Dose of Metallica: One man band

You know I usually make fun of so-called ‘YouTube musicians,’ but I’ve stumbled upon this clip today, and it’s actually pretty cool.

Not that I think this guy is a virtuoso on any of the instruments or anything, but it’s simply better than your average cover, and I really like the way he mashed the songs together in that medley, it really works.

If you like Metallica, or at least, like Metallica‘s 80s songs, you will probably enjoy this vid.

P.S. = Ride The Lightning sounds kinda off, though. There, a bit of meanness injected into this post.

Fanboy out.

There’s a band called The Browning

For real. Step aside The Devil Wears Prada, I just found my newest joke. I mean seriously, The Browning? It sounds like some move you make when you wipe your ass. Also, the guy on the picture above (on the far right) looks like he’s totally browning right now.

Anyway, the band will join Oceano on tour, which made me even less interested in hearing these guys’ music, but hey, a name is a name, and music is music, if they’re good, who gives a shit what they’re called. See what I just did there, wink wink.

Oh no he didn’t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser has a thing or two to say about Max Cavalera’s evolution as a singer (or lack thereof). I guess being asked about him over and over again, even though he left the band in 1996, can get a brother irritated:

“Soulfly has had so many different formations, so you lose kind of a characteristic sound there. Of course, Max and his vocals is what it is. I mean, he’s been writing the same stuff over and over again. And in that sense I don’t think he has really evolved too much. When working with different musicians all the time it’s kind of hard to have a characteristic sound or try to do something original. And then with Cavalera Conspiracy, it’s weird to think that he can really work songs like that with just like a drummer there. So I don’t really see the partnership that they’re going. It’s just like a bunch of Max songs that have a different drummer. But, you know, it is what it is. “

Read full interview here.

Oh snap! Ya done did it, son. You just done got Max Cavalera all mad now, ya feel me? Just wait till Max unleashes an all caps rage on yo ass in the press, son… Whaaat?

I have no idea why I’ve gone all street on you, nor do I know if that’s borderline racism (fingers crossed), but yeah, it’s a pretty direct thing to say. I guess playing a few Big Four gigs got Andreas some new-found balls, eh?

When asked about Andreas’ comments, Max Cavalera had no comment. He did utter some noise, but no one understood what he had to say.

Cutting yourself makes you popular

Swedish black/experimental/slash metal  band Shining had their first-ever single (whose name I can’t possibly type) certified gold, proving that you can cut yourself and be popular at the same time, unlike the high school fat chicks who treat their thighs with razors once a week after they’ve had too many donuts.

Where was I? Oh yeah, Shining. In case you’re not familiar, I’d recommend reading Guido’s hit article Pain is inspiration (a shining view on black metal), which was featured in yesterday’s Top 10, so go read that one as well. Band frontman Niklas Kvarforth had the following to say:

“I never thought I would have a Shining gold record hanging on my bathroom wall. I want thank all our past, present and future fans for helping us turn our world into a worse place to live, and pray for the day we will be able to infect other countries on such a big scale!”

Quite the attitude he’s got there. We feel great about this, but we’re scared the sudden fame might hit Niklas in the head. I mean, if he starts cutting himself with some pimped up knifes, it simply won’t be the same. Keep it real, dawg!

Friday Top 10: Most read DoM articles

It’s our birthday tomorrow, that means we’ll be exactly 1 year old. So what to do for a Top 10 other than list our 10 most read articles?

It’s pretty appropriate, because a lot of the articles in this top are actually ‘Friday Top 10s,’ which is pretty surprising considering how dumb we are.

Anyway, if you ever wondered what our readers like, this is the most interesting article that you will read tonight. If you are a sensible person with a decent taste in blogging, what the fuck are you doing here?

This top was based on our stats from September 2010 to today, and as a bonus, I’ve included 10 runner-ups — This is basically a Top 20.

So yeah, make the jump and let’s go!