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Need some pyjamas?

Well, you’re in luck then.

Roadrunner Records have a special competition that gives you the chance to win Corey Taylor’s (of Slipknot and Stone Sour) pyjamas. Not only that, but you can also win a copy of his autobiography, which totally isn’t self-indulgent, egotistical and about as metal as a night at the ballet.

I’d enter, but I don’t need pyjamas, as I sleep naked. I also don’t need his book as I already have toilet paper. In case you do want to enter though (and fancy owning something that’s been next to Corey’s balls), you can do so by clicking here. You’ll just have to enter some personal details, which Roadrunner totally won’t use to spam you with marketing crap, and hooray, you’re in a chance of winning Corey Taylor’s jim-jams.

Bitch Be My Slave reissue

“Bitch, be my slave” is my favorite  chat up line that gets me the most success. Well, by “success” I mean it gets me a quick slap round the face, which is the most contact I’m ever going to get from a woman.

Bitch have announced that a special CD/DVD re-release of Be My Slave is due for release. When? I have no idea, but Blabbermouth have more information is you care.

Check out a live performance that will be on the DVD above.

Corey Talyor more positive about Slipknot

Drama, drama, drama. Drama makes the world go around, and Slipknot too, evidently.

After the on going ‘will Corey continue with Slipknot or instead pursue a pop career in a supergroup made up of The Jonas Brothers and Justin Beiber?’ saga, and with words from drummer Joey implying the band would continue with or without Taylor, it seems Corey is finally much more ‘positive’ about the band after these European shows.

According to Blabbermouth though, despite the new found positiveness in regards to Slipknot‘s return, Corey is still not keen on the idea of recording another album.

This, of course, presents some pros and cons however. Pro – No more shitty Slipknot albums in the vein of All Hope is Gone. Corey you’ve lost all your metal cred, so don’t even try to fake it. Con – Crap, this means more Stone Sour, doesn’t it?

Weekly Dose of Metal: Breed 77

Maybe I’m alone here, but despite the, at times, generic Latin infused style of metal that is a prominent feature of Breed 77‘s music, I still found them to be an awesome band. And hey, they’re not anywhere near as contrived as bands like Ill Nino.

Breed 77 are a British band from the overseas territory of Gibraltar whose music is a fusion of alternative metal and flamenco. The band’s second album, 2004’s Cultura, was their breakthrough album and remains to this date their best album (at least in my opinion – which, as you should know by now, is always right).

The song ‘World’s On Fire’ taken from Cultura can be listened to below.

Pestilence frontman an articulate man

The mainman of Dutch Death Metallers Pestilence, Patrick Mameli, was recently interviewed by Blistering.com.

Some of the excerpts of the interview can be found over at Blabbermouth. Patrick talked about some really interesting stuff regarding the band (zzzzz), but the only thing that’s going to make headlines is that he expressed his wish that he could beat up ‘any fucking person on Blabbermouth’.

Nice bloke.

Pestilence‘s new album, Doctrine, is being released in North America on July 19 via Mascot Records.