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Weekly Dose of Metal: Edge of Sanity

Opeth fans, you need to check out Edge of Sanity, if you haven’t already.

Edge of Sanity was a Swedish Progressive Death Metal band, a lot of like Opeth. The band released the, now classic, Purgatory Afterglow album back in 1994 and it broke a lot of barriers in the Death Metal genre.

Album opener ‘Twilight’ may start like something camper than a Backstreet Boys song, but stay with it, I promise it will kick your ass. Seriously though, the song is brilliant, and the introduction much like the work of Opeth, with a very prominent Pink Floyd influence.

Yeah, but enough chitter-shatter, check out the song below, or I’ll eat your mom out.

One Minute Silence save you an earache

Reformed Rap-Metallers One Minute Silence have been forced to pull out of this year’s Sonisphere festival, reports Blabbermouth.

I have to give the band credit where due, though, they don’t pull any bullshit, they keep it real yo. Why have they pulled out? Because the band just aren’t in top shape and they’re facing some “life complexities” like bladder weakness or something (at least that’s what one Blabbermouth user speculates). I don’t know, read the story over at Blabbermouth if you care.

Honestly though, this is kind of a good thing. I mean, unless listening to a band that sounds like a cross between Limp Bizkit and Hed PE on a bad day is your thing.

Corey Taylor: “Don’t follow your dreams”

Corey Taylor is evidently as good a motivational speaker, as he is a Metal artist.

For some bizarre reason, the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman recently spoke at England’s Oxford University. Why? I have no fucking idea (and if you’re wondering what his speech sounded like, it probably had plenty of those ‘f bombs’).

What was Corey’s message to the highly educated crowd of students? Don’t follow your dreams. Wow, thanks for the amazing incite Corey! I think I’ll just stick to masturbating to mediocre internet porn, drinking beer and getting the odd bit of sleep. I mean, may as well stick to what I’m good at right? Who needs dreams any way? Dreams are for pussies.

Blabbermouth also have a video interview that I’m way to lazy to embed. So head over there if you care (and I sincerely hope you don’t).

Crucified Barbara will enter the studio

According to Blabbermouth, “Swedish all-girl hard rock band” (I’m puking all ready) Crucified Barbara will enter the studio this summer to begin recording its third full-length album for a late 2011 release.

Upon hearing this news, I have just a few questions. One, who the fuck is Barbara and why was she crucified? Is she like Jesus? Should I care? And finally, is the above picture enough to make me want to check out this band? I have no idea.

Jasta describes his songs

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “I wonder what Jamey Jasta‘s upcoming solo album is going to sound like?” Wow, it’s like Jamey Jasta is just reading your mind, because guess what he’s gone and done? He’s only gone and done a video in which he offers some song descriptions. Amazing right?

You can check out the video above, but you should have worked that one out for yourselves by now. Geeze, I’m not your mother!