Staind solo-lololo

Staind, the band Fred Durst listens to when he’s feeling emo, can’t write for shit. They have about 5 albums to prove my claim, and what’s even better, now they’re officially admitting it: They can’t write solos, and they’re letting other people do it for them. Haha.

Well, truth is, they’re having some competition where they’ll let fans write alternative solos for their song (with an ironically amazing title) Not Again. The winner of the competition will get Aaron Lewis’ NASCAR ornaments and a shotgun, while in return, Staind will receive another 5 albums worth of solos. That’s why we urge you, even if you’re just a shitty guitar player (therefore already above this band in terms of quality) and want to do it ‘for the lulz,’ simply don’t. In case you really want to give it a shot, you can find details here.

Weekly Dose of Metal: Shining

The weekly dose is dying a fairly long and painful death, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to let it end with some kind of dignity. No, I’m going to drag it on until the day I become so bored with it, I find myself sticking needles in my eyes.

Speaking of self harm, this week’s dosage is from a band we’ve posted about before. It’s none other than self-mutilating, suicide endorsing, black metal genius’s, Shining.

When fellow DoM writer Guido suggested this band to me, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. Not that Guido has bad taste, on the contrary his taste is amazing. The problem, however, was that I’ve never been a huge black metal fan and that, in addition, I have kind of lost faith in modern metal, at least to a certain extent.

Shining are more than just your typical black metal band though. Much more. Here you have a band that are absolute masters of their craft, have more dynamics than Opeth, and are kings of songwriting. The majority of the band’s songs deal with depression (at least I think they do. I can’t understand Swedish).

Listen to ‘Längtar bort från mitt hjärta’ taken from 2007’s V: Halmstad and you’ll understand exactly what I mean. The piano sections accompanied by a woman crying in pain, having lost all hope, is one of the most power things I’ve heard recently in music.

Back when they were still good

Remember this little gem? The post that was mostly used as filler a well written, informative article to bitch about point out the bands that were once good, but the quality of their output has since subsided.

I decided to resurrect it for no other reason than I feel like it. Will I keep it up? I have no idea.

This week, it’s that small underground Metal act, Slipknot. You may have heard of them. The music on their last album sucked. Their music from long ago, however, did not. In fact, it kicked ass. Listen below to one of my favorite tracks by the ‘knot.

I have Corey to thank

Br00tal frontman of Slipknot, gingerpubes Corey Taylor has landed himself a best seller with his debut book (ugh I say “debut” as if they’ll be more, I really hope there wont be) ‘Seven Deadly Sins – Settling The Argument Between Born Bad And Damaged Good’. The book  charted at position No. 26 on the New York Times “Hardcover Nonfiction” best sellers list according to Blabbermouth.

Seriously, here I am “writing” for Dose of Metal, struggling to make ends meet, and there are people like Corey Taylor “writing” about their general crap, and making millions. I also just went to see the new Harry Potter film, and if pathetic drivel like that can generate billions (there were more plot holes than there are holes in my socks), then surely I could come up with something equally “good” that will make me some money? I’m going to call it “Make a Mark – The mark on the wall, between a rock and a hard place”. I have no idea what it means, but it’s surely just pretentious enough to work.

Dose of new metal

Hey guys, whatcha doing? Having a good day? Well, I’m here to ruin it make it even better for you. Five Finger Death Punch have a new song out! Aren’t you super excited? Well, then you’re going to go crazy over a new P.O.D. track! But wait, there’s more — some guys from Deftones met some guys from Far and made some completely new atrocity. The only reason “new” in the title isn’t “nu” is because I’ve managed to balance things out by finding a new Opeth song, and a surprise track by another band. Ooooo, which one is it?

Make the jump and find out.