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Black Sabbath 11.11.11

Eleven eleven eleven. What does it mean? The countdown to the end of the world? Or something even more sinister? Perhaps the date I will finally lose my virginity? Maybe it’s the day when aliens will finally land?

Or is it simply the date Black Sabbath will announce that they’ve reformed as the original lineup?

Yup, I believe my latter guess is the most believable.

Stay tuned to blacksabbath.com for more information, presumably on the 11th November, unless it’s some kind of cruel joke.

(Side note: Why not check out my Top 10 greatest Sabbath albums post? I’m fucking awesome and so is every article I write.)

No dose of Lulu for you-hoo

Hot off the news that barely anyone gives a crap about Lulu (or rather, only 12-15,000 people care to buy it – an all time low for Metallica), it got me wondering: Dose of Metal is perhaps one of the only metal sites that has yet to review the album. And remember, Metallica take the top spot of being the band we have talked about the most.

So, why? Are we just lazy? Personally, I’d like to say no (well I am, but the other staff aren’t). Whilst I don’t wish to speak on behalf of the other writers of DoM, I know that I simply do not care about the album and I’m certainly not the only one on the site. I haven’t heard the album and I doubt I ever will. Interestingly, looking at the figures, it seems I am not alone. Presuming these statistics are accurate (and remember these are just estimations based on first day sales) then this really is an all time low for Metallica.

So what’s next for the band? People are hoping this will give them the kick up the ass to go back to their “roots”. I doubt it will though. Even now, many of the band members are calling it their finest work, as if someone has wiped Master of Puppets from their minds. Further down the line, expect lots of interviews with Lars explaining that the fans and critics “just don’t get it” and that it’s “a piece of art that must be experienced in the right mindset”. I mean, these guys have made enough money in their time, have enough awards, and have played enough sold out shows to believe they truly can do what the hell they want. And, of course, they can. But the first time, I can safely say, don’t expect the fans to be there.

Finally, can you expect a review of Lulu from DoM anytime soon? I wouldn’t like to say. I heard 30 seconds though and based on what I experienced, I award the album 5/1000. I may not have heard the album in its entirety, and I may never find out if I am a table, but that’s a risk I am willing to take.

Hetfield says Lulu was ‘a great gift’

Speaking to Artisan News in the video above, Metallica frontman James Hetfield describes the collaboration with Lou Reed as ‘a gift.’

If that’s the case, I hope you kept the receipt Jaymzy.

Source: Blabbermouth

Blast from the Past: Machine Head – Supercharger

Yep, that’s right. I’m going there. Seen by many as the ‘black sheep’ of Machine Head‘s discography, and part of a period in the band’s history that fans largely like to pretend merely did not exist. Supercharger isn’t the most popular of albums and was viewed by some critics as being a further divergence from “real metal”, instead having more than a nibble on the nipples of nu-metal. Dammit Machine Head, you shouldn’t have stared into the eyes of Medusa!

Regardless, earlier this month, Supercharger turned 10-years-old. That’s right, it’s the tenth anniversary and what better time is it, to review the most controversial of Machine Head‘s releases (well, besides The Burning Red maybe)?

Make the jump fuckers before I get all bulldozer on your ass. It’s Supercharger time y’all.

Weekly Dose of Metal: The Rotted

This week’s Dose of Metal comes from English death metal titans, The Rotted.

I don’t have much to say other than, the results are in, and I don’t have chlamydia. Yay! What better way to celebrate than a blast of The Rotted? You can listen to the song ‘Nothin’ but a Nosebleed’ from the 2008 album Get Dead or Die Trying below.