Our friends at Rhapsody.com recently contacted a bunch of metal dudes to get their take on Sunday's big game. Here's what Gwar frontman Oderus Urungus had to say:
"The fact that the Cardinals are in the Super Bowl shows how crazy the league has become. On any given Sunday anybody -- except Detroit -- is capable of beating anybody in the league, and in any single game careers can be lost and seasons ruined. I'd root for the Cards if Warner would quit doing shout-outs to God. God doesn't give a sh*t about football. In fact, God is dead ..."
Click here to for comments from Chimaira, Five Finger Death Punch, Trivium and others.
When you've been around since 1996, and you've built a steady underground following by playing extreme death metal/grindcore, and then all of a sudden a bunch of new, young deathcore bands come along and steal your thunder by squealing like pigs and playing breakdown after breakdown, you're bound to get a little ticked off. So it is with Cattle Decapitation. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Last night we hauled ass out to The Nassau Coliseum, home of the New York Islanders, to catch the first of three New York-area shows by Metallica, Machine Head and The Sword. Unfortunately, we missed the Sword because we had to pick up our Metallica photo pass and once we had it we weren't allowed in the venue with our camera. But the upshot of having a photo pass is you get to be at the very front of the stage for three songs of each band's set, so, as much as we dig The Sword, the sacrifice was worth it. Click "more" to see a gallery of photos of Metallica and Machine Head. And check back later today for a full review of the show. Read more...
The "Your Vote Counts" ballots are in and tallied and in a landmark victory Satyricon has been elected to return to "Headbangers Ball." The group's video for "Black Crow on a Tombstone" will air on MTV2's "Headbangers Ball" Saturday night between 2 and 3 a.m. Also, check out our podcast interview with Satyricon frontman Satyr. Click "more" to find out who else will be on the show. Read more...
Igor Cavalera likes to keep it in the family. When he isn't bashing heads with his brother Max in Cavalera Conspiracy he's opening minds minds with his wife Laima Leyton in his heavy electronic dance project Mix Hell. Click "more" to see the duo in action. Read more...
Slipknot percussionist and artist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) is compelled to take photos of death, and in doing so he discovers more about life. The average person could look at this picture and say, "Well, it's roadkill time for Clown again," but Crahan sees so much more in simple, brutal images than what stares back at us from inside the borders of the shot. Here, a bloody carcass symbolizes childhood, family, the destructive power of mankind and redemption. Click "more" to see the pic and read Crahan's comments.
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Swedish melodic metal band Soilwork have released a video for the song "20 More Miles," the second clip from their latest album, Sworn to a Great Divide, which came out in 2007.
The video was recorded by Olle Carlsson during the band's recent world tour, and features footage from Australia, Japan Russia and Malaysia. Soilwork's North American tour with Darkane, Warbringer and Swallow the Sun launches January 30 in Rochester, New York. Click "more" to watch the video. Read more...
Praise be to Jah! A full-length Bad Brains documentary is finally on the way, and it looks like it's gonna rock from D.C. to Jamaica and around the world, wherever peace and weed are sold.
The yet-untitled film was directed by Mandy Stein and Ben Logan and traces the history of the band from their formation in Washington, D.C. in 1979 to the present day. In addition to tons of footage from the band's vault, the movie includes interviews with all four members (vocalist HR, guitarist Dr. Know, bassist Darryl Jenifer and drummer Earl Hudson) and their manager Anthony Countey, as well as testimonials from Henry Rollins, ex-Minor Threat and Fugazi vocalist Ian MacKaye, ex-Minor Threat guitarist Lyle Preslar, ex-Cro Mags vocalist Jon Joseph and guitarist Harley Flanagan, Murphys Law guitarist Jimmy Gestapo and Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, who produced Bad Brains 2007 album Build a Nation.
In addition to giving birth to the hardcore movement with their song "Pay to Cum" and inspiring all of the aforementioned musicians in the process, the Bad Brains had a huge influence on a new breed of late '80 and early '90s metal bands, including Living Colour, Faith No More, 24-7 Spyz and Fishbone. While the Bad Brains flick is currently in post-production, it will be ready for release in a Jamaican minute. Click "more" to watch a preview. Read more...
Check out the freaky-deeky artwork for Mastodon's upcoming album Crack the Skye. If that doesn't look like a concept album about Rasputin, we don't know what does. Actually, Rasputin does figure into the album lyrics, but only to guide some lost astrally projecting dude safely through a wormhole and back into his crippled body. And lyricist/drummer Brann Dailor says he doesn't do acid anymore. Click "more" to listen to the first single from the album, "Divinations." Read more...
Tampa, Florida death metal veterans Cannibal Corpse have just made their entire new album Evisceration Plague available for streaming.
The disc, the follow-up to 2006's Kill, comes out February 3 and was produced by Eric Rutan at Mana Recording Studios. Read more...
