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Weekly Dose of Metal: Torture Killer

We’re going back to the roots here. Dose of Metal started off as a project of mine via Twitter. I tried getting friends of mine into Metal by tweeting ‘Daily Doses of Metal,’ recommending songs to them. Doing this daily didn’t work out though, because of various reasons.

Now, that we seetled in with DoseOfMetal.com, we’re resurrecting the doses, this time doing it weekly instead of daily. I’ll just post a random song that I like and that I think is worth checking out.

We’re starting off with Torture Killer. A band that started as a Six Feet Under cover band and then somehow convinced Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes to join them and the bunch recorded the album ‘Swarm!’ together. Barnes isn’t with TK anymore though but they continued with a new singer and released the album ‘Severs’ with him in 2009. This is a song of said album, called ‘I bathe in their Blood’. Enjoy!

Six Feet Under announce new drummer

Recently, Terry Butler (bass) and Greg Gall (drums) left Six Feet Under to concentrate on other bands. According to Chris Barnes, he and Steve Swanson have been writing with a new partner for 4 months already. Now, SFU announced their new drummer, former Chimaira, Daath and Misery Index drummer Kevin Talley.

“I am 110 percent stoked to have Kevin join Six Feet Under. He is undeniably one of the best, if not THE best drummer in death metal, and I’m proud to have him along for the ride!”

– Chris Barnes

And now it’s time for some speculation. 4 months ago, around the time Barnes and Swanson started writing new SFU tunes with a new writing partner, Jim LaMarca quit playing the bass for Chimaira. Chimaira are known for being SFU fans and now that former Chimaira drummer Kevin Talley joined Six Feet Under, it wouldn’t surprise me if LaMarca (or even Rob Arnold) were to join them, too.

Metallica are going back to the studio

First off, I’m sorry that Lars Ulrich’s forehead didn’t completely fit the image above but it’s just too damn huge. Now, on to the news. According to Forehead Ulrich, who gave an interview to some Danish newspaper, Metallica are going to enter the studio for the follow-up to ‘Death Magnetic’ in March or April.

Now, did you click the link? Confused because it’s in Danish? Well, haha! But anyhow, here’s a short bit from said interview, translated by Blabbermouth, our main source for bullshit nobody gives a shit about news;

“There’s a really good vibe in the band at the moment. In the past, we would be fed up with Metallica whenever we returned home after a gigantic world tour, but this time it’s different. Therefore it won’t be that long before we start working on a new album. I think that we’ll probably already get the creative process going in March or April and go into the studio. We really want to get back to Metallica quickly because we are enjoying it so much right now.”

There you go, bullshit nobody gives a shit about Metallica news. Don’t take it the wrong way though. Metallica went into the studio in 2004 to start writing the follow-up to ‘St. Anger’ and the album was released over 4 years later. Expect at least 10 ‘Get your old ass out of the Studio’ world tours before that.

Chris Barnes on Six Feet Under’s future

Does Six Feet Under have a future? I was thinking about that yesterday, after Terry Butler and Greg Gall announced their departure from the band. Today, Chris Barnes released a message to all Six Feet Under fans via their homepage.

“To the loyal fans of Six Feet Under–

Our long time friends and bandmates, Terry Butler and Greg Gall , have decided to move on and depart from SFU. Steve Swanson and myself are grateful for all the fun times we’ve shared together through the years, and wish them the best of luck in their musical endeavors.

just to fill you all in, Steve and myself are very excited about the future of the SFU, and i have been working hard on writing the new SFU material for the past 4 months with a new writing partner.

i will make this guarantee and promise to all the fans of Six Feet Under; the new line up will be a DEATH METAL force to be dealt with, with the long awaited addition of a brutal as fuck drummer and riffs that will rip your face off, vocals ala 1993-1995…

thank you all for your continued support and devotion, see you soon!”

Sounds good to me. I’ll be blasting ‘Haunted’ all day today.

6 Feet Under – 2 = 4 Feet Under?

Terry Butler and Greg Gall, bassist and drummer of Six Feet Under (more like formerly of Six Feet Under), quit the band to focus on other bands. Terry Butler now officially joins Obituary on bass. That only leaves Chris Barnes and Steve Swanson in the band.

Butler released the following statement to Blabbermouth;

“I would just like to put it out there that Greg Gall and I have parted ways with Six Feet Under.
As many of you know, I have been helping Obituary out on bass over the past year and now will be officially joining them as a permanent band member.
Being in Six Feet Under for 16 years, I have had the pleasure of meeting a lot of our dedicated fans and have made many friends along the way. I hope to see you out there!
I wish nothing but the best for Chris Barnes and Steve Swanson in their future with Six Feet Under.”

Now there’s only one question unanswered. If 2 members of Six Feet Under leave the band, does that equal “6 Feet Under – 2 = 4 Feet Under” or “6 Feet Under – 2 band members (= 1,5 Feet Under each) = 3 Feet Under,” indicating that each member equals 1,5 Feet Under to add up to the original 6 Feet Under?