Indian Dose of Metal

Here’s a first. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think we’ve ever covered an Indian artist on this site. Unless some dork refered to a Shyamalan twist in some kind of relation to a feud between musicians. I think I have done that before.

But either way, Dose of Metal presents to you: The Down Troddence. This band from Kannur, India has only released four songs so far. Three of which you can find on their Facebook or Reverbnation pages and one you can listen to above.

I guess in India, they headbang just like we do all over the rest of the world. Some things are just global.

Update: I probably should have credited him right when I posted this, but this band and the above video was shown to me by my good friend Pasquale. Annoy the shit out of him on Facebook!

Lulu – Lou Reed =

If you ever thought the Lou Reed / Metallica songs could have been improved without Reed‘s pretentious poems, someone just did you a solid.

Above you have a version of ‘The View’ without Lou Reed. Is it better? Hmmm, maybe just a little, but I don’t think that’s saying much.

I am the blog. I am the progress.

Lady Gaga to replace Freddie Mercury?

According to Blabbermouth, pop sensation Lady Gaga may be Queen’s new frontman. Yes, she has a penis.

“Brian May is open to having Lady Gaga front the band. May revealed to London’s Daily Express, ‘We talk about going out on the road all the time but there’s a bit of a singer problem to put it mildly. We get a lot of offers to work with other people. I worked with Lady Gaga and she’s very creative and is someone we’ve talked about singing, fronting the band with. She’s not just a singer, she writes her own material.'”

Read full article here.

Lemme guess, she’ll sit behind the piano with a dress made out of Cheetos or something, and she’ll sing “Is this the real life, is is is this the the the real real real real real life?”, and everyone will go “wow, what a genius!”, and I will die a little inside.

Fuck this.

Might as well get Lil’ Wayne if you want an auto-tuned hack to take a dump on Mercury’s legacy.

Nergal pisses off some Christians (part: 147,082)

According to Blabbermouth, The president of Poland’s public TV broadcaster TVP has requested the producer of ‘The Voice Of Poland’ to provide a detailed explanation for the recent “provocative behavior” of  Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski, a judge on the show.

And what was so provocative, you may ask? Well, it seems Nergal made a special guest appearance during the October 1 performance by the Polish band Times New Roman (nope I haven’t heard of them either). Two members of the band turned up on stage in wheelchairs, wearing hospital pajamas and accompanied by nurses. A stage announcer informed the audience that the musicians were physically unable to play the show unless they were “healed.” At which point, Nergal appeared on stage dressed as a clergyman, wearing a sash around his neck. He then laid his hands on the heads of the musicians and “healed” them, before they continued the concert. You can watch the video above.

Braun (nope, me neither) has commented that “Nergal‘s “provocative behavior” showed a lack of respect not only for others’ religious beliefs but also for the sick and the disabled.”

Hang on, hang on. So, wait a minute.You’re saying that Nergal, a man who has undergone leukaemia treatment, and has recently beaten cancer, is “disrespectful” to the ill? Try again. As for religious beliefs, I don’t see how it is so “offensive”, but why is it that religious practitioners feel they can openly criticize things based on their “belief” (like oh I don’t know, say Nergal’s music and acts, or the theory of evolution), despite contradicting evidence, yet no one has a right to criticize religion (or in this case, Catholicism)? It’s time that people start to grow up in the 21st century. As one Blabbermouth user comments, “still stuck in the middle ages? Who cares?”

God hates Australia

I don’t really believe in God, but it’s okay if you do (even though you’re wrong and gullible!). But if there is a God (hypothetically speaking, Dave), he clearly hates Australia, how else would you explain the terrible tragedy that is about to happen to them in 2012?

“Soundwave Festival 2012” is taking place around late February, and here are some of the bands confirmed: System of a Down, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Lostprophets, and Hole (lol wtf?). I know, right?

God also hates Aussie metalheads, because Machine Head, Mastodon and other decent bands are playing, so metalheads will have to swallow their pride and buy a ticket with Limp Bizkit‘s name on it, just to see those bands. Terrible.

Tickets go on sale October 20 at 9 AM, so you know when NOT to buy them. The official site is here: do not click this.

It’s really sick to see what’s happening to Australia, an otherwise cool and peaceful country. Sorry, guys.