tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85586702011-10-11T19:20:59.919-07:00Welcome to my disastrous attempt at being on the Web. I'll be posting from time to time on all things metal. I've been listening to heavy metal since 1982 and I need to get my opinions out. All opinions are necessarily the views of the author and this Blog. Thank you.Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.comBlogger7831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-22271892824917214082011-03-15T06:00:00.000-07:002011-03-15T06:00:05.487-07:00

Those two pictures represent a huge change in the life of That Devil Music. As of today we will no longer be on the http://thatdevilmusic.blogspot.com. The new address is http://thatdevilmusic.net with a whole new layout. I commented on the first podcast of the year that this was going to be a goal and though I'm a month behind schedule it finally has happened thanks to Scott of Hook in Mouth

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I'm not really sure what has compelled me to write this article, other than me getting stoned sitting around with my friends and saying, "You know what pisses me off? Musicians who create music solely to speak their political opinion." The very first thing that will turn me off from an album or from a band is when it just wreaks of political messages most of the time they are ill informed and

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In case you're not in the know, Arch Enemy had a singer before Angela Gassow. Their first three albums are often overlooked by a lot of new fans and it's a shame. From 1996 t0 2000, Johan Liiva fronted the Swedish based band. Arch Enemy released Black Earth, Stigmata and Burning Bridges, three killer albums that have a slightly more raw sound to them than today's Arch Enemy. Some rather newer

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Yep that old geezer is none other then King Diamond proudly showing off his certificate saying he's recovered enough after getting his heart damn near rebuilt. No word if the falsetto is still in tact but after the jump is some HEARTening words from his hot piece of ass trophy wife after the jump. "Some of you have been asking for an update on King's health, so I thought I'll write what's been

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So the teletubbies grew up and became a grindcore band huh?

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It's no secret if you're a regular reader to this blog that Epica gets alot of love from Draeden and I. I've reviewed the last album Design Your Universe. Draeden did a concert review or two and a Succubus Showcase. Now I'm not going to wax all poetic and melodramatic about this band. I had a spell where I was digging symphonic gothic metal bands and Epica was in that pile. What was originally

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-38642439497133607292011-03-12T11:37:00.000-08:002011-03-12T11:37:25.441-08:00

Zetro is not wasting any time getting this new project off the ground. In just a couple of months a single was debuted, an official website was launched, and now another song is being debuted. It's called 'The Fear Within' and it's different to say the least. I swear by now if Zetro wanted to be in a black metal band he could with the vocal style he has on here. Check it out for yourself and

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-7228064874112029132011-03-12T09:29:00.000-08:002011-03-12T09:29:31.593-08:00

Back when I first wanted to expand my operations on the blog site Sacha Laskow of Enditol was the first person/project to send me a free promo for review. And it was a good start as you can read here. Really good progressive music especially as a side project. I hope this project continues and gets more exposure as I like it better then his main band Divinity. Recently Quigs at TNOTB did an

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Who doesn't like free music? Nazis, that's who! Well, even Nazis probably like free music. The End Records has made a free 2011 sampler available via Bandcamp.com. The 12 track sampler contains songs from such bands as Danzig, Anvil, Dir En Grey, Goes Cube, Kvelertak and more! See the complete track listing and get the link after the fold.1. Anvil- Juggernaut Of Justice2. Helloween - Are You

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As mentioned last week, today’s edition of Sawyer’s Shred Spotlight is going to be a discussion of one of the men most synonymous with the word shred, the Swede with speed, Mr. Yngwie Malmsteen himself. Now, first I just want to say that these articles won’t encompass every detail of Malmsteen’s 30+ year career, but many important aspects, as well as some of my own commentary on the whole deal (

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Ok, maybe I'm being a little biased here. I do wanna go on the record and say that I still love Skid Row, no matter how douchey Mr. Bach can be but this cover is just so epic... So the band from Pennsylvania is coming out with a cover EP lovingly titled Reanimate and it's got quite an interested collection that, according to Halestorm: "features a collection of 6 songs that mirror our

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Black Label Society may have slowed down the pace of releasing albums every year because Zakk Wylde is not young anymore and prone to blood clots but they still try to provide music when they can. Next up on May 3rd from eOne Records is an acoustic EP entitled 'The Song Remains Not the Same'. No it's not a cover album of Led Zeppelin but instead acoustic redoes of songs from Order of the Black

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Alright, it's time to rip into another publications award thing. Well try to anyway. It seems this year Metal Hammer, unlike it's U.S. counterpart Revolver is trying for more legitimacy this year. While Metal Hammer does it's own voting for the bigger categories, fans have an opportunity to vote for the rest of them. And you can do that here.Let's look at the nominees shall we? Best

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Today might be a historic day. I'm about to get fanboy in a review. Not too many bands these days can I honestly say that it would be extremely difficult to disappoint me in any way. Amon Amarth is one of those bands. While I'm not a big fan of the earlier works from the 90's I have grown to love the direction Amon Amarth has taken over the past five releases. And yes I'm counting Surtur Rising

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-32980708767340952532011-03-11T10:00:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:00:03.635-08:00

While I'm not a fan of most of Sumerian Records lineup I have to give props to Ash Avildsen for doing something most people in the industry don't do. And that is not only express anger at music piracy but actually try and do something about it. You see a few days ago he went on Facebook and threw out a tirade about people leaking the new Born of Osiris album. You can get the full details over

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Dark Castle is one of about 10 bands I kind of fell in love with when I went through a post-metal/sludge/doom phase a couple of months ago. They were one of those bands I discovered by checking out other friends of friends on Mockingbird's myspace after Paul introduced me to them. They are a duo that plays the post-metal sludge sound that a lot of bands are playing these days. Kind of like Mouth

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09488818732433233229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-61358540772656146392011-03-11T08:00:00.000-08:002011-03-11T08:00:09.336-08:00

Welcome to the first edition of "The Devil's Advocate". Basically this column is going to stir shit up, more or less. We'll propose some stupid, overdone and/or even thought intriguing subjects for you to mull over and see what happens.I was on my way to work this morning and was stuck in the 'M's on my iPod. Instead of taking my eyes off of the road for a few minutes to scroll through, I went

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Am I the only one that didn't know Chuck E. cheese was in a band?

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Sons of Seasons releases their sophomore album on March 1st and it's called Magnisphyricon. Sons of Seasons is a German dark power metal band and the brainchild of Kamelot key-master Oliver Palotai. The only thing that I can think to complain about on the upcoming release is trying to pronounce the title (which I still can't seem to do properly). :) Right off the top it comes off as a dark and

Draedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092636264299513012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-58597382278622003012011-03-10T16:36:00.000-08:002011-03-10T16:39:06.226-08:00

Is it possible that Justin Beiber's time spent with Ozzy Osbourne has changed his shitty pop music ways? No, sadly he's still crap: but someone has taken one of his crap songs and made it less sucky.Here's a heavy metal cover of Justin Beiber's "baby".EnjoyPlease visit and spread the word about these Links:Songs of the Goddess - For and about all things Pagan music.andThat Devil Music - For the

Draedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092636264299513012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-29145694090665575302011-03-10T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-10T08:48:00.277-08:00

It's like the poster for a horrible and failed Teen Nick show.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-67083792965917970112011-03-09T16:23:00.000-08:002011-03-09T17:00:38.578-08:00

If you are already a Morbid Angel fan then you know the deal with their album titles. Since their first official release in 1989, Morbid Angel have been releasing albums with titles in consecutive order of the alphabet. Altars Of Madness was their first major release. Hell, even their demo from 1986, Abominations Of Desolation started with "A". Since then they have followed the formula, even

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Looks like this show got less cool. Peter Wichers, the lead guitarist for Soilwork, has back problems and has to rest up so instead of getting a replacement the bands going to sit this out. Personally for me it's really no sweat but I know at least one person in my entourage will be a bit disappointed. No word if a replacement band will be brought in. Funny how Blackguard is always slated as a

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-15285479927746720162011-03-09T12:38:00.000-08:002011-03-09T12:38:02.287-08:00

I'm a huge fan of That Metal Show on VH1, and I always watch it On Demand as new episodes appear. This is one I'm really excited about. We haven't heard much about Metallica lately and it's gonna be good to hear what's in the works for the boys.Rob Liz mentioned earlier in the year that he's excited for Metallica's new release, going under the assumption that it takes them X amount of years to

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Amanda Somerville may not be a front-woman for a band on any sort of permanent basis but in no way does that diminish her necessity to be appreciated.Amanda has performed with the best as well as creates her own music. She's released 4 solo cds and has a project called Kiske/Somerville with Helloween vocalist Michael Kiske. She even covered for Epica in their time of need when Simone Simons was

Draedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092636264299513012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-44297895995561258482011-03-09T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-09T07:00:10.552-08:00

This band is about as intimidating as the cast of Too Wong Foo.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-30517843891101036782011-03-08T16:43:00.000-08:002011-03-08T17:36:38.733-08:00

Mike Starr of Alice in Chains was found dead tuesday in Utah; he was 44 years old. His recent tragedies have been the buzz of reality TV and the new with his stint on Celebrity Rehab and his recent arrest. Starr was arrested last month in Salt Lake City on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance for allegedly having six Alprazolam pills and six tablets of the painkiller Opana

Draedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092636264299513012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-89978325237285843902011-03-08T14:00:00.000-08:002011-03-08T14:06:54.571-08:00

Revolver might have a kind of crappy awards show but hot damn if their contests aren't pretty bad ass sometimes. Go to Revolver's website and enter to win a prize pack of some great Amon Amarth swag such as: * Deluxe Edition of Surtur Rising * Surtur Action Figure * Amon Amarth T-shirt * Metal Blade T-shirt * Metal Blade Laniard and a bottle opener. You know so you can drink down flagons of

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See, at the end of the interview I posted this morning I said I guessed that a label signed the guys in Hemoptysis. And I would be correct because you know, my deductive powers are at their peak right now. So yes Hemoptysis is signed to Rock It Up/Ice Warrior Records out of Germany. Which is cool because they can get some distribution of the new album 'Misanthropic Slaughter' that released

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-55536672673527714322011-03-08T10:00:00.000-08:002011-03-08T10:00:05.257-08:00

The guys in Scar Symmetry don't mess around. Seems like they just came off tour and yet we've had news about a new album with artwork(such as it is)and now they've released a track from it already. The track is off the forthcoming album The Unseen Empire and I have to say, if the song is any indication of the rest album, it looks like the guys are definitely trying to forge a new identity post

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If you're a blogger you've surely crossed paths with Hemoptysis. If you are a frequent reader of blogs you've seen Hemoptysis pimped out. And rightfully so. Today is the release date for the first full length release Misanthropic Slaughter and in an effort to avoid the "The album releases today go buy it" lazy ass post, I have something a little more special in store. I sent over a batch of

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-33550755246715095462011-03-08T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-08T07:00:11.810-08:00

Trrrrooooonnnn! Anybody seen the new movie speaking of? I haven't.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-56443403873043300592011-03-07T14:11:00.000-08:002011-03-07T14:11:54.111-08:00

I don't know where the artwork came from when I last talked about this. Well at least it's better then what I originally thought it was going to be. Now the question remains if the songs are going to be worth a shit. Still no word on track listing or definite release date from Century Media but here you go if you're an Arch Enemy fan. I'll file this under the same category as Devildriver and

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-89926299829456872612011-03-07T12:44:00.000-08:002011-03-07T12:44:39.533-08:00

Yep. Two of my favorite recent bands are touring together but the Midwest and back east get the pleasure of this pairing. 3 Inches of Blood just rolled through here with Holy Grail and a bunch of other bands which I wanted to see but if this had been a California thing I'd be all over it. Oh well, my loss is your gain if you live in those regions. Dates after the jump you lucky bastards. Apr

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-12875505587774058532011-03-07T09:45:00.000-08:002011-03-07T09:47:07.333-08:00

Awhile back I posted about a local festival that is becoming an annual staple called Slaughter by the Water. This is the second year for it and it's shaping up to be a cool show if you're into thrash and death metal. Nuclear Assault is signed on to it now as is Warbringer. Here is the rest of the correct lineup so far after the jump and if you're anywhere near the Bay Area you probably won't

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-78749301118604121132011-03-07T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-07T07:00:04.989-08:00

They forgot the word Sad.

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There are very few iconic figures in heavy music these days. You have your Dave Mustaines of Megadeth, and Lars Ulrich of Metallica but these guys are just well known for their quirks. The truly iconic figures are the ones that predate them like Ozzy or Lemmy. I sat down today to watch the movie released last year on the man Lemmy himself. And just when you think you've been exposed to what the

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-74075099588759408312011-03-05T12:25:00.000-08:002011-03-05T12:25:36.847-08:00

Ugh. I've been so busy with various things that I kept forgetting to post about this. Yes it is the third annual March is Metal Month sponsored by EMI Distributions and Century Media. This is where you can go to your favorite blogsites(we're not cool enough yet) or local participating record stores and enter contests or buy discounted music. Locally I know Rasputins records is participating so

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-58321838089774964702011-03-05T09:13:00.000-08:002011-03-05T19:10:03.474-08:00

Ah Dan Swano. The things you can do and have done in metal. Outside of the metal circles it would be a collective 'who?' but the rest of us know Dan as the guy that can produce albums with the best of them and has appeared on a myriad of projects. Where he made his mark was with Edge of Sanity. If you want to listen to some of the best melodic death metal then you need to pick up the now

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-19713121588815808452011-03-04T22:20:00.000-08:002011-03-04T20:26:42.968-08:00

What's up friends? Welcome to another edition of Sawyer's Shred Spotlight; the column where I ramble on about obscure guitar players and their kick ass music. I had planned on this week's column being a reflection on the career of good ol' Yngwie Malmsteen, as suggest by TDM editor Rob Liz. But upon starting, I realized it would take more than a week to get it done. So next week, expect epicness.

hildesawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306093813033511592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-83513151865090201982011-03-04T17:09:00.000-08:002011-03-10T18:19:50.937-08:00

There used to be a day when the live album was a nostalgic gem among album collections. Whether you even liked the live album or not, you just had to have it in order for your collection to be complete. Some music fans really dig live albums, while others, like myself, are very choosy when it comes to a live album.These days it's a lot different in that most people, especially people that only

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Ladies I have a question. So you meet this hot guy, sparks are flying, the sexual tension is in the air. It's time to do the deed and the guy says hold on let me put this on. Staring at you wrapped around his cock is a picture of Gene Simmons face with the tongue going all the way down the shaft. What do you do? Do you laugh your ass off until it shrivels its way back out of that thing or do

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-15449389951336936062011-03-04T12:00:00.000-08:002011-03-04T12:00:08.632-08:00

As I write this I had heard the bands name before but hadn't really listened. So I'm brand spanking new to this band and what I've heard so far I'm really enjoying. Woods of Ypres is a Canadian band that plays a form of blackened doom metal. They've been around a few years and have hopped to different labels with the current being Earache Records. Earache is getting ready to reissue the 2009

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-53420096415708115942011-03-04T11:00:00.000-08:002011-03-04T11:00:03.295-08:00

Once again, Within Temptation displays how they have their finger on the pulse of what's truly metal. Recently they shared with us their newest desktop wallpaper in support of their upcoming concept album Unforgiving. Here it is in all its glory:If you want this sexy beast on your desktop then head to their site and look for it.. Though I can't see why you'd want to. No one should like a band

Draedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092636264299513012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-86356243431214308032011-03-04T09:00:00.000-08:002011-03-04T09:45:17.593-08:00

Man. Why couldn't my kids elementary school be this awesome. Here is the clip of the Wattville primary school kids in Birmingham England singing and rocking out to Iron Maiden's 'Flight of Icarus' that is on it's way to going viral. This is part of a Kerrang's Cash for Kids charity drive to help the sick and disadvantaged kids in the area. Here is the video and if this doesn't make you smile you

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-79917122593412091342011-03-04T08:00:00.000-08:002011-03-04T08:00:07.840-08:00

Do you want this guitar?How about this mini stack?According to mad-man axe master Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy), all you have to do is watch this video:I've been tooling around with guitars for years now, and still I'm just a casual player and in no way capable of something like this but if you think you have what it takes then enter away - and make sure you share your video with us! Good luck - you're

Draedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092636264299513012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-3793323596229574962011-03-04T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-04T07:00:19.419-08:00

So Derp is the new Rebel?

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-22498562290053079622011-03-04T06:00:00.000-08:002011-03-04T10:41:23.660-08:00

I feel like I've broken through the space/time continuum and much like Sam Beckett or Phineas Bogg (minus the Omni and nerdy sidekick) - I've landed somewhere in the 70's. At least, that's how I felt listening to Blood Ceremony's latest release: Living with the Ancients.This album is HEAVILY influenced by the best that the 1970's early stages of Heavy Metal had to offer. The guitar riffs, nay -

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Yep, that's right on this day in metal history one of the greatest metal albums of all time was released. Master of Puppets cemented me as a fan at least for the next few years and cemented Metallica's legacy as the most popular metal band ever.Everything Metallica has done has been in the shadows of Master of Puppets because Puppets was the pinnacle of what this band could achieve musically.

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I'm a bit late as you can tell from the date on the banner of getting this posted up. Sorry guys. Anyway, regular readers should recall our review of the unique and excellent album coming out next month 'The Burial Tree'. Possibly even the interview with mainman Rhiis Lopez. Well the time is come if you haven't already to get a sample of what is on the album. The track Thaumatrope was released

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It seems that Iced Earth can't ever gain any momentum with the revolving door of singers lately. Matt Barlow has announced his intentions to leave Iced Earth again citing family this time. Which is a more relatable reason then last time when he decided to be Captain Homeland Security after the September 11th attacks. Iced Earth will continue on though with another search for a singer. I doubt

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-19686659148852473702011-03-03T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-03T07:00:11.791-08:00

Ok, really Satan. You need to step up your game. I don't have a blog in your name just to have guys like this be your representatives. Get it together man.

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Now before I get into this, this is not metal. If I could put it in a category it would be Progressive Rock. Since we're clear on that, lets get this on the road. Joshua Cooley hails from San Diego, California and I believe he is 20 years old. He is an independent musician and he also recorded all the instrumental tracks except drums and has his own studio I believe. And that's pretty much all I

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Now I really don't know much about The Sign of the Southern Cross, nor could I find anything really about these guys. Aka I looked on Wikipedia for them and they didn't have an article about them. Now I don't know if they have released anything previous to this, nor does it matter to me, because this would be my introduction to them. Now when I first heard this band, I figured it would either

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Wanna know why there was no Hottest Chicks in Metal(Hard Rock) category for the Revolver Golden Gods Award? Because there is going to be a tour silly. In what has to be one of the longest tour names in history Revolver is getting together the only bands that Blabbermouth seems to run updates on daily to do a tour sponsored by the Save a Breast Foundation. The Full title is Revolver presents The

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Yes. It is true. Dragonforce has finally replaced the perfectly coiffed vocalist ZP Theart with a 23 year old unknown ginger by the name of Marc Hudson. Here is the new guy's quote. “I'm really excited about being a part of the DragonForce family,” said Hudson. “It's always been my dream to dedicate my life to making music. I'm going to bring all the power and emotion I can to the songs, and

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How many seasons of Idol has there been now? And while rock and hard rock has been represented in the past with covers of Queen and Led Zeppelin,no one has really tackled the metal genre yet. Until last night. Apparently 21 year old James Durbin decided to do a cover of Judas Priest's You Got Another Thing Comin'. The good news is that a metal song was finally sung on Karaoke Idol. The bad news

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-35436854907179441622011-03-02T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-02T07:00:02.320-08:00

Wait...wait...let me get into my best metal pose. Ok...go!

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Rob Liz, and I assume the majority of the metal community, holds Vampires Everywhere is very low esteem. Rob has even gone as far as to dissect the band's history written by lead goth Michael Vampire, and add his own critiques (very humourously) here and there: and you can read it here.As a kid I've always been fascinated with vampires - remembering fondly the many times I would watch classics on

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Yep you can try and be uber cheap and try to get your own copy of Scale the Summit's 'The Collective'. Head over to Heavy Blog Is Heavy and follow the instructions to win your very own copy. Yes I know the answer to the question and no I won't give you the answer. Otherwise pick up your copy from Itunes, Amazon, or wherever you can get a copy from at your local retailer.

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This installment of Axe of the Month is going to be a bit lacking as far as specifics are concerned but my excitement is higher for this guitar more than any other.Kamelot guitar-god Thomas Youngblood announced recently that he just finished with the creative process in the production of his first signature guitar.Thomas has been playing and sponsored by ESP for quite some time and finally they

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So yeah the confirmed dates are out now. Just a little bit more of petty drama, I guess Bret Michaels is claiming it's a co headlining thing and Nikki Sixx is saying Poison is support on this tour. Nice to see 40 something year olds still haven't grown up and are as egotistical as they were 25 years ago. Nevermind the fact neither have had anywhere close to the success they had back then.

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Slayer cannot catch a break lately. Especially when it comes to the physical body. I mean I know the guys are getting older and all but between Jeff Hanneman's flesh eating bacteria and Araya's issues already with a jacked up back, now you add vertigo caused by lack of rest and dehydration. At least that's what Tom's wife says. "Our doctor is in the process of getting the results on the test

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-84890155712161618982011-03-01T07:00:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:04:45.976-08:00

Two guys posing like a 70's band and two guys who look like they went to high school in the 70's is a formula for success.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-72509173162592405022011-02-28T15:41:00.000-08:002011-02-28T15:41:15.853-08:00

So on the Piers Morgan(who?) show on CNN Bret Michaels came on and announced a tour of two of the greatest 80's butt rock bands. This is pretty funny for a number of reasons. Weren't these two going through a battle of words about not touring together? Not to mention that with Bret Michaels and Mick Mars basically being medical miracles that they're even alive how many of these shows are going

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-69436270923143984902011-02-28T13:09:00.000-08:002011-02-28T13:42:53.453-08:00

This is probably my first time reviewing an all instrumental album. So bear with me if it's not as long as some others. Much like the song lengths on Scale the Summit's new album 'The Collective'. Having just discovered this band last month I'm not as up on the goings on as I'd like to be but seeing this is only the second full length I'm not too far behind. Occasionally I like to break from

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-20143071286653854752011-02-28T11:19:00.000-08:002011-02-28T12:12:28.311-08:00

Coming fresh off their last tour with Eluveite, 3 Inches of Blood, and System Divide, Holy Grail has announced another tour being supported by Cauldron. Also Holy Grail will be choosing local bands for them to tour with, which is awesome and very generous. If you didn't know, Holy Grail is pretty much the next big thing on the metal scene. Only releasing one full length album titled Crisis in

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Yet another album that is going to get pimped out this year is the anticipated new one by Amorphis. You may or may not recall I jumped at the news that the next album was to be a concept album. Well now the full release information is out. As you can see the cover art is typical of this era of Amorphis with a sort of ethereal landscape painting. Except it's a giant egg hovering over an island I

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-12391700323061294922011-02-28T09:00:00.000-08:002011-02-28T13:50:54.694-08:00

It took me a bit of getting through this article on Blabbermouth to get who was sponsoring this tour. Apparently Black Label Society is going on tour with All That Remains and Hail the Villain. My confusion was just who the hell is Mistress Juliya. I'm guessing she's a host of a metal show on Fuse TV or something. I either never seem to catch these shows on that channel or we don't get it on

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-88251444964064243432011-02-28T08:00:00.000-08:002011-02-28T08:00:10.915-08:00

Awhile back I thought it was strange that Trent Reznor would get nominated, much less win. Well he won for a movie I have yet to see in The Social Network. Not bad for a talented guy who was famous for provocative industrial metal of sorts. And on his first try scoring a movie too. Well good for him. It'd be nice to see someone with more balls then Danny Elfman make the crossover jump to

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-82762517360779922202011-02-28T07:00:00.000-08:002011-02-28T07:00:14.685-08:00

The man being mistaken by a woman as being pregnant is the band member. Just to clarify.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-73926765480670555142011-02-27T12:14:00.000-08:002011-02-27T12:20:15.784-08:00

Stoner metal band Red Fang has issued an open challenge on their Facebook page to anyone that dares cross their paths in Scrabble! so if you're a nerd like Red Fang and me, we'll see you on the board...TRIPLE POINTS! Go HERE! And also an official statement from their page.This page is for Scrabble ONLY - please don't send any booking requests. They will most likely go unnoticed. SCRABBLE!!My

Paul Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699694170747519456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-11579109488414129512011-02-27T11:09:00.000-08:002011-02-27T12:02:18.169-08:00

Hello all! You guys might know me from being a contributing writer for HookinMouth. If not, I'll give you a short story about myself. You'll probably see me a lot more on this blog, but I'll also still be contributing to HookinMouth till the domain expires. But never mind that, you're here to hear me talk about myself. So I guess the first thing you should know about me is that I am a metal fan.

Paul Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699694170747519456noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-22397345729577619802011-02-26T11:58:00.000-08:002011-02-28T13:57:17.416-08:00

My journey with Dream Theater begins like most people with Images and Words. The song Pull Me Under was getting regular rotation on MTV and I thought it was pretty cool. But when I listened to the whole album I didn't quite get it. You might even say I didn't like it. Here were these guys going on these wild musical tangents with each song and it almost seemed like narcissism from each member

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-48261958754331811542011-02-26T09:33:00.000-08:002011-02-26T19:10:25.957-08:00

Time must have gotten away with me. I apparently forgot to do this last week. Thanks for reminding me, jerks. Unless you don't care and that's fine too. Anyway let's see if something unmetal shows up on the shuffle shall we? After the jump. Battlelore's Storm of the Blades. Not bad for the morning as I type this. It's off their 2005 release Third Age of the Sun which might be my favorite album

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-11506617132025288732011-02-26T06:14:00.000-08:002011-03-01T05:07:23.942-08:00

So...who the hell am I? You may or may not know me from HookInMouth.net. Unfortunately I'll be pulling the plug on that blog in may, due to not having enough time to maintain it. I'll be contributing every now and then on other blogs, such as your very own 'TDM'. Now, about that free music...Anacrusis have been around for ages, but they never quite get the recognition that they deserve, The

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09488818732433233229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-83792311550644257922011-02-25T17:51:00.000-08:002011-02-25T17:51:26.363-08:00

Congratulations to Paul Stanley and his trophy wife for expecting their 3rd child. I have to wonder though, will it be born with kabuki makeup? After 40 years wouldn't that stuff be a part of the DNA by now?

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Glenn Danzig has announced a tour this summer and man, it's all over the map except for San Francisco oddly enough. Here are the tour dates. Apr. 29 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues Apr. 30 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre May 02 - Salt Lake City, UT - Great Salt Air May 03 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre May 04 - Kansas City, MO - Voodoo May 06 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q May 07 - Corpus

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-31304373138570001562011-02-25T15:35:00.000-08:002011-02-28T13:58:34.882-08:00

Second times a charm right? As some of you may recall we spent alot of time wailing and gnashing our teeth about what appeared to be the collapse of Kamelot following the release of Poetry for the Poisoned. Roy Khan's mysterious ailments and the attempt to bring in a last second vocalist then European tours that did not include their frontman yet again so Fabio from Rhapsody of Fire took over.

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Hey again, and welcome to another edition of Sawyer's Shred Spotlight. I apologize for missing last week; my life has been a crazy combination of exams and protests. Anywho, this week's SSS is (tentatively) the last part of the mini-series on compilations. Last time, I introduced the excellent modern compilation, Guitars That Ate My Brain. This week features another modern, but much more obscure

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Metalsucks did a post a few days ago with a leak that Scar S6ymmetry had finished recording a new album and such but it became official today. That has to be the most generic cover by far that SS has ever had. Aside from that the new album will be called 'The Unseen Empire' and it's a concept of sorts. Here let one of the guys explain it. Henrik Ohlsson: "'The Unseen Empire' seeks to expose

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-50895640219525596652011-02-25T08:00:00.000-08:002011-02-25T08:00:02.588-08:00

This was either an effort to make sure no one from band class gets beat up up by the jocks or just probably one of the coolest band teachers ever. What would have been even cooler if they had included the part "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me". Regardless at least one flutist seems to reeeally enjoy this part of the set.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-88617119288240057602011-02-25T07:00:00.000-08:002011-02-25T07:00:00.459-08:00

Ah cheer up big guy, you'll find love somewhere. I'm sure of it!

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-60035223063478065802011-02-25T06:00:00.000-08:002011-02-28T14:00:26.267-08:00

I have to admit straight away that I've known the name Amon Amarth for quite a while. Years ago a beautiful woman had asked me if I wanted to see them in concert in Orangevale, CA with her and out of stupidity I declined. I was such a dumbass! I really don't have any excuses for not going, though as far as Amon Amarth was concerned: it really just wasn't my bag. Fast forward to today and

Draedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092636264299513012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-74770030372040147292011-02-24T13:39:00.000-08:002011-02-28T14:00:56.663-08:00

It's that time of year again kiddies when Revolver puts together it's award show exclusively for metalheads and rockers. A long haired Image Awards if you will. This year the endorsement cup overfloweth with the categories reading like a college football bowl game. Conspicuously gone this time though is the douchey hottest chick in metal category which is a plus. And it's still painfully

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-72988599536160547882011-02-24T11:52:00.000-08:002011-02-24T11:52:56.217-08:00

Chicago's own Novembers Doom announced all kinds of news about the new album being released this year. I like these types of things where the artwork, tracklisting,release dates and other things are just layed out at one time. So the new album as shown by the banner is called Aphotic and is due out on May 10th via The End records.Special guests are Anneke formerly of the Haunting, Dan Swano

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-56211708552037153002011-02-24T10:36:00.000-08:002011-02-24T10:45:04.497-08:00

The organizers of Shiprocked might have been doing this thing longer then the maiden voyage of 70000 tons of metal but that doesn't necessarily mean it's better. After seeing this lineup thus far I'm even more upset I couldn't do the 70k trip. Check this out. Hellyeah In This Moment Buckcherry Broken Teeth Hinder Sevendust Those are the confirmed acts so far. I can't wait to see what other nu

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-88883168067389991412011-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:002011-02-24T08:36:28.298-08:00

This may not have a br00tal soundtrack but it's still as close to metal as Bieber will ever be. And funny too.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-28261165404221916592011-02-24T07:00:00.000-08:002011-02-24T07:00:14.289-08:00

Sundown You better take care Lest you end up with gold pants and dying your hair *If you can guess what those lyrics are a parody of you get 100 old points.

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Last month I posted about the cover art and new album title for Leaves Eyes new album 'Meredead' due out on April 22nd. Today on their Facebook page they revealed the track listing. 01. Spirits' Masquerade 02. Étaín 03. Velvet Heart 04. Kråkevisa * 05. To France (MIKE OLDFIELD cover) 06. Meredead 07. Sigrlinn 08. Mine Tåror er ei Grimme 09. Empty Horizon 10. Veritas 11. Nystev * 12.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-58528605565115281982011-02-23T11:00:00.000-08:002011-02-23T11:00:03.737-08:00

Somehow I can't envision Motorhead on the slopes of the Alps or even Aspen. But I guess someone at Head Tyrolia Winter Sports is a fan and got the licensing to put the famous mascot of Lemmy and lads on a series of skis. So take that Children of Boredom, you can have your skateboards but real men ski with Motorhead under their feet apparently.

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-25626436885108685262011-02-23T10:00:00.000-08:002011-02-23T10:00:05.770-08:00

Why are these two so happy? They just 'scored' a huge paycheck is why. According to Metal Insider Rodrigo Y Gabriela are on tap to work with Hans Zimmer on the score for Pirates of the Caribbean 4:On Strange Tides. It just seems a couple of months ago these two were an extremely talented becoming known for their acoustic version of Metallica's 'One' and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-5046751405216719952011-02-23T08:00:00.000-08:002011-02-28T14:01:30.386-08:00

I honestly forget how the subject of the horrible band Vampires Everywhere! got brought up in the first place and at this point I really don't care. What does stand out, and I'm overdue for this, is the bio these twats have for themselves.Well I should say the bio of the band as envisioned by the master of doucheness Michael 'Vampire' himself. Journey with me if you dare into probably one of

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-67593692726590010232011-02-23T07:00:00.000-08:002011-02-23T07:00:06.445-08:00

You know what would have been awesome. Someone hiding in the woods suddenly yelling "Go be fucking evil and bloody on someone elses grave,I'm trying to rest here jackass!!"

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-70537972311270685092011-02-22T15:02:00.000-08:002011-02-22T16:49:37.118-08:00

I find myself in a bit of personal quandry. Every once in awhile I get an e-mail from an unsigned band or a PR person asking for me to check out material for review.So far most of the stuff that comes through is pretty damn good. I've been turned on to bands like Hemoptysis, Legacy of Disorder, and Ana Kefr to name a few. But occasionally I get an e-mail from a band that's struggling to make

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Still nothing of interest for me to post about today. Maybe I need to expand my musical horizons and not be so picky.But it gives me time to continue on with this project. Next up is everyone's favorite power metal band with blazing fast music and sound effects lifted straight from video games that made their breakthrough with the now defunct Guitar Hero franchise. Dragonforce. I swear I've

Rob Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03957117153538093520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558670.post-82266569221613787222011-02-22T08:00:00.000-08:002011-02-22T08:00:08.646-08:00

"I'm sorry but I just don't see what these two are looking at".

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Two albums that we have reviewed over the past couple of months release today through Season of Mist Records. Bleeding the Apocalypse by The Project Hate and Onyx by Ava Inferi. Both got favorable reviews and you can now find them available for purchase digitally through the amazon widget. Happy buying.

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It's a pretty slow news day so I figured I get another one of these out of the way. and actually this one will be easy since I essentially did it a year ago. You can read my entry on Draconian here. I would like to add some things to that now. Very few bands have gotten me anxious to hear anything like Draconian has. As my involvement in this blog increases I'm inundated with news on tons of

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I can not claim to be the biggest Rush fan on the planet. I think they were at their best from the inception to probably around the early eighties. But I do enjoy music documentaries and in fact used to watch VH1's Behind the Music when I could.So when that series declined and the announcement from my current favorite documentarian Sam Dunn (if that is even a word)I was looking forward to

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