Dimmu Borgir got interviewed.

Slow news this weekend, and very lazy writers… So I’m gonna post a bunch of video interviews cause they require little to no effort on my part.

Friday Top 10: Heaviest albums of all time

Just a couple of weeks ago, the UK’s Kerrang magazine counted down their top 10 heaviest albums of all time. The thing is with Kerrang’s list, though, was I just couldn’t really agree with it. I mean they had The Beatles in the top 10! It was obvious the list was a bit of a joke, so I decided I would put together my own top 10. A top 10 that was just a bit more credible, serious, and would appeal more to so called “real” metalheads.

So to the elite, for real fans of Metal, this top 10 is for you. I hope ya’ll enjoy it, yo.

Behemoth confirmed for UK’s Bloodstock Festival

Behemoth have been confirmed for next year’s Bloodstock Open Air festival in the UK, set to take place August 10-12.

I don’t really have much to say, other than yay. I guess. They’re an awesome band, so great news for UK fans. Damn, news is slow today though.

The influence of Pink Floyd

I don’t what it is about Pink Floyd, since I was a child their music has dominated my repertoire like no other band. Atmospheric, experimental, deeply dark and disturbing, musically it isn’t difficult to see why I like them so much. Whilst I eventually discovered other bands, starting with the Led Zeppelins and Black Sabbaths and eventually moving onto far heavier music (I’ll ignore certain ‘gateway’ bands for now), it wasn’t until my tastes delved deeper down the paths of prog/experimental rock and metal, that I realized how much my tastes had come full circle.

Four years ago, I moved out and was discovering what it was like to live within the student environment. I had my own computer, my own internet connection, and besides re-discovering internet porn, it was actually my wider discovery of music that had me most interested. Browsing various black metal, doom metal and prog metal websites, the majority that had details of Pink Floyd initially dumbfounded me (although I now wonder why – perhaps I was drunk, as I was 99% of the time). The fact is though, their influence can be heard so widely across a plentiful array of genres, and particularly within metal.

So, here’s to one of the greatest bands of all time. Thank you. Without Pink Floyd, they’d certainly be no Opeth, no Neurosis, no Cult of Luna and no Between the Buried and Me. For now, why not join me in listening to one of the finest Floyd tunes, ‘Welcome to the Machine’, above.

Metallica are keeping it black

Metallica have announced more dates in which they will perform ‘the black album’ in its entirety.  Here’s a list of the shows announced so far:

June 01 – Nürnberg, Germany – Rock Im Park
June 02 – Nürburgring, Germany – Rock Am Ring
June 09 – Donington, England – Download
June 10 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock

Playing the Black album is cool in theory, only, what am I supposed to do at the frontlines pressed against the barrier when the shit songs get played? I guess I better take my Game Boy for those moments.