Monthly Archives: December 2010

Phil is also technological

Well, well, well… I just posted about one Pantera member getting all tech-geeky and shit with an iPhone app. Not to be outdone, Phil “Million Projects Man” Anselmo also uses some computer slang in a recent interview:

“UG: What about all the posers out there?

Phil: I’ll tell you the truth: you are correct. There are a lot of cut-and-paste motherfuckin’ thrash metal acts today. That is harsh but I’ll say it: there’s a lot of Exodus worship. Fine. There’s a lot of records where I can hear the first, what, 30 seconds of a song and know pretty much what I’m getting thereafter.“

Read full interview here.

Smooth, Phil, real smooth. You could be a character on The Big Bang Theory.

iHELLYEAH

Even though I have serious doubts that any member of Hellyeah can use a smartphone, they have released a free iPhone app. Isn’t that sweet?

If you have both an iPhone and horrible taste in music, make sure you get it here.

I thought Vinnie had gone creative and created an app that displays the nearest Jack Daniel’s shop or something… I was wrong, all it has is some BUY buttons for their songs and a bunch of other crap.

Make the jump for some screenshots I stole, it doesn’t really look promising but hey, what do I know? All I’m saying is, are Hellyeah fans actually likely to own an iPhone? I mean, shouldn’t they be doing stuff with Nascar or pickup trucks? Just saying, cater to your target audience.

Crowbar debut new track

Crowbar, my favorite weapon from Half-Life, and apparently a band, have made a new song available for streaming, from their upcoming release Sever The Wicked Hand. The very sludgy/grungy and appropriately named “Let Me Mourn” can be found here. Enjoy it.

Get your speedos ready, England!

The underwear models of metal, Manowar, have announced a show in Birmingham, England.

It will happen on the 27th of March next year at the O2 Academy, so wash your ‘Conan The Barbarian’ outfit and get ready!

It’s unknown, as of right now, whether they will add more dates and make an U.K. tour out of it. It is also unknown how four grown men can wear those outfits in public.

Pipe Dream Theater

After getting kicked out of leaving Avenged Sevenfold, apparently Mike Portnoy tried to join his old band back. Can you guess what happened?

“I reached out to the guys to try and make amends and offered to reconcile for the sake of having peace back in our lives… (plus I know how much it meant to a lot of the fans…) I figured it was still possible to try and save us, because they hadn’t made any announcements yet or begun any public activity with another drummer… but sadly, they declined my offer (well, actually their lawyer did… they didn’t even tell me themselves…)“ said Mike while crying.

Read full statement here.

Again with the ‘fans’ excuse. Oh well, I wouldn’t worry if I was you, Mike, reunions are IN right now and after a few years of touring without you, a label fatcat will just go to the band and say “Listen, we need a reunion tour and a reunion album ASAP. Get Portnoy on the phone!”

In the meantime, isn’t it a bit unfair how a drummer like Portnoy gets tossed around between bands but Lars Ulrich is still in one of the biggest metal bands of all time? That’s like Megan Fox being rejected by ugly men while Missy Elliot gets to bang George Clooney. Oh well…