Now, you’re looking at some bad ass art from Dusty Peterson up there, plastered with shameless Dose of Metal self-promotion. We already teamed up with Dusty last week for our best news posts of 2010. This week, Dusty gives you his favorite Dose of Metal articles of 2010 but I’ll just let the man himself speak:
Last week, Dose of Metal asked me what my top ten news posts on the site were. I think it went over rather well, but I think now they are just trying to feed their own egos. “Oh well that was rather nice. Tell us what else you like about us!”. Next week we’ll have “Top Ten facial features of Dose of Metal’s staff”, I’m sure.
Seriously, though, I do enjoy the site quite a bit so I am more than happy to list my top ten articles on Dose of Metal.
#10 Tuesday Trivia: Scandinavian Sunday School
There’s a lot of new metalheads out there every day. It’s good to take a humorous angle on all of this bullshit so less people think this “movement” is anything other than a bunch of people trying to top each other in evilness. I love black metal, but that’s all it is. To prop these guys on pedestals as if they are prophets is a bit silly.
#9 Top Ten Metal Beards
These guys have the BALLS…the fucking AUDACITY to have a top ten list about beards and not mention one member of AMON AMARTH? Deserves to be in the top ten for that reason alone.
#8 Top Ten Most Ridiculous Band Names
Haha, I never even noticed the fact that A Perfect Circle’s logo was in fact not a perfect circle at all. Double the lame.
#7 Blast from the Past: Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1970)
Every site needs content. If your blog is just streamed news from Blabbermouth or even worse, just downloads to free songs, I have pretty much no interest in it. I mean why bother at that point? We are all excited about heavy fucking metal and we want to read about it, even if it’s opinions of stuff 41 years old. I always like “retro reviews”, because it’s interesting to see how music has affected at least one person’s life. I know that I could type for hours about “Screaming for Vengeance”, personally…everyone has that one album they just need to talk about even though it isn’t new.
#6 Interview With Freddie Wong
I gotta be honest, I couldn’t care less about a guitar hero champion. I mean, I love Guitar Hero and Rock Band and all those games, but I don’t play above easy and most of the time I about 10 sheets to the wind and kicking over lamps and scaring the shit out of my cats hopping around like a madman. So originally, I thought these types of people were kind of full of shit. But reading this interview was actually fairly educational and he’s right. Who am I (or anyone) to say how one has fun. I like to slum it out and mash the fuck out of the keys, he likes to shred till his fingers bleed, but he’s got a certain degree of self-awareness that made me respect him a lot more.
#5 Best Shit You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of Vol 1., Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4
Okay, I’m not going to lie to you. I am fairly mainstream in my tastes as far as metal is concerned. If it’s on a major label, it’s definitely on my radar. If it’s discussed on a metal forum (of which I do lurk at many of them), I’m sure I have heard of it. But I just don’t have the time to sit around and scour Myspace bands all day. Sadly, there’s some really fucking good bands out there. So any time a blog is willing to trudge through the shit to find some good bands out there that I haven’t heard of, they get points! That’s metal dedication.
#4 Linkin Park something or other….
Normally, I’d say anyone giving this band any kind of publicity should be shot, but the sad fact is there are a lot of people out there that STILL link this junk and so I guess there is an obligation to report on it? Either way, whenever I see something I don’t give a shit about, I always scroll past it as fast as possible and read the last line. “Final Verdict: It fucking sucks”. Well there ya go, thanks for keeping it simple.
#3 Sully Erna – Avalon Review
This is one of those cases where I would love to never see anything about Godsmack again, but if someone is gonna rip on his latest offering this hard, I am happy to watch the train wreck. Normally, I am fairly respectful of artists out there. Just because I may not like something personally, doesn’t necessarily mean “they suck”. But I am happy going on record and saying everything and anything Godsmack has EVER done is equal to the pile of feces that would come from an elephant that was only fed philley cheesesteak-flavored HOT POCKETS for a month straight. And that includes the solo material of this guy, too. “Ouch, that’s pretty harsh, man! Why so much hate?”. Here is your answer.
#2 Interview: Barney from Napalm Death
DOSE OF METAL does not do typical questions to bands. It seems that a lot of people don’t get that. Every time their blog gets linked on Blabbermouth, people come over and get pissed off at the questions. So be it, but if the band is cool about it and even jokes along, don’t you think you could get the rock out of your ass, too? I always liked Napalm Death, but this just showed how cool Barney is to throw a bit of it back at DOSE OF METAL.
#1 Interview: Martin Axenrot from Opeth/Bloodbath/Witchery
This interview cracks me up. It’s obvious that Guido is obsessed with knowing certain facts and he’s not gonna let up until he gets those facts. That’s hard-hitting journalism, people! And much like Barney from Napalm Death, Martin proves that he’s not a sack of shit that can’t handle a couple bizarre questions from a nutbag. Well played from both parties.
– Dusty Peterson
Dusty will be appearing at the Emerald City Comicon on the 4th of March, so make sure you drop by and congratulate him on his awesome taste in metal blogs. More details here.
He also has some awesome artwork for sale, so get rid of your fruity GNR poster and buy one of his prints, like a real man.
