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Job for an interview

Job For a Cowboy, one of the few relatively decent Deathcore bands (mostly because they’re actually Death Metal), despite the stupid name, were recently interviewed by ExploreMusic. The video can be found above. I’d bore you with the details, but I’d rather you save myself some time by just pressing play.

Blabbermouth users equally love this band, just check out some of these flattering comments:

“SHIT band”

“dumb name”

“fuck these guys”

“Ridiculous band name, perhaps one of the worst band names I ever heard. Its not even funny. And the song was just garbage. Cant stand all these meaningless bullshit Death Metal bands which have flooded the market the last 20 years. Only a few of all these bands are really good. The rest think they are good just because they have a fast drummer and can imitate other bands. They all sound the same. Its just garbage.”

Weekly Dose of Metal: Withered

Withered is an extreme Metal band hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. The band formed back in 2004, and began to start making a name for themselves from then on. I’m not entirely sure what happened though, but I haven’t heard a lot about them in a couple of years now. That’s probably down to my laziness however, because the band released a new album called Dualitas just last year. Check out the band’s official site for more info. If you enjoy Death Metal that incorporates a lot melody (don’t want to say Melodic Death Metal), then you might just like Withered.

My favorite Withered song ‘Within Your Grief‘ from 2005’s Memento Mori can be heard below.

Remembering: The Agony Scene

So, the other day we all sat together, drank tea and remembered the good old days of Pushmeunder. Oh, no we didn’t. I did all that, you lot were too busy having your personal details stolen from the Playstation Network (forgive me for not knowing the correct term) and watching the latest Sasha Grey film.

So this time, why don’t I help you remember a band we should all be able to remember? Well that’s what I’m doing, hopefully…

The Agony Scene were a band a lot of people seemed to hate. They burst onto the scene on a Christian Metal label, then later claimed they weren’t in fact Christians, and released a lot of relatively generic Deathcore/Metalcore/Applecore type music. So why am I remembering them? Well, I actually happened to like a few of their songs and, to me, they stood out at that time for not reducing themselves to constantly ripping off In Flames (although they do rip off At The Gates) and alternating between screams and clean vocals.

I used to love the track ‘Scapegoat’ taken from 2005’s The Darkest Red album, and guess what? You can watch the live video above. It’s pretty damn “Br00tal” as the trendy kids would say.

Check out: Primordial

No, this isn’t your weekly dose of Metal, but it is indeed a recommendation to all you serious Metalheads out there. We’re so awesome here at Dose of Metal, that we’re all about getting the good name of Metal out there, and I think it’s about time I mentioned a band called Primordial here at DoM.

Primordial are an extreme (Folk infused) Black Metal band hailing from Ireland, and believe me, that isn’t as bad as it sounds, trust me. The band began back in 1987, starting out as a Thrash and Death Metal band. However, following a slight lineup change in 1991, the and began experimenting more with the atmospheric sounds of Black Metal, as well as with their Irish Folk roots. Hell, Wikipedia has all the information you need on the band though.

The band have a brand new album out, which was released only yesterday, titled Redemption at the Puritan’s Hand. I highly suggest you check it out, as initial reviews are suggesting it’s one of the best Metal albums this year. The new song, ‘Bloodied Yet Unbowed’ taken from the album can be heard below.

I can’t join FFDP (and neither can you)

FFDP stands for Five Finger Death Punch, in case you care (but now you know, you will probably want to five finger death punch your monitor screen in). They also recently lost a bass player, which means they’re on the lookout for a new one. Think you have what it takes? Then why not apply?

Just make sure that you don’t drink too much alcohol, don’t smoke, your image is “alternative/Metal” enough to fit in, you’re not over 35, you’re under 6 foot tall, you have some tattoos, you’re not fat, not skinny, and a bunch of other crap. Yeah, well that’s me out… Equal opportunities FTW!

According to Metalsucks, some rep for the band has also alleged that the band were not involved with the flier (which can be viewed after the jump), and that it was mistake of some sorts… Hmm.