Unreleased Death Magnetic track is online

Metallica are currently  celebrating their 30th anniversary by playing a bunch of small gigs for their fans, and apparently they played an unreleased Death Magnetic song last night. Then they released the studio version of the song for free. It’s called ‘Hate Train,’ which is exactly what has headed their way after they released Lulu.

I can’t say I like the song, the intro is pretty catchy but the rest of the song is a bit off, and it reminds me a lot of ‘Fuel.’ Oh well, judge for yourselves:

The results to the autopsy are in…

Gwar guitarist Cory Smoot passed away last month. The cause of death was finally uncovered, in case you wanted gritty details about his passing. Here’s what some doctor said:

“We have finalized the autopsy report and death certificate. I have determined that Cory died from a coronary artery thrombosis brought about by his pre-existing coronary artery disease.“

Read full article here.

Oh, so it was just a coronary artery thrombosis brought about by his coronary artery disease? Oh, okay. Therefore it’s okay for Gwar to just go on and tour… [/shitty sarcasm]

At least the band set up a foundation for Cory’s wife and her son. You can visit it here, and maybe you can make a donation too.

Rex has no beef with anyone in Down, yo

Even though Rex quit Down and got into another band, apparently there’s no animosity between them.

“There’s no animosity there whatsoever; I talk to Philip all the time. It was [time for a] change, man. I met the Kill Devil Hill guys and it was time for a change — for me, musically. And that’s the way it down.“

Read full article here.

Good, keep it that way. Phil’s been in enough feuds with former bandmembers, no need for a new one.

Glad I’ve seen Down live with Rex though. 1/2 of Pantera, can’t go wrong with that.

Death metal dog moshes to Vital Remains

If you ever get bored of the same old metal videos, why not watch the video above of a dog moshing to some death metal? It goes fucking crazy.

The song is ‘Dechristianize’  by American death metallers, Vital Remains.

Getting into: Malevolent Creation

I’ve always liked to discover new music. Writing reviews for Dose of Metal gave me the opportunity to discover songs, bands or even styles I’ve never paid attention to before, and then grew to love.

Shining is a good example of that. A while ago I surfed the internet for some stories about Black Metal. I’ve always been interested in this genre, and the incidents surrounding it, but never quite got into the music. So while I was reading something about Strid, one of just a few Black Metal bands I enjoyed, I was drawn into stories about Shining (a band heavily influenced by Strid). I shared those here. A Swedish Progressive Black/Doom Metal act, that I’ve never heard of before. Today, a year-or-so later, Shining are one of my favorite artists. I even managed to get fellow DoM writer Mark into them.

And now I want to dedicate a new column to the journey of getting into a band. They could be anyone: A band whose name I’ve heard of before, a band someone suggested to me (feel free to contact me about that) or just a random band I found on Metal Archives.

I want to start with Malevolent Creation. I have heard their name before, and even remember reading interviews with singer Brett Hoffmann (and later befriending him on Facebook apparently). I just never listened to any of their songs. Just today I’ve been listening to The Evil Amidst’s debut album Lords Of The Nine, and really had a great time listening to it. The Evil Amidst’s guitarist and drummer are also members of Malevolent Creation, so it only makes sense to try to get into them now.

I checked Malevolent Creation’s Metal-Archives entry to decide which album I should listen to. I chose their top-rated album Retribution. I will try to get a hold of the album, and then write down my thoughts over the course of a couple of days. After a certain amount of time (about, but not necessarily, a week), I will write a final post. In that final post I will let you know if I got into the band or not.

Let the games begin.