death Comes" on August 11 and the first single is called "10,000 Devils".

The band has been around since the beginning of the thrash scene and this song has elements of thrash, power and death metal all mixed in. I like it!





Next up is a video from Drowning Pool. I know, they are pretty commercial, but the latest single they released is catchy. Former Soil vocalist Ryan McCombs is a large part of this and any band that can keep on playing after going through as many singers as they have albums deserves some credit.

Warbringer: Keeping Thrash Alive in 2009!

I saw Warbringer playing before Exodus a month or two ago and I was impressed by the energy they had live. These guys are very young and seem to be improving all the time. I think they will be a band to look out for in the future.

Here is the new video for the song "Severed Reality" from the album "Waking Into Nightmares" which comes out next Tuesday (May 19).

WARBRINGER - Severed Reality (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Metallica Perform Dyer's Eve Live

It's not perfect, but who would have expected this one???



Also check out pictures of this exclusive vinyl release from Megaforce Records of the colored vinyl for "Feel the Fire" coming out on May 12. Also being released is the "Fuck You and Then Some" album. These are limited to 500 copies, so vinyl collectors be on the watch!

GWAR to Release "Lust in Space" in August

Underground theatrical metal legends GWAR recently resigned to Metal Blade Records for the new album "Lust in Space" which should be out sometime in August.

GWAR took the whole theatrical metal bit to a new level when they first entered the music scene in the mid 80's. Wearing enormous costumes and taking stage names such as Oderus Urungus and Beefcake the Mighty they soon grew a loyal fanbase.

25 years later the band is ready to unleash "Lust in Space" on all of the slaves (fans) in the world.

Get to the Choppa: Slow News Day = Austrian Death Machine Video

If you never heard of Austrian Death Machine, it is the side project of As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis where he makes metal songs out of Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes.

It is a fun listen and you can watch the video for "Get to the Choppa" below as well as a fan-made video for "Come With Me If You Want to Live".

Epiphone Revolver Golden God Awards: Hell Yeah!

Watch a comedy bit taken from the intro of the recent Revolver Golden God Awards show that features Brian Posehn and some heavy metal legends.

You can check out the full show streaming on MTV's Web site. They do play metal after all, but only when it's trendy to do so.

MTV Shows

Killswitch Engage Suck.

Actually I kind of like em'. But it would be shameful to admit that to the metal community. "Alive or Just Breathing" was a good CD and despite being blatantly metalcore, the album has energy that makes it fun to listen to.

Wish I could say that same about the rest of their catalog...

Who knows, maybe Killswitch Engage will surprise us with the new self-titled album coming out on June 30. Check out the videos below and the band performing the new song "Light in a Darkened World" live below.

It's always hard to judge new music live and on Youtube, but it's safe to say they aren't straying from their formula established on the last two albums.