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The Darkness return

The Darkness, otherwise known as the Pop band that successfully tricked brain-dead zombies around the world into thinking they were a unique, original and quirky Rock band, by ripping off superior bands and adding ridiculous falsetto vocals, despite the fact everything they did had been heard before in the 70s and 80s, only better, are officially back. I know you’re probably about as excited as I am at this prospect.

For those with poor memories, The Darkness rose to fame in the early 2000s when they released their breakthrough album, Permission to Land, which can only be described as like the sound of your parents making love; sickening. After the band’s fifteen minutes of fame was up, a large proportion of the population realized the band were in fact shit and their second album flopped,  and the band then split up shortly afterwards (hallelujah).

It is with great sadness that we at Dose of Metal report on the band’s return, but we have to do these things unfortunately to warn you guys. We’ve already reported on one disaster this week and we don’t want another one. No doubt the band ran out of money and now they’re trying to pull the nostalgia card. Original guys, almost as original as your terrible music.

The band are also playing the UK’s Download Festival, which is brilliant news, because I’m not going. More info here.

Good news for those living in the 18th Century

Old school Metalheads of the world, some fantastic news for you guys that are just too stubborn to enter the 21st Century, or just realize that MP3s sound like premature jizz and Vinyl sounds like orgasmic brilliance. Not that I would know though, I’m still rockin’ my tapedeck like it’s 1995.

Roadrunner Records, along with Opeth and Machine Head, will be participating in some “cool” Record Store Day Initiatives this April 16.

Inspired by the length of my penis, Opeth will release seven-inch vinyl of “The Throat of Winter”. The track, which was originally featured on the “God Of War: Blood & Metal” digital EP, will see its first and only physical incarnation with this special release. Side B of the seven-inch (the record, not my penis) is etched with the band’s logo (although BTW, my penis is etched with all 443 of my past lovers’ names – it’s just that damn big).

Inspired by the length of my penis when erect (it’s 7 inches when floppy), Machine Head will release 10-inch vinyl, titled The Black Procession. The record includes three previously unreleased live tracks that were recorded along 2010’s Black Procession Tour, in support of the band’s last studio effort, The Blackening.

More information can be found here.

Between The Buried And Me frontman Solo details

Tommy Rogers, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the Prog Metallers Between the Buried and Me,  has announced the details of his upcoming solo tour.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Thomas Giles (which is the pseudonym Tommy Rogers goes by for his solo shit. Confused? Me too, but it doesn’t take a lot) released his debut solo album Pulse last month through Metal Blade records. Tommy Rogers had previously released an album in 2005, through Victory Records, under the name Giles though (ok now I’m definitely confused).

So on with the news. Tommy Rogers has announced who will be making up his live band for the Thomas Giles tour and, my God, you will be in for a surprise. Actually, I’m lying, he basically did the most predictable thing possible and got his bandmates from Between the Buried and Me to help him out. Completing the band’s line-up is Paul Waggoner (BTBAM) on Guitar, Josh Brigham (Hopesfall) on Bass and Will Goodyear (BTBAM) on Drums and backing vocals.

The tour dates are as follows:

Mar. 30 – Charlotte, NC – Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall
Mar. 31 – Norfolk, VA – Jewish Mother
Apr. 01 – Philadelphia, PA – North Star Bar
Apr. 02 – New York, NY – Santos Party House
Apr. 03 – Providence, RI – The Met

Source: Blabbermouth

Shit on a Broadway

Fair’s fair, I’ve had a terrible weekend, so it’s only fair that I now ruin your weekend. Apologies in advance, but I’m just a dick like that. Scars On Broadway have released a new official live video for their track known as Fucking, which can be viewed above. Presumably its full title is Fucking Awful, but I could be wrong. I’ve been wrong before, once, a long time ago, when I was about 4.

If this post does serve just one purpose though, it is to prove that the System of a Down reunion can’t be all bad. It can only mean less of the shit above.

Isis frontman forms new label

Well fellow Metalheads, if you’re like me (and if you’re reading this site, you probably are), you too will think there is way too much Lady Gaga and Kanye West in this world at the moment. Music is going down the shitter, deeper and deeper. Soon we won’t even have music, we’ll just have a random sample of bleeps and blips (arguably we already do – just look at Nine Inch Nails). Not to worry though, Metal will never die and neither will Rock, because of people like Aaron Turner (ex Isis) will always exist.

The former Isis frontman and Faith Coloccia (Mamiffer) have formed a new label partnership dubbed Sige, with the label’s latest release, Mamiffer‘s “Mare Decendrii”, set for a March 15th release.  In other words, they created a label just to release their own music… But hey, it’s bound to be better than what ever is currently playing on the radio or on your computer screens. Not my computer screen mind, ’cause I’m currently watching Keira Knightley’s sex scene from Atonement on repeat.

As always, if you care, more information can be found by clicking here.