Author Archives: Mark
Nightrage to enter studio
Nightrage, the band that sounds like At The Gates, smells like At The Gates, probably even tastes like At The Gates, and even had At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg up until their second or third album, are set to enter the studio in June to record their forthcoming fifth album, which will probably sound like At The Gates, only not as good.
If you are concerned that I’ll write more sentences that are way way way way too long, then worry not, as I am most sure, that I shall not do that again any time soon, for as long as this post continues. So on with the Nightrage news…
The band have completed work on 15 songs during the pre-production phase for their as-yet-untitled fifth album. The ‘Rage will be recording all drums, bass, and guitars over at Zero Gravity Studios in Athens, Greece. More information can be found over here.
Morbid Angel reveal album details
Death Metal titans, Morbid Angel, have revealed the title of their forthcoming album as Illud Divinum Insanus. Being the complete dummy I am, I have no idea what that means, but I’m going to guess it translates as “Dose of Metal is totally awesome and Mark has a ten inch penis that drives all the women wild.” Just a groundless guess mind…
According to Blabbermouth (guess where I stole found this news from?) Illud Divinum Insanus was recorded at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, ( in Florida, USA, not Russia silly) with engineer Erik Rutan (ex Morbid Angel guitarist, and producer for bands such as Cannibal Corpse and Goatwhore [he produced my favorite porn flick?]). The new CD will be the band’s first to be recorded without drummer Pedro “Pete” Sandoval, who last year underwent back surgery for a deteriorating disc problem. Currently replacing him on a temporary basis is Tim Yeung, who has previously played with Divine Heresy, All That Remains, and Nile, amongst other bands.
My thoughts on: The Haunted
Let’s imagine for a second, you hear a band’s name, but you haven’t yet heard their music. How do you know if they’re shit or not? One friend I had in high school had one very simple theory. “Are they a ‘the’ band?” he would ask. You may be wondering what he means by this, but it’s very simple. My friend used to think that all bands that start with the word ‘the’ were shit, and he wasn’t far wrong. The Strokes, The Kooks, The Hives, The Killers; all of these bands are utter horse crap, as you probably know all too well. Theory proved? Well, all theories have their flaws, however, and The Haunted are this theory’s flaw.
Read on for my thoughts on this Swedish Thrash band.
Party recommendation: Municipal Waste
Municipal Waste are a Thrash Metal band from Richmond, Virginia, that formed way back in 2001. I saw them live a few years back, in fact, it must have been about 3 or 4 now, and they were an absolute delight live. Translation; they knew how to fuck things up. And I mean that in a good way, not in a bad way like how Aaron Lewis of Staind forgets half his lyrics on stage. Or like how he forgets to write music that doesn’t suck.
Municipal Waste know how to write some good party Metal, as you can guess from the name of their 2007 album The Art of Partying, in which the song above is taken from. In fact, to tell the truth, I’m only posting this because I’m intoxicated right now. So blast Sadistic Magician, before I try to drunkenly try to seduce your dead cat or something.
If you’re sick of the usual party garbage, then Municipal Waste are a great alternative.
Slayer return to the stage
Despite every obstacle being thrown in Slayer‘s direction recently (well, old age mostly I’d guess), with Araya being admitted to hospital and Hanneman undergoing surgery, the band finally returned to the stage last night (Friday 4th).
Tom is back pelting those vocals out and smashing the Bass, but Gary Holt of Exodus is still filling in for Jeff, who will be back as soon as he’s fully recovered. Video footage of their live performance at Australia’s Soundwave festival can be found after the jump.
