Jonas Björler talks The Haunted, At The Gates and shit

Greece’s Rock Overdose recently interviewed The Haunted (and At The Gates) bassist Jonas Björler. The chat can now be streamed over at Blabbermouth. Well, in theory it can, but the audio player wouldn’t work for me… Maybe it will for you, I don’t know. Who cares though, right? It’s not like the chat will be remotely interesting anyways…

Birthday Giveaway 3

So we had a lot of fun doing the Rising Pain giveaway, which is why we’re doing it again. Same EP and poster prizes, but now we’re bundling in the Die album with the first prize.

If you were unlucky the first time, feel free to try again. As always, having entered the other giveaways will not forbid you from entering this one.

Make the jump for more info.

P.S. = As mentioned earlier, don’t forget that our first giveaway is still going until next weekend. You can win a micro sculpture of some devil horns, so it’s a pretty cool and unique prize. Enter here.

One contest has ended. Two more to go

We’ve celebrate our first birthday this month, so we decided to launch two contests for you guys.

One of them is over, unfortunately. Three lucky winners have been emailed, so if you entered, check your email and see if you’ve won. Winners will have 48 hours to respond to our emails with a shipping address, otherwise we’ll select a new winner. So get to it, punks.

The great news is that we are launching a third giveaway, just in case the fine folks who tried their luck want to try it again.

I should point out that the first giveaway, the one with the micro sculpture, is still going on. So enter it if you haven’t already. The prize is really cool

Thanks for entering, guys, and good luck!

Benante thinks metalheads are not open-minded

Anthrax drummer and Lady Gaga fan Charlie Benante doesn’t have the nicest things to say about a metalhead’s ability to be open-minded about music.

This is what he said in a recent interview:

“I think the metal scene struggles… how can I put this it without sounding bad- most true metal heads are not the most open minded people when it comes to music. They like what they like and they want that- and you have to deliver that. If you go a little left field, I don’t know man, that’s taking some chances there and you have to deliver. With this record, it is truly a heavy metal record. There’s no other influence on this record other than hard rock and heavy metal.“

Read full interview here.

Huh? What is he on about. Metallica went through 30 genres and they never got any shit for it. [big ass rollin’ eyes here]

I guess he is right, it’s not like we’re the most open-minded people out there, is it? I hate almost every genre out there, and I dislike most rock subgenres.

Let’s face it, we suck. Fuck ourselves!

Zakk Wylde is safe!

Both Zakk Wylde and his epic beard are safe. He has a restraining order against his number one fan.

Yes, Zakk was stalked by his neighbor, a lovable bipolar dude who broke into his home studio and also left a ‘sacrifice’ for him (a guitar). You can read more info by clicking the link above, which takes you to the original story we wrote on this, all via the magic of the interwebz.

You’d think Zakk would be comfortable around these crazy dudes, having worked with Ozzy and all. But if he got scared by this guy, I can only imagine what a lunatic he was. TMZ writes:

“Radich — who Wylde described as “mentally ill” — was ordered to stay at least 50 yards away from Zakk and his family for the next three years.“

Read full article here.

Wow, just three years? This guy will have just enough time to prepare a new sacrifice and cook up a new plan. Great job, authorities.