Author Archives: Mark

Some facts for Sunday

Sit down, it’s time for Sunday school. I know what you’re thinking, you’re tired, hungover, dreading the thought of work tomorrow, and what you really want, is to be bombarded with bullshit facts from your favorite Metal site. Well consider it your lucky day then.

Fact #1 – 666 isn’t the number of the beast, 616 is. Wikipedia doesn’t lie kids. So next time you’re singing along to The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden, make sure you alter the lyrics accordingly. Same applies to Slipknot‘s Heretic Anthem.

Fact #2 – Korn can change their sound as much as they like, they’re still going to suck.

Fact #3 –Duff Mckagan isn’t rolling in cash.

Fact #4 – I’m awesome.

Fact #5 – Dose of Metal is perhaps the greatest independent Metal site on the whole of the internet. *

That’s it for today, stay tuned to Dose of Metal for more amazing posts like this, and much more.

* N.B. Some of these facts may not be facts in the conventional sense, they are more like lies. Factual lies.

Musicians suck up to Metallica

The Big Four — Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax — are heading over to Indio, California next Saturday April 23. So in honor of this glorious event, ARTISTdirect.com editor author Rick Florino spoke to a few musicians (and I use the term “musicians” loosely) about the first time they heard Metallica and what the band means to them. It’s a truly interesting read… About as exciting as cancer.

Rick spoke to a ton of artists, including Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor, who used the interview to promote his own book. Smooth. Find more on this story over at Blabbermouth, with excerpts from Slash, Jonathan Davis and Sully Erna.

Anyways, if you’re wondering about myself, the details about the first time I heard Metallica can actually be found in my $19.99 autobiography entitled Mark of Dose of Metal – A Metal Journey. Be sure to pick it up..

Friday Top 10: Best hair styles

Yup, you read that right, we’re changing shit up a bit this week, we’re going fashion conscious on your asses. Forget Vogue, it’s time for Dose of Fashion! Don’t worry though, you know this is Dose of Metal really and we’re not about to sell out (well, not unless it’s going to get us millions like Metallica).

Ok, so it’s a little vain, but here we are. We’ve done best tattoos and best looking guitars, so why not best looking Metal hair? Get your Friday Top 10 after the jump!

Weekly Dose of Metal: Akercocke

It’s time to rock out with your Akercocke out guys, because this week I shall be filling in for Guido for the Weekly Dose of Metal.

In case it isn’t painfully obvious from my initial sentence, this week I’m introducing you to a band called Akercocke. The band are a Progressive Blackened Death Metal band from England, and if you think that’s a mouthful, wait until you try and digest some of their epic 10 minute songs. This band are like the Opeth crossed with Behemoth, which is a good combination, I’m sure you’ll agree.

I’ve reviewed one of their albums before, so go have a read of that, and then check out the song ‘Verdelet’ below, taken from the album Words that go Unspoken, Deeds that go Undone.

Review: Sylosis – Edge of the Earth

If you’re not too down with the kids, and the modern Metal scene, you may be forgiven for not knowing who Sylosis are. My first awareness of the band, came when I went to see As I Lay Dying. Sylosis were supporting, and although I thought they were fairly good, I did slightly disregard them as another mediocre modern Metalcore-y type band. My initial perceptions were a bit ignorant, as the band actually resemble something closer to Thrash Metal than Metalcore. There are no breakdowns, no continuous alternations between hardcore vocals and clean sung chorus’s. Musically the band are very thrashy, but the vocals are much more aggressive and harsh than those usually used in that form of Metal.

Released about a month ago, Edge of the Earth is Sylosis‘ second album. I was impressed with their new single, and now it’s time for me to review the album. Will it prove to be a modern classic, or just another mediocre attempt and re-energizing the Thrash genre, with a generic modern twist? Find out after the jump.