Author Archives: Simo
Two things you didn’t need to know about Ozzy
It seems that Ozzy really misses his reality TV show, because ever since it got canceled, he’s been making up for it by bringing us all sorts of personal matters via other media. This week we found out that:
1. Ozzy is an emo
When Ozzy, his wife Sharon and of their daughters were watching the movie The Notebook, he felt the tears welling up. “I’m sitting on the bed and I’m thinking I can’t let me daughter see me cry but it gets your heart,” he said. “I’m not really the prince of darkness. I’m a loving, cuddly guy.”
2. Ozzy might change his name to Oxxxy
He also said that his love life was in good shape: “I firmly believe that the only time you’ll ever get any peace from down below is when you’re in the ground. I’m almost 62 and I still love a good old game of ‘Where’s the salami?’”
No comment.
New videos and free music round up
The title makes it sound like I’m going to provide for all your musical needs for at least a month, but it’s really just one song and a few videos. Well, you’re here, so… Make the jump and download the full Cavalera Conspiracy track, watch the video for “Better Man” by Hellyeah, “Ad Mortem” by Famine, or just scroll down and watch the best of the bunch, DevilDriver’s “Dead To Rights.”
No more Guitar Hero
No, this is not an editorial on the sad fact that guitar gods are endangered species. It’s about your favorite video game! Well, guess what? You won’t be playing a new one this year, because Activision have announced plans to scrap the latest Guitar Hero title.
“Oh no, but what can I possibly spend the hard earned money my parents gave me on, if I can’t buy a new game which is essentially a rehash of the previous five and could have easily been offered as a free or affordable download pack if Activision wasn’t a greedy evil company in the first place? Wait, I know, I’ll buy a new Rockband game instead!”
Tough luck kiddo, because Rockband is on the same path. The path of going nowhere, that is. So it’s not really a path at all…
So listen to your uncle Simo. There are pros and cons to the Guitar Hero games, but this year, you could consider buying a real guitar for that money, you know. Just a thought. God knows I wish I spent less money on games and more on porn magazines when I was a kid.
Dose of Crowbar
Get it, a crowbar’s made of metal. Lame puns aside, residents of Black Mesa have made their entire new album, Sever The Wicked Hand, available for stream today. And it’s coming out… tomorrow. In the US at least, but the rest of the world can use the stream to judge the album before they spend money on it. Listen to it here.
Also, be sure to check out this week’s Headbanger’s Ball (that thing is still on? I thought MTV stopped playing anything music related?) because Kirk Windstein will be hosting it and playing you his favorite music videos. Hint: 4/8 will be Crowbar’s.
Are you ready for the new shit?
Did I just quote Marilyn Manson in the post title? Let me redeem myself from the fact that I know that with some metal.
Cavalera Conspiracy have posted a 30 second teaser of a new song. A teaser for a song, come on. But they’ve promised a free download next week, so it’s okay.
We’ve already written about DevilDriver posting new stuff, refresh your memory here.
Protest The Hero have posted their first single from the upcoming album online, called “C’est La Vie” online. C’est La opportunity and listen to it.
And finally, Darkest Hour have also figured out how to use the internet.
