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Caliban covers

I don’t know which is more surprising; the fact Caliban still exist (German Metalcore band, from the early/mid 2000’s, remember?) or the fact that they’ve covered The Beatles’ Helter Skelter for an upcoming covers EP, called Coverfield (what is it with bands making covers albums and trying to give them clever titles?).

The tracklisting for the EP is as follows:

01. My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend (Type O’ Negative)
02. Sonne (Rammstein)
03. Blinded By Fear (At The Gates)
04. Helter Skelter (The Beatles)

You can listen to a sample of the band’s Beatles cover on the player below. Don’t worry, it sounds nothing like The Beatles, luckily.

COVERFIELD EP – HELTER SKELTER Snippet (Originally by THE BEATLES) by Calibanmetal

Weekly Dose of Metal: Naglfar

Naglfar are a bit of an anomaly in the Metal world, as they’re one of the only Black Metal bands that I actually really enjoy. Not that Black Metal is bad or anything, but it’s just not my favorite sub-genre of Metal. The band themselves are a Swedish Melodic Black Metal band, and stand out from many of the other Black Metal bands as they combine many of the elements found in the Melodic Death genre.

Formed in 1992, Naglfar have undergone many line-up alterations over the years. My favorite track of theirs, is Spoken Words of Venom from 2005’s Pariah, and can be heard below. It’s the live version, because the only studio version on Youtube sucked in quality.

Machine Head new studio photos

Machine Head have been working hard on their forthcoming album, the follow up to 2007’s The Blackening, scheduled for a September release. September also happens to be the month of Dose of Metal’s birthday, so it’s going to be one fucking awesome month, I bet.

New pictures, taken from the studio, can be found over at MachineHead.com.

Blast From The Past: Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot are about to start touring again, for the first time since the tragic passing of Paul Gray, and with all the talk of “Will they continue? Won’t they continue?” it seems like a perfect time to look back at their last album. I must warn you though, I will be brutally honest, and will be as harsh as I see fit. I won’t be sugar coating my opinions for the sake of being all sentimental about the band.

The format of this review, you will notice, will differ from the usual style here at Dose of Metal. I shall be taking the ‘Blitzkritik’ approach that we used to do a long time ago. Basically, I shall put the album, press play, and simply review the album in real time as I’m listening. In other words, yes I’m lazy.

Regardless, make your way over the jump for the review.

Back when they were still good: Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage; I envy you guys. You’ve been writing the same shit over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again, it’s gotten worse, and yet you’ve been making a living from it. I write the same shit over and over again, and I’m lucky if I get so much as a blowjob, let alone a pay check (and that’s not got anything to do with this site or my writing, I just don’t get a whole lot of action).

The band were once good, then they found a formula and stuck with it until people like me could take no more. In addition, Adam D you’re neither funny nor original, you’re just lame. So Killswitch Engage, please either get good again and tell Adam to shut the hell up (and lose the cape), or just give it up already. Kthnxbye! xoxo

P.S. I actually wanted to find a live video of this song with Jesse, but unfortunately I failed.