Category Archives: News

The Haunted reveal new album trailer

This post may be about a new trailer for The Haunted‘s new album, Unseen, but fuck that for a second (Which, funnily enough, is usually how long I last in a fuck). According to Blabbermouth, the album is out today in my country (and tomorrow for you guys in the U.S.), so what happened when I walked into my local CD shop after work today? They didn’t fucking have it! I thought to myself “ah it must not be out yet, I must have got the dates wrong” but I was right after all. Damn CD chain that I probably can’t name for legal reasons, you suck.

So on with the news, because no one wants to read my stupid rants. The Haunted‘s new trailer can be viewed above. It basically features vocalist Peter Dolving telling the viewers how fucking beautiful their new album is, which reminds me, Dose of Metal is fucking beautiful and so is this post, and my penis.

Sylosis release Empyreal video

Everyone, stop what ever the hell you are doing right now, there is something that desperately requires your attention! Some band you’ve probably never heard of (I’ve heard of them though, because I’m awesome like that), Sylosis, have just released a new video for a track called Empyreal. Is it any good? I don’t know, I couldn’t be bothered to stop playing Iron Maiden for 5 minutes to check it out. Just kidding, I did check it out, and it sounds pretty good. A little too Metalcore-y for my tastes, but perhaps it will suit some of your palettes.

Now I could spend another 5 minutes typing all the information on Sylosis and their new video, or I could go back to watching my porn listening to Iron Maiden. Guess which option I chose? Head over to Blabbermouth for more information, if you’re interested.

Kick them

Ryan McKenney is awesome, you have to agree with me on that one. You’ll also agree with me when I say “Just who the fuck is Ryan McKenney?”

Apparently, he’s the singer for Trap Them. Now, I could recycle the same joke above once again, but I won’t. Instead, I’ll tell you to make the jump, play the video and see how Ryan deals with an asshole in the audience. Pro tip: skip to around 2:52 in the video, watch it for about a minute, then skip again to 6:30. Now, if there’s one thing I hate, is one guy (usually drunk/drugged jerk) ruining the fun for everyone else. Kudos to Ryan, you go girl.

Some Saturday interviews

It’s a late Saturday afternoon, you’re hungover and your head is pounding as you’re listening to the boring sounds of someone indulging in a 50 minute fretboard wank. No you’re not stuck in a guitar shop listening to some old man showing off, you’ve only gone and put a John 5 solo album on by mistake. Quick, put some Amon Amarth on before you die of boredom.

What does that have to do with interviews? Well it seems that I accidentally clicked on a John 5 interview by mistake, which, in case you care, can be found here.What I really wanted to be listening to though, is this interview with Amon Amarth‘s bassist, Ted Lundström, found here.

Amon Amarth will be releasing their 8th studio album Surtur Rising on March 29th (cover art found above, albeit cropped). Be sure to pick it up if you know what’s good for you.

In other news, a bunch of musicians you couldn’t care less about were also interviewed, including the Accept guitarist, my Grandma, and the drummer from Epica.

King Diamond is doing a lot better

King Diamond is awesome. His style of singing, his lyrical content of horror stories, and constantly making amazing albums is what makes him awesome. What isn’t awesome is what he has gone through as of late. In case you’re unaware, King Diamond was taken to hospital this past November. He had several blockages in his arteries and apparently had quite a bit of heart attacks and needed a triple-bypass surgery.

Less than a week ago, Livia (who happens to be the wife of King Diamond), posted an update for fans curious of his health.

Hi Everyone,
Some of you have been asking for an update on King‘s health, so I thought I’ll write what’s been going on.
King has just finished his Cardiac Rehabilitation program this past Friday, and graduated with flying colors. Thanks to the wonderful people at the rehab center, his exercise regimen helpe him gain a lot of muscle, and start on the road of building up good endurance.
We will start regular exercises now to get the endurance up to nice levels.
The examinations by his heart surgeon and cardiologist revealed that his health is steadily improving, and they all expect him to feel better than ever, 15 years younger than he really is.

I am immensely proud of what he has achieved in these short 3 months, stopped smoking entirely, changed diet and doing regular exercise among other things.
I cannot say anything certain about when he will be back working on King Diamond related things, but he is looking forward to finishing the DVDs eventually, and he is most certainly not stopping music.

I hope this information was helpful, I can honestly say that his progress has been nothing short of amazing. He is the strongest person I know.

He would also like to extend his huge gratitude to all of you, for your absolutely amazing support. It has really meant a lot to him.

Enjoy his Cardiac Rehabilitation “graduation” picture below.

Cheers and Stay Heavy,

Livia

The guy is warrior.  It’s great to hear he is slowly coming around. We at Dose of Metal are wishing him a full recovery!