Author Archives: Mark

Matt Heafy talks Lady Gaga

Being the frontman of a band as a mediocre and overhyped as Trivium, it comes with  no surprise to learn that Matt Heafy has taken great inspiration from Lady Gaga for the new album, In Waves.

Trivium sinking lower into the depths of Pop? No surprises here.

Ok, admittedly I’ve completely twisted his words and the new album will probably be as ‘Metal’ as any of their other albums. Check out the full interview with Amy Harris here if you’re idea of a fun night is spending the evening knitting with your grandma.

P.S. That’s not Matt Heafy above, I just don’t want his name tarnishing my search history, getting in the way of all my porn searches.

Weekly Dose of Metal: Sybreed

And now it’s time for the weekly dose of Metal, as opposed to the random dose of Metal or even “today’s” dose of Metal. Confused? Remind me of my sexuality.

This week’s dose comes from a Swiss Industrial band, Sybreed. The band have been dubbed as “death wave”, a portmanteau of Death Metal and New Wave. And when I say they’ve been “dubbed”, I mean that’s just what Wikipedia informed me.

You can check out Sybreed‘s ‘A.E.O.N.’ taken from 2009’s The Pulse of Awakening below.

Phil Demmel reviews the new Machine Head album

Machine Head have a new album, Unto the Locust, coming out in September and Phil Demmel, who totally isn’t biased (not like he’s actually in Machine Head or anything), was nice enough to give a track-by-track review of the new album.

The verdict? That it’s the most epic, most heavy and strongest Machine Head album yet, of course. At least that was my interpretation, not that I’m cynical at all.

I don’t have the time nor effort to write some of Phil’s descriptions here (and yes I’ve heard of ‘copy and paste’), so why not head over to Blabbermouth and check it out for yourself?

Sevendust drummer likes new Van Halen album

Today I’m just full of sensational, exciting headline titles. Can you tell?

According to Blabbermouth (who in turn probably borrowed this news from somewhere else), the Sevendust drummer has apparently heard some of the new Van Halen album, and not just that, he also thinks it’s “fucking killer” (how badass are we? We don’t even censor it like Blabbermouth).

Wow, is anyone else amazed by this news? I’m pretty sure if I was in Sevendust I’d think the Spice Girls reunion album is ground breaking. More important news would be regarding Sevendust and why they still exist. Seriously, I want to know why.

In other news, I just heard my mom sing and it was “fucking killer”.

Aliases’ debut video

Aliases, the band formed partly by ex SiKth guitarist Pin, and features, wait for it, OMG – a female guitarist (how quaint), have released their debut ass kicking video for the song ‘What’s Left For Us’.

The song itself very much sounds similar in style to SiKth, and that’s not a bad thing. The video was debuted at Metalinjection.net.