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My band is better than yours!

That’s what Bruce Dickinson thinks about his band Iron Maiden in comparison to Metallica.

In a recent interview with the UK’s Metal Hammer magazine, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson discusses how the band have managed to stay on top, and how “Iron Maiden are better than Metallica.”

You’ve just got to have a sense of fearlessness,” says Bruce. “I got into trouble for saying that we’re better than Metallica… and, it’s true! They might be bigger than us and they might sell more tickets than us and they might get more gold-plated middle-class bourgeoisie turning up to their shows but they’re not Maiden. I did say it’s a bit of a wind-up. I thought, if I’m going to turn into an asshole, I might as well, you know, go for it!”

Source: Blabbermouth

I can see Bruce is probably being a bit tongue-in-cheek and just trying to play the asshole (I know I love to too), but I have to agree with him. I love both bands, I really do respect both for what they’ve done for Metal, but Maiden are the superior band in my opinion. Now feel free to flame me.

Speaking of Evile…

The band have released a brand new song, ‘Eternal Empire’ for streaming. The song comes from Evile‘s forthcoming album Five Serpent’s Teeth, which, as I mentioned earlier, is scheduled for release September 26 (and much earlier in Europe).

Want to hear the new song? It’s s available for streaming at here and free e-mail sign-up is required first. I’d check it out, but I don’t have the attention span to go through that process, just embed a Youtube clip dammit!

Back when they were still good

Just kidding 😛

This is back in the days when Robb Flynn had a bit of a semi for Fred Durst (if you’re reading this Robb, please don’t kill me), but luckily the band are back to their ass kicking selves. The new, as yet untitled, album is scheduled for release in September 2011. If it’s anywhere near as good as 2007’s The Blackening, we’re in for another real treat.

Start your week with…

…A plague to End All Plagues!

Don’t start your week with a wank, get a girlfriend instead you sad fuck! That’s what I told myself this morning, but enough about that, and more about Metal. This week, I advise you start your week with this epic tune from Evile.

The band’s forthcoming album, Five Serpent’s Teeth, is scheduled for release September 26th, 2011 through Earache Records.

Weak Recap: First Class

Hey, guess who’s back, it’s those regular superheroes of the Metal community, Mark and Guido. Once again, we’ll be recapping what we’ve been up to this past week (usually a combination of sleeping, eating and masturbation – we all lead interesting lives here at Dose of Metal).

So, basically it’s that time of the week when someone massages my ego, I then in turn massage their ego, then they massage my… You know what, doesn’t matter. Make the jump to see my awesome interview with the awesome Guido.