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Video of the Week: Cannibal Corpse
The titletrack of Cannibal Corpse’s eleventh studio album, Evisceration Plague, was released with a video in early 2009. This song just might included the most evil sound known to man. Every riff just screams “I’m evil!” (not “Am I Evil”).
So, enjoy your Sunday. I hope it’s sunny wherever you are and when you blast the song above, the sky turns black. BRUTAL!
Friday Top 10: Most Influential Metal Bands
Remember when I posted my wacky comments on Kerrang! magazine’s Top 10 of the most influential rock bands of the last 30 years? Well, it’s time to post the metal equivalent of that Top 10, only we’re not limiting ourselves to time, so it’s the most influential bands of metal history.
Also, only metal bands can make the list. Not bands that aren’t metal themselves but influenced a wide array of metal bands, so exclude AC/DC, Deep Purple etc.
Now, make the jump to see if my list is better than Kerrang’s list.
It is.
Burning wood with metal
Heavy Metal is a music genre but metal is not only about the music itself. The artworks for albums are very popular, made it into fashion via merchandising and sometimes inspire artists to try something different to create their own interpretation of the art.
Like in the case of David Thompson, vocalist of two Death Metal bands (and in one, he also plays the guitar), who used a wood burning wand to burn Heavy Metal logos and artworks into wood.
You can see a sweet example of that above, with Slayer’s logo, and you can find some more pictures after the jump, including some words by David Thompson himself whom we reached out to recently.
Asesino album news and epic tales
In late March, Asesino vocalist/bassist Tony Campos told us that the band were writing their third album. As a fan of Asesino, I was really happy to hear that and now imagine how happy it made me when I read a new interview with Dino Cazares talking about the third album, tentatively titled El Segunda Venida (= The Second Coming).
“We have the new album, which will be out in 2012. (…) So we’re thinking of calling the record ‘The Second Coming,’ which is ‘El Segunda Venida.’ Even though it’s our third album, it’s more based on the second coming of Christ (…).”
Read more here.
I advise you to read the complete interview because Dino explains the concept behind Asesino and the first two albums in its entirety. It’s pretty fucking epic. I’m still wondering how ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ fits into that concept though.
Happy Chimaira
Oh happy Chimaira. We’ve reported a lot on the band in the last couple of months and it sure seemed like the band went through some rough times, with them losing bandmembers etc., but they apparently are very happy currently.
How do I make that judgement? Well, Mark Hunter recently did an interview and said the following:
“Look, we’re from Cleveland, so we only see the sun three days a year, but today I feel the sunshine [laughs]. It hasn’t felt this good playing in Chimaira for a long time.”
Read the full interview here.
Well, woop-dee-doo, someone’s happy. Honestly, it’s good to hear that the band is feeling good with their new bandmembers and I’m actually more interested in hearing their new material than I’ve been in a long time. I just hope they won’t turn Happy Metal on us.
