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Sepultura finish another album. Without Max.
Poor old Max, he has wanted a Sepultura reunion since, like, forever, despite claiming he doesn’t need one (insert the image of me rolling my eyes – actually don’t, too ugly). Despite him mentioning the possibilities of a reunion about 452,001 times last year, it seems Sepultura have just finished recording a new album, as their current line-up. I.e. Without him.
According to Blabbermouth, 13 tracks have been recorded during the sessions, including cover versions of Ministry‘s Just One Fix and The Prodigy‘s Firestarter, both of which are likely to be available as bonus tracks on various special-edition releases. You can also expect that Firestarter cover to be absolutely awful. Well, we’ll see… Could be worse though, they could be covering U2 again *shudder*
The, as yet, untitled album is expected for release in May this year. Is Sepultura still Sepultura without Max? Well, put it this way. Sex without my girlfriend is still sex. Okay, so I haven’t quite got round to telling her yet that I’m sleeping with someone else, but the point still stands. Is the sex better or worse? Well that’s for a different discussion.
Anthrax are Lady Gaga fans?
Ok, so my title there is intentionally misleading, I must admit. Anthrax may be fans of Lady Gaga, or they may not be, but Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante certainly seems to be a fan. Ok, so if we were talking about the vocalist, it could be anyone let’s face it, but this is Charlie Benante, one of the main members and songwriters for the band.
According to Blabbermouth, Benante and his five-year-old daughter Mia attended Lady Gaga‘s concert last night (Monday, February 28) at the United Center in Charlie‘s hometown of Chicago Illinois. Benante claims Gaga gave Anthrax a big shout-out and treated his daughter like a queen, “proving again that she is a metalhead at heart!” – His words, not mine. A photo of the three, can be found after the jump.
This can only mean one thing… Lady Gaga could be Anthrax‘s next vocalist!!!11
Cannibal Corpse DVD previews
Even though the image above suggests otherwise, George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher does have a face. It would be pretty awesome if Cannibal Corpse were so brutal that they melted their vocalists face though.
Cannibal Corpse are going to release a new DVD on March 15 and to get their fans hot for the release, uploaded four video previews. Watch three of the four previews after the jump, as the 3rd one isn’t available at the moment.
Tom Araya health update
Sandra Araya, Tom Araya’s wife, has issued an update on Tom’s health issues that led to a hospitalization and a cancelation of a concert in Sydney, Australia. We originally reported about it yesterday.
On Facebook, Mrs. Slayer posted the following update:
“TOM’S HEALTH… He was suffering from VERTIGO due to EXTREME DEHYDRATION – AND LACK OF REST! Our Doctor is in the process of getting the results on the test that were ran (major time zone difference and being the weekend has held up those results) Hopefully there will be nothing more to add after the results are returned.”
Screenshot after the jump.
So, it doesn’t sound that bad. Someone needs to drink a beer more often!
Rob Arnold joins Six Feet Under
We speculated, we reported rumors and now it’s official: Rob Arnold of Chimaira joins Six Feet Under as rhythm guitarist.
Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes commented on this addition as follows:
“I couldn’t be happier about the new songs and line up! Rob and myself have been collaborating on new songs along with the bands new drummer, Kevin Talley for the past few months. We are all feeling really excited about the bands future, and the raw intensity of the songs that we have created together so far. THIS IS THE HEAVIEST MOST EXCITING MATERIAL THAT IVE WORKED ON SINCE THE BLEEDING, AND IM STOKED THAT ROB WILL BE HELPING OUT CREATING THIS CD WITH US! we’ve all known each other for a while and we’re really looking forward to continue writing the new cd and future tours. We are committed to taking Six Feet Under to the next level of brutality!!!”
And Arnold himself said the following:
“Its been an amazing honor and opportunity to have been called upon by one of my biggest idols, Chris Barnes!! Six Feet Under and the Barnes era Cannibal stuff had enormous effects on me as a young musician, and still do to this day. In 1996, I was a kid in the front row screaming my head off to Lycanthropy and Torn to the Bone… And now here I am, being asked to play the songs on stage with the band! Dreams do come true!!! And the stuff we’ve been writing absolutely RIPS! Watch out!!”
I got to admit, I’m pretty excited about this and I can’t wait to hear the final product. Plus, finally someone who seems to love ‘Lycanthropy’ (off Six Feet Under’s debut album ‘Haunted’) as much as I do. Watch live footage of said song with SFU’s original line-up, featuring former Obituary guitarist Allen West, after the jump.
