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Observant readers of DoM may notice that I kind of bum Sikth; an awesome (well, in my opinion) Math-Metal band that sadly disbanded far too early. So of course I’ve been keeping my eye on what the guys have been doing since. Guitarist Pin obviously went on to recently form a new band, known as Aliases, which are very much a similar sort of band to Sikth.

And now, vocalist Justin Hill and guitarist Dan Weller have started their own band, known as Minutes. The band have one song available via their Myspace, check it out here.

I was actually expecting another similar band, but Minutes aren’t even Metal. They’re kind of straight catchy rock from the sounds of it. Check ’em out and see what you think.

And now for some Metal news…

Axl Rose? Rage Against the Machine? Bon Jovi? Trivium?

These are all “artists” that are currently gracing the front page of our lovely website, but isn’t it about time for some real Metal? Why yes it is…

German metallers, we have some more bands announced for the fantastic Wacken Open Air festival. The Haunted, Cradle of Filth (looks like I spoke too soon when I said real Metal…) and Tsjuder (never heard of them, but any band named after the sound I make when I orgasm are bound to be awesome) have all been confirmed for the festival. They’ll be joining other amazing bands on the bill, such as Motorhead, Sepultura, Mayhem, Heaven Shall Burn, Judas Priest and many more.

For more information, visit here.

Shocking: Axl does an interview

Damn news is slow this time of year. Especially at a weekend. I mean why else would I be writing about Axl Rose? Regardless, this piece of news is pretty shocking though. I mean, when was the last time Axl Rose did an interview? When was the last time any one actually wanted to interview him? 1992? This is probably more shocking than Axl turning up on time for a gig. Or someone proclaiming that Guns N’ Roses are still relevant, despite now having twice as many members as Slipknot, but with worse masks.

Anyways, the interview is a complete yawn-fest, but incase you want to read it, you can do so here.

Beecher reform

Another year goes by, and another band announces they will reform.

This time, it’s not a big name, not like System of a Down‘s planned comeback, but it is one you should make note of, particularly if you haven’t heard of Beecher before (and no, I’m not talking about Henry Ward Beecher).

Beecher were a unique Progressive Metal band from the UK, sounding something like if Between the Buried and Me, Sikth, and Pitchshifter had a three way orgy, and Beecher was the bastard child born from the sick love-fest. The band released two full-length albums during their career — 2003’s Breaking The Fourth Wall and 2005’s This Elegy, His Autopsy. Both albums were met with critical acclaim, but unfortunately the band split right when they were starting to make a name for themselves.

Beecher released the following statment:

“Summer 2011 sees the 10-year anniversary of the start of Beecher. We disbanded suddenly, during our most active period, playing just one ‘goodbye’ gig, at which more than 100 fans of the band were rejected at the doors of the already over-capacity venue. Having had five years of reflection time, and considering the aforementioned fact that our tenth birthday is fast approaching, we have decided to reform, playing a handful of shows over the course of 2011 — the first of which will take place on April 29th at the Star & Garter, in our hometown of Manchester. The rest are as-of-yet unconfirmed.”

An exclusive DoM translation of this statment can be found after the jump.

Trivium “write” 17 new songs

I had to put “write” in quotation marks for obvious reasons…

The marketing tool masked as a Metal band, Trivium, have announced they have 17 songs ready for their next album. No doubt they will follow the same formula as their last few albums. I.e. “if we rip-off a riff from 20 years ago, and do our best Hetfield impressions, no one will notice and Metallica fans will love us”

Yeah doesn’t quite work like that guys…

In case you care, more info can be found here.