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Rob Arnold joins Six Feet Under
We speculated, we reported rumors and now it’s official: Rob Arnold of Chimaira joins Six Feet Under as rhythm guitarist.
Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes commented on this addition as follows:
“I couldn’t be happier about the new songs and line up! Rob and myself have been collaborating on new songs along with the bands new drummer, Kevin Talley for the past few months. We are all feeling really excited about the bands future, and the raw intensity of the songs that we have created together so far. THIS IS THE HEAVIEST MOST EXCITING MATERIAL THAT IVE WORKED ON SINCE THE BLEEDING, AND IM STOKED THAT ROB WILL BE HELPING OUT CREATING THIS CD WITH US! we’ve all known each other for a while and we’re really looking forward to continue writing the new cd and future tours. We are committed to taking Six Feet Under to the next level of brutality!!!”
And Arnold himself said the following:
“Its been an amazing honor and opportunity to have been called upon by one of my biggest idols, Chris Barnes!! Six Feet Under and the Barnes era Cannibal stuff had enormous effects on me as a young musician, and still do to this day. In 1996, I was a kid in the front row screaming my head off to Lycanthropy and Torn to the Bone… And now here I am, being asked to play the songs on stage with the band! Dreams do come true!!! And the stuff we’ve been writing absolutely RIPS! Watch out!!”
I got to admit, I’m pretty excited about this and I can’t wait to hear the final product. Plus, finally someone who seems to love ‘Lycanthropy’ (off Six Feet Under’s debut album ‘Haunted’) as much as I do. Watch live footage of said song with SFU’s original line-up, featuring former Obituary guitarist Allen West, after the jump.
Tom Araya admitted to hospital
Slayer aren’t the luckiest guys lately. A while ago, we reported that Jeff Hanneman had to be replaced on Slayer’s then upcoming, now current tour and now Tom Araya was hospitalized in Australia after a gig and their concert in Sydney yesterday was canceled.
The original press release said this:
Slayer has canceled its appearance at the Sydney, Australia stop of the Soundwave festival after the band’s bassist/vocalist Tom Araya was admitted to the hospital where he will be kept overnight. The Sydney appearance on Sunday, February 27 would have marked Slayer’s second show on the annual festival tour. No further details are currently available regarding Araya’s condition or the exact nature of his ailment.
But don’t cry yet! Araya has since been released from hospital and his wife, Sandra Araya, has issued a statement on Facebook, which reads as follows:
“SPOKE WITH TOM =) He’s feeling much better! it will be a few days before test results come back… That’s all I can say for now! whoo hoo!”
We, at Dose of Metal, wish Tom Araya a quick and full recovery but now on to some more uplifting Slayer news.
As mentioned above, Hanneman had to be replaced on Slayer’s current tour and Gary Holt of Exodus joined Slayer for the time being. There’s video footage available from Slayer’s first performance with Holt. Watch it after the jump.
SFU and a little triumph for DoM
A while ago, Six Feet Under announced that bassist Terry Butler and drummer Greg Gall left the band and shortly after that, SFU announced that Kevin Talley, former drummer of Chimaira, among others, joined the band and that they’ve also been working with “a new writing partner” for 4 months already.
If you read the second news post I linked above, you’ll also notice that I speculated about the new writing partner and suggested Jim LaMarca and Rob Arnold of Chimaira. Well, guess what? It’s not 100% confirmed but Terry Butler said the following in an interview:
“Six Feet Under is moving on and they’re gonna be a five-piece. I’ve heard through the grapevine that they’re working with [guitarist] Rob [Arnold] from Chimaira — he’s their new writing partner — and Kevin Talley [Daath, Misery Index, Chimaira] is gonna be playing drums.”
Watch the whole interview after the jump.
Call me Nostradamus, motherfuckers!
Video of the Week: Rage
You know what’s the greatest thing about this new collumn of mine? I don’t have to find high quality pictures and my fellow DoMers don’t have to find high quality pictures to replace my low quality pictures. Less work for me, less work for them.
So, this week I’m bringing you one of the greatest German Metal bands, fucking Rage! In 2009 at Wacken, Rage played a very memorable set that featured German Metal legends like Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian and the above performance of ‘Down,’ which features Destruction’s Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer. You’re going down!
Weekly Dose of Metal: Tenet
Death Thrash from Canada. Are you interested? Former members of Strapping Young Lad and Exodus. Interested now? Gene fucking Hoglan. Ah, now I got your attention.
Tenet was started as a side project of Strapping Young Lad’s guitarist Jed Simon, later to be joined by Glen Alvelais of Forbidden Evil, Byron Stroud of Strapping Young Lad and Fear Factory, Gene Hoglan of every band on earth and the latest addition, former Testament and Exodus vocalist Steve Souza.
The band started in 2002, recorded a demo in 2003 and released their first album ‘Sovereign’ in 2009. This next song, ‘Being and Nothingness,’ comes off that album.
