R.I.P. Steve Jobs
As you have undoubtedly heard, Steve Jobs passed away. I know this is a metal site, but we probably wouldn’t be here writing on it and you wouldn’t be here reading if it wasn’t for this man.
I was hesitant in posting about it at first, but I really think we should take a moment and offer our condolences to a true modern day genius who changed the world.
Whether you like Apple products, or you’re one of those assholes with an Android phone, who can’t afford an iPhone, so he shits on iPhones all the time just to let out his frustrations, you have to admit this man was brilliant.
Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.
Crazy Train and Honda sitting in a tree
Check out the commercial above. It’s actually kind of funny, but I really think they should have used a more popular song (I mean, popular for the masses, not for us metal people). If the message is ‘the car is so fun to drive, we all break out singing,’ surely they should have gone with an 80s pop hit or something, right?
The sad part is, those kids mimicking the instruments sound better than Ozzy‘s live show.
Random Dose of Metal: Somne
Who are Somne? According to their Facebook, they are an atmospheric black metal band hailing from Manchester, UK. The band consist of just two members, ‘T’ who handles all the instrumental and writing side of the band, and ‘A’ who does all the vocals and lyrics.
Talk about little information, huh? You can listen to the song ‘Beyond’ above and make your own mind up though. The production is a bit shit, which may be either because they are black metal, or might be just because the song is only in its demo stage, I have no idea. Regardless, I’m a pretty depressing fellow, so I found I enjoyed the song, and you may do too.
Kidtallica
While Metallica are off doing their lame Lulu project, a bunch of kids are ‘metalling’ it up, performing a morbid cover of ‘Tallica‘s ‘Enter Sandman’.
The playing is a little sloppy, and the kid’s idea of singing is something along the lines of “eeeexxxeeet deeeeerp, deeeeeerpy niiiiiyyyt”, but they’re still infinitely more metal than Metallica. Plus the little girl in the skirt (no, not Kirk) plays the solo, which is more than Korn or any of those Nu Metal bands do when they cover Tallica. It’s official, kids > Nu Metal.
Source: Metal Hammer
Here’s almost 20 things you can do without
Todd Kerns, the bass player for Slash‘s solo band, revealed there are almost twenty song ready to be recorded for the follow up to Slash’s first album. The record will come out in early 2012, so you have plenty of time to supply yourself with earplugs.
Meanwhile, Axl got into a fight with almost twenty fans.
