Author Archives: Simo

Remember Cannibal Corpse in Ace Ventura?

How could this picture have anything to do with metal, right? Wrong! Here’s another little piece of metal trivia a friend of mine on Facebook reminded me of, continuing from our older post on Anthrax appearing in Married With Children. This is the first time Facebook was actually useful for me, other than the usual stalking that goes on.

Any metalhead who likes Jim Carrey (or at least tolerates him) has fond memories of the first Ace Ventura movie. Why? Because Cannibal Corpse appear in it performing Hammer Smashed Face, that’s why! If your memory is anything like mine, you’ll need a reminder. Read on!

Suicide Silence to get loud

Are you a fan of Suicide Silence? Me neither. But in case you live in California, you might want to check out their upcoming live shows in San Diego and Pomona. Why? They’ll be filming the shows for a future live DVD release. So, you know, since you’ll be one of the ten people attending, it won’t be hard to recognize your face in the crowd once the DVD is out.

Dates:

10/28 San Diego, CA – Soma
10/29 Pomona, CA – Glass House

Source: Theprp.com

Of Metal and Middle East

I always thought Jordan was a basketball player, first name Michael. Or was it a singer? Or were they one person? Didn’t the singer have some incident involving his balls?

Anyway, to my big surprise, it seems that Jordan is also a country. You learn something new every day. The country’s (and in fact, entire Middle-Eastern) metal scene is still new, but working hard. They are facing the same old stereotypes every metalhead faces at one point of their lives: that they’re Satanists, evil, bad, violent, demented, etc. Of course none of these things apply to a usual metalhead, regardless of what my mother might have told you about me.

You can read more on the subject as well as few fan statements here, and you can check out the band pictured above, Binding Shade, if you click here.

A day of interviews

Today was a busy day. Seems that musicians talk way too much… Here’s a quick recap on who had what to say.

First and foremost, our very own Guido did an interview with Thomas Gurrath of Debauchery and Big Ball, and it’s the sweetest thing you’ll read all day. I’m posting the other interviews just so I could make this a “recap” and not “look, we’re awesome” post. Read on to check out a bunch of other ones.

Mugshot mystery

Who is this kid?

Let me help you out: He’s named after a flower, he used to be in a popular rock band ages ago, and lately he’s been most recognized by his dreadlocks. He happens to play in some tribute band, but no one really cares about that. Make the jump and find out.