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An audio interview with Richie from Sol Invicto

Remember our little interview with Richie Londres from Sol Invicto we did a while back? Or the incident that caused it? Yeah, of course you do. Anyway, the interview I’m talking about now in this article wasn’t conducted by us, it was done by Anthony Saia from KUOI 89.3 FM.

Why did I even bother writing about it, then? Because it starts the only way a good interview should start like: talking about us! BOOM! Dose of Metal in da house! Represent! They talk about how we’re awesome or something like that for a few minutes, then they switch to other themes, which I didn’t quite understand because Richie is more well spoken than me in my mother tongue (and I’m Eastern European so naturally I’m better at stealing cars than talking).

We can’t wait to give you more material like that article that started it all. Just to make it clear, though, we didn’t review the EP, it was more of a news article. When we review it, it’s going to be more in the lines of this one.

You can listen to the interview with the player below:

Animals As Leaders posted a new track online

Animals As Leaders, the band that you’ve heard your metal hipster friend tell you about last year, have a new album, Weightless, coming out soon, and you must know that because I’ve bored you with it on a couple of occasions.

What better way to preview it than to listen to a track they just posted online at LA Weekly? Yeah, you can wait for like a day or something to listen to it on Spotify or whatever, but hey money is time and I’ve just wasted a few cents.

You can find the track at the link I posted above, you can find my sense of humor in the reverse universe of this one, and you can post a comment in the form below.

Mustaine loves his own site, performs on Kimmel

Megadeth performed two songs on Jimmy Kimmel last night, in full Halloween costumes. Oh snap, that’s like, WOW, amazeballs!

You can watch ‘Symphony’ being performed above.

Speaking of Megadave, he claims his website is the best ever, because he allows fans to speak their mind — even though I’ve heard he deletes negative discussions all the time.

“I think that for us, with our site, we’ve got one of the coolest web sites, because fans can actually come there and say, ‘Hey, we don’t like this song,’ and they can actually say they don’t like that song and were not going to ban them. And I think that’s cool.“

Really, really cool, unless you actually do delete negative threads, then it’s not that cool. But he used to be a wiseguy, so I guess he gets a pass:

“Even the guys who come to our web site and act like tough guys, I know that that’s just part of the culture now, acting like a tough guy on the Internet. I don’t do that that much anymore. I used to be kind of a wiseguy, liked to shoot zingers and stuff, but maybe in my old age I’ve just changed a little bit.“

Read full article here.

Make the jump to check out the second song they performed on Kimmel.

Soundgarden album is ‘mostly’ done

According to a recent interview on Billboard.com, the new Soundgarden album is ‘mostly done.’

“It’s mostly done, we just need to finish a couple of songs and mix it, so that will be happening probably over the holidays.“

Read full article here.

See? What, didn’t believe me?

Soundgarden haven’t released an album since 1996, so they’re about as relevant as a VHS tape. But hey, Chris has a decent voice so we’ll see what happens.

Metallica would suffocate with just metal, says Ulrich

For those of you still hoping that Metallica will one day snap out of it, and actually return to their thrash roots, here’s a little Lars quote for you:

“People would like us not to stray beyond certain boundaries. That would kill Metallica. We feed on freedom. We love coming back to metal, but we need to turn over rocks or we’d suffocate. That’s our DNA.”

Read full article here.

Look, there’s nothing wrong with ‘straying beyond boundaries’ for a band. We understand, you’re musicians, it’s your band, you have the right to go softer or do weird collaborations with the elderly citizens.

Problem is, you never actually ‘come back to metal.’ You really don’t, unless you count the live shows where, indeed, you do play mostly the classic songs. No one would have cared about the Load/ReLoad albums if they were just a phase, followed by AJFA (or at least Black Album) part deux.

But it never happened, once you strayed, you were gone, and that’s what upsets the fans. Again, I understand the concept of ‘my band, my rules.’ Start playing pop music if you want, it’s your right. But if you’re wondering why fans are upset and the metal community angry, this is why.

You’ve seen the positive comments on Death Magnetic. Go all the way next time, and everyone will forgive you for Lulu.

By the way, here are a few photos of Mr. and Mrs. Hetfield visiting the Taj Mahal: Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4

Source: Blabbermouth