LOW-TECH IN A HIGH-TECH WORLD
I often see raised eyebrows on my friends faces when I show them my low-tech cell phone. It is one of the cheapest models you can buy and can only be used to send text messages with an occasional phone call of course, nothing more. My friends wonder why I don’t have the latest generation with iTunes, TV and movies etc. ”But Leif, you travel so much, being away from home with no computer or TV around. Why don’t you get a 3G phone?” I always answer, ”I just buy a book and today’s newspaper and I’m set. Or maybe I actually spend some time with people.” Read more...
I decided to take a small break from custom work and wanted to do a personal art piece for fun recently. Being bombarded with goregrind requests and the usual blood-drenched horror scenes, its a fresh escape to
let my mind wonder into a more trippy and surreal environment. This piece is entitled "Confined Determination' and depicts a skeletal goat creature confined in an astral temple hovering over the earth. The vibe was meant to show the brooding desire within the creature to manifest the demolishing of worlds in the background. The entangled girls, black heart roses and bloodied dagger symbolize the sacrifice of love or compassion. The duality of the mind with the two headed fetus as his crown, and even within a confined imprisonment his passion boils and manifests destruction. This piece was not commissioned by any band and is open and available for purchase. Email mike@visualdarkness.com for more info.
The next album by experimental math-metal marvels, The Dillinger Escape Plan, will come out in early 2010 the band's brand new label Phonogetic Records through Season on Mist Records.
"It is becoming clear that as the music industry standard continues to morph and change on a daily basis, artistic and operational freedom has become a band's most valuable asset", guitarist Ben Weinman comments. Read more...
Here's the first new CKY video from the band's latest album Carver City, which came out May 19. It's not the heaviest thing the group has ever done, but it rocks pretty hard and should appeal to anyone who has waited four years for their inevitable return. The video was directed by Bam Margera. Click "more" to check it out. Read more...
Last week we offered you a first look of Lamb of God behind the scenes in Las Vegas. Now that they boys have finished roasting lamb and burgers on a grill, they step back with full bellies and praise their fans, ponder the future of the band and discuss hitting the road with Metallica. Click "more" to watch the clips. Read more...
The new Marilyn Manson Album, The High End of Low, comes out today. If you weren't too happy with 2007's Eat Me, Drink Me and you're not sure you wanna continue supporting the Antichrist Superstar, you can hear the new album for free and decide for yourself. Click "more" to stream Manson's new record. Read more...
Deathcore progenitors, Job For a Cowboy, have completed work on their highly-anticipated sophomore album, Ruination, which will be released on July 7.
The disc will be a concept album that branches off the ideas from the band's last record, Genesis. "They're more political," says frontman Jonny Davy, [addressing] "propaganda in the mainstream media and television, humanitarian rights of Northern Korea, the modern genocidal government of Nubia, the use of torture in American military tactics, overruling by world governments and Police states, and Martial law." Read more...
Who's hot, who's not? Well, when it comes to Limp Bizkit, the fans in Lithuania certainly seem to think the rap-metal band still rock. As for us Westerners, the reaction seems to be split, which probably explains why Limp Bizkit opted to play their first reunion shows in rock-starved nations like Latvia and Lithuania. Click "more" to watch professional footage of the band's May 21 show in Vilnius, Lithuania. Wanna place bets of whether or not guitarist Wes Borland will still be with the band when they make it back to the States? Read more...
Metallica have posted professional footage of drummer Lars Ulrich rocking out onstage with The Sword and frontman James Hetfield stepping up to the mike with Machine Head.
The Sword song "Freya" and the Machine Head number "Aesthetics of Hate" were shot on May 16 in Cologne, Germany. Click "more" to watch both clips. Read more...
On Saturday, "Headbangers Ball" will premiere the Sacred Oath video for "Counting Zeros." Click "more" to see an exclusive interview with the band. Read more...
