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Where’s all the metal newz?
I’m serious, where is all the Metal news? Thing seem pretty damn quiet today. What gives? Is Metal hibernating? Is it asleep? Is it drunk and passed out outside a strip joint? Am I drunk and passed out outside a strip joint?
Completely unrelated to this post, is the official video of Shining‘s ‘Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel’ above, purely because it kicks a hell of a lot of ass. Watch it and then surrender yourself to Satan, or something.
Weekly Dose of Metal: Anaal Nathrakh
I first discovered the band Anaal Nathrakh while I was searching for anal porn, having mistyped ‘anal’ as anaal. Although at first I was unamused with my Google screen being filled with “some random band” instead of the hardcore pornography I was in desperate search of, I soon realized that in actual fact, I had discovered one of the most brutal Metal bands around.
Anaal Nathrakh are a two-member, British extreme Metal band, fusing various styles of the genre, including black metal, grindcore, death metal and industrial music. The band formed in 1999 and have since released eight studio albums.
You can listen to the track ‘Virus Bomb’ from the 2007 album Hell is Empty and All the Devils are Here below. I believe it’s about a virus. A virus bomb to be precise.
You can’t polish a cradle of crap
That title above is my abysmal attempt at being funny. However, it just so happens that it’s not quite as bad as Cradle of Filth‘s abysmal attempt at making music, which is also above (but below the abysmal title), along with some stupid costumes.
The above trailer is in promotion of the band’s forthcoming mini-album, Evermore Darkly.
The album contains some new bonus tracks plus a DVD, which contains live footage and a documentary titled ‘You Can’t Polish A Turd, But You Can Roll It In Glitter’.
Expect it to be shit, but if you’re deluded enough to think otherwise, check out Blabbermouth.
Video interview with Robb Flynn
Above, you can watch a brand new video interview with Machine Head‘s Robb Flynn, courtesy of Metal Injection.
In the interview, Robb discusses his love for ham sandwiches, gives tips on how to ride a bike, and finally offers his views on the US presidential election for 2012.
Nah, just kidding. I think he discusses the band’s new album or something. I don’t know, what am I, your mom? Just watch the video already!
Hear the new Mastodon album right here!
Mastodon, besides being one of those weird Japanese mech robots from Power Rangers, is also one of the best modern Metal bands to come out of the noughties. Well, at least that’s what all the Metal magazines have been telling me for the past 6 odd years. And Metal magazines are always right (just look at those 5/5 Limp Bizkit and Korn album reviews from 1999 for proof).
Here at Dose of Metal though, despite my digs above (which should be taken in jest), we can offer you, exclusively, a stream of the entire new album, The Hunter. And when I say “exclusively”, I mean we’ve just embedded the Youtube stream which the band themselves uploaded (and I in turn stole from Blabbermouth anyways). We’re still fucking awesome though!
Listen to the entire album above. It has pretty accompanying imagery. And if you’re thinking “wow this album kicks ass”, you can pre-order the album here. It comes out September 27 in North America.
