Who woulda thought Gwar bassist Beefcake the Mighty would be able to remove his spiked anvil helmet enough to slip some iPod earbuds into his space alien orifices let alone take our Random Shuffle test seriously enough to include some of his actual iPod listening material on his list.
It's pretty awesome that the beast has a Dethklok track on there, given that his band and theirs share certain cartoonish elements. We're also impressed by the inclusion of Lard, Carcass and The Clash. But if Beefcake has a sense of humor, what is he doing listening to Dane Cook? On a scale of one to 100, we give Beefcake the Mighty's list an 82 for listenability. Click more to see Beef's full 20-song random sampler and watch a video from one of the bands on his list. Read more...
MTV2 will be teaming up with Revolver magazine to present the premiere hard rock and heavy metal awards show, the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which will storm through Los Angeles' Club Nokia on Tuesday, April 7. The event will feature Ozzy Osbourne, Killswitch Engage, Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan and more, and will be aired on MTV2 as a one-hour special on Saturday, May 2.
"We're working really hard to make this an event worthy of the music it celebrates," Revolver editor in chief Tom Beaujour tells HeadbangersBlog.com. "Metal deserves this and deserves to have it done f---ing right." Read more...
Tags All-That-Remains, Bleeding Through, Brian Posehn, Chuck Billy, Dethklok, Eric Peterson, Glenn Danzig, Hatebreed, Isis, Killswitch-Engage, Lemmy Kilmister, Marta Peterson, Maynard James Keenan, Motörhead, Ozzy-Osbourne, Protest the Hero, Suicide Silence, Testament, Tool
It would pretty ridiculous for a band to release two DVDs in just two years. Then again, Dethklok are a pretty ridiculous band.
That's right, "Metalocalypse Season II: Black Fire Upon Us" is headed our way as a double-DVD set (providing it's not banned first for inciting fans to commit suicide), and will drop like a severed head on December 2 -- just in time for the holidays.
In the episodes, the brootal cartoon metal band gets caught up in the disparate but ultimately similar worlds of electrocutions, weddings, publicity stunts and fashion lines (take that, Shagrath). The DVDs feature all 18 season two stories and a slew of hidden special features that fans will have to find on their own.
Click "more" to hear something you won't have to find on your own -- our podcast interview with Dethklok singer Nathan Explosion, guitarist Skwisgaar Skwigelf and drummer Pickles. Read more...
