Category Archives: Rants

Lemme introduce myself… Bitch

Well, um… hello there.

After lots of sleepless nights and horrifyingly vivid daydreams of countless hordes of metal fans yelling not-so-nice things about my writing skills, taste in music and my ancestors, I decided to face the challenge Alex has put me in front of (yes, I just wrote that) and join the marvelous group of fine gentlemen running and contributing to this wondrous site.

All in all, if that show about cars, Top Gear if I recall correctly, has a James May, I guess I can fit in here. Sorry about that – had to make an obscure reference from the get-go, otherwise I would contradict and confuse myself.

I reckon all this energy and zinginess has to be counterweighted by a boring old fart balanced approach to this type of music that we all seem to more or less enjoy. My input will probably be sporadic (I can only take so much hate mail), and I’ll try to keep it civil as long as my Xanax prescription is valid. Now that I’ve used all the tricks I know – strikethrough text, parentheses and all that -, if anything else than I have written above appears in this text, know that it’s Alex’s doing.

Hit the jump to see what kind of attitude I’m expecting.

Live dosage

Because today is a slow news day, and I’m about as bored as my ex was whenever she was with me, it’s time for some random live Metal. And because I’m a great writer, I’m going to begin a sentence with the word “because” and then start another sentence with the word “and.”

What’s the live video for the day? Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates, performed at 2008’s Wacken festival in Germany.

If you fancy seeing the reformed legends this year, you can check them out at Sweden’s Metaltown or England’s Bloodstock Open Air festival. More details can be found by googling “At the Gates [+]  dates 2011.”

Thrash ’til Death – Big Four times four, part 3

I feel like I’m repeating myself when I’m saying that I love Thrash Metal but it’s the honest to Satan’s truth.

This is the third edition of Thrash ’til Death, where I’m basically listing my favorite thrash bands. Four bands a time, each led by a genuine Big Four band, you should know the deal by now. Make the jump to read on.

Metal goes acoustic 2

Some of you regular readers may remember a week or so back I wrote a post called Metal goes acoustic. You should also remember that it was fucking awesome.

Now, because everything good comes in twos (my testicles, Katy Perry’s boobs, and so on), I’m back with part two. What does part two involve? Well, once again it’s a Youtube user called broadcast2k9 and it’s another Machine Head song that has been covered acoustically. This time, the song is A Farewell to Arms taken from The Blackening album. The song is over 10 minutes long, so I hope you can take a 10 minute break from Facebook or Porn or whatever you’re doing to check out this great cover. You won’t regret it.

Girls have balls too

Why can’t women drive? Because there’s no road between the kitchen and bedroom. Why can’t women sing Metal? Because that is neither sex, cleaning or cooking.

But seriously, sexism is something I cannot condone. Just check out the girl above screaming her way through Heaven Shall Burn‘s To Inherit The Guilt. She does a brilliant job, putting most men to shame, and certainly has more balls than myself. She needs to find herself a kitchen band ASAP.