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Review: Colonel Blast – For The Greater Good
Maybe you remember my review, from back in May, about the Split Roast album. A split album that contained five Death Metal bands from the UK. One of them were Colonel Blast.
I was highly impressed with the two songs of Colonel Blast back then, and hoped for the band to send me their debut album for review purposes. They didn’t, so I bought it. Usually if the band doesn’t care to send me promos for a review, I just don’t give a crap about them anymore. If they don’t want the promotion from our site, I won’t force it upon them. It’s their loss. But I found myself going back to listen to the Split Roast, just to listen to Colonel Blast, multiple times. So I decided to just buy the album and then write about it. And that’s where we are today.
If you have listened to the Split Roast yourself, keep in mind that Colonel Blast feature a different line-up on their debut album. Their original vocalist, Matt Bolton, left the band after the release of their first album to move to New York. Make the jump to read my review of Matt Bolton’s only recorded work with Colonel Blast: For The Greater Good.
Review: Evile – Five Serpent’s Teeth
September 26, 2011 marks the release of Evile’s third album Five Serpent’s Teeth. It’s not only their third album, it’s their first album without original bassist Mike Alexander who died only weeks after their second album, Infected Nations, was released in October of 2009.
After two great albums, Enter The Grave and Infected Nations, and with new bassist Joel Graham, all eyes within the Thrash Metal community are on Evile.
Is the band able to keep their momentum or was the loss of Mike Alexander too big of a blow for them to handle? Find out after the jump when I’m reviewing Five Serpent’s Teeth.
Robb Flynn thinks upcoming Machine Head album sucks
No, he doesn’t. But wouldn’t it be refreshing to hear a musician badmouth their own upcoming product? Of course, Robb Flynn is “really proud of what we [Machine Head] were able to accomplish on the record [Unto The Locust].”
That’s really boring now, isn’t it? So let’s pretend we’re in bizarro world and everything’s different to what it’s like in this world. Here is what Robb Flynn recently really said in an interview with Knac.com:
“I was thinking, “You know, I’ve been singing fifteen years now. I’m not going to start taking lessons now. Who do I look like? James Hetfield?” I have never taken lessons before and I never warm-up either. I basically hurt my voice on purpose. You’ve got to destroy your voice if you want to be metal. Also, I’d never even think about taking classical guitar lessons. I’m Robb fucking Flynn. My playing is already perfect. That would usually show on the record but it doesn’t. I just drank fifteen bottles of whiskey daily and that definitely shows on the record. Don’t buy Unto The Locust when it drops. I’m really ashamed of what we’ve done on the record.”
Obviously in this world, Flynn didn’t say that. You can either go and read the real interview or stay with me in bizarro world. It’s up to you.
Dave Mustaine believes in fairies
If you like it or not, sensationalism is a true artform. I’m pretty sure Dave Mustaine doesn’t actually believe in fairies but it’s just fair to assume that he does because of some of the stuff he believes in.
ABC (the television network, not the alphabet itself) recently interviewed Mustaine for its “Primetime Nightline: Beyond Belief” “Battle With The Devil” special, that apparently aired earlier today. In it, Megadave talked a bit about his past with witchcraft. So I’m just going to copy and paste from Blabbermouth (because that’s what metal blogs do):
On how he, as a teenager, cast two hexes, including one on a bully who suckerpunched him:
Mustaine: “From what I heard, he got in a car accident and something happened to a part of his body that I had targeted in a hex, and that showed me that it was real.”
On his second hex, which was on a girl he was in a class with:
Mustaine: “Everybody wanted her, including me, but she was so out of my batting average and just totally out of my league. And I did it, and the next day she was in my apartment.
“I was [convinced that these hexes, or spells, that I was casting worked]. And I do believe in the dark side. Most people think that black magic and witchcraft and stuff like that isn’t real or it doesn’t work. And I know that it works.”
More here.
This guy is 49 years old and honestly believes that? I’m 25 and I don’t. He’s a millionaire and I can hardly afford the keyboard I’m typing this on. Heh, I guess he won either way.
Review: Reckless Manslaughter – Storm Of Vengeance
The world is small. Since starting Dose of Metal, we’ve reviewed many albums. As the main reviewer on this site, I’ve reviewed bands from Denmark, Sweden, Slovenia, Chile, Mexico, Singapore, Great Britain, the United States of America and many more places. Never before have I gotten a request from a band that operates as close to me as Reckless Manslaughter do, though.
Reckless Manslaughter are from Oberhausen, Germany. I’m sure that doesn’t tell you much, but Oberhausen is a city that borders my hometown. It’s basically a two-minute drive from my home. I might have even crossed paths with one of the guys in one of our local metal clubs, without even knowing.
But, when it comes down to it, your hometown doesn’t interest me if your music isn’t any good. You won’t get a local-band-bonus from me. The only thing that interests me when I’m writing a review, is quality. Make the jump to find out if Storm Of Vengeance, Reckless Manslaughter‘s debut album, proves to be a quality release.
