As I Lay Dying’s Decas is out – I had no fucking idea

Turns out that As I Lay Dying released their cheap cash-in EP this past week (or last week – what am I? Your teacher?), which consisted of covers no one wanted to hear, remixes no one wanted to hear, as well as a couple of new tracks, again, no one wanted to hear. I didn’t really realize, as, well, I’m too busy getting laid and working a job.

The funny thing? It managed to sell over 9,500 copies in its first week, which is a bit shit, but not that many less than Lulu.

You can listen to ‘Paralyzed’, taken from the new EP, above. I tried listening to it myself, but for some unknown reason it fucked up after 10 seconds, which I took as a sign I shouldn’t listen to it. Thanks God. Now if you can just sort it out for Katy Perry to be in my bed when I wake up, like I asked for in my prayer weeks ago, then all would be cool. Amen.

[ Source : Blabbermouth ]

Do you like Pantera and dinosaurs?

I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve always wished for a band to somehow juxtapose Pantera songs with a dinosaurs theme. I’m not gonna explain why I think that’s awesome, but if you are anything like me, it’s your lucky fucking day!

MetalSucks writes:

“As I learned via our friend Mark Vieira on Twitter today, there actually is a band in Los Angeles called Panteradactyl. On their Facebook page, they describe themselves in this simple manner:  We dress up like dinosaurs and play Pantera songs.’ And they’re not kidding.”

Read full article here.

How awesome is that, dude? Honestly, I want these guys to play at my son’s funeral!

[image credit: GameWallpapers.com]

Devin Townsend likes it big

Devin Townsend is currently planning the biggest show of his career, set to take place next October in London (wow, in my country? Awesome). Who knows, maybe between now and then my girlfriend might have texted me back.

This news comes after last week’s highly successful the Devin Townsend Project shows in London. Devin commented:

“So here’s the next big gig: Next October 27th, at the amazing Roundhouse in London, We’re putting on the most definitive ‘Devin‘ show to date. A culmination of my ENTIRE career with a star lineup and full supporting cast. The show is being called ‘The Retinal Circus’, (named after an old Vancouver club in the ’60s, famous for psychedelic rock shows) and will be more than just a musical performance… there will be an art exhibition, actors, Ziltoid, stilt walkers, fire breathers… you name it.”

Source: Blabbermouth

Wait a second… art exhibition? Stilt walkers? Jeeze, I just want to go to a metal gig, have a few drinks, maybe punch a few kids and hopefully see some tits at the end of it. I don’t need any art crap thanks.

Do you like Van Halen and men?

Van Halen‘s “Hot For Teacher” has been covered by that one show Glee. I honestly don’t know exactly what the show is about, so I’m assuming the clip above is from there. Maybe it isn’t, I really don’t know…

If you want to see Karl Pilkington do another VH classic, “Jump,” then make the JUMP! Get it? Haha, I’m priceless!

American Idol finalist slams Blabbermouth users

I have nothing against shows like American Idol if they truly launch great singers. That hasn’t really been the case yet, but I’m just saying you shouldn’t automatically hate someone just because he’s been on that show. But I guess this objective, unbiased thinking is the opposite of what some users on Blabbermouth are like.

Not to slam the site or anything, it’s the greatest source for metal news and the people writing comments are hilarious, but let’s be honest, if your claim to fame is a singing competition and you want to enter the ‘rock’ industry, expect people to be mean.

This is what American Idol alum James Durbin had to say about the site (and its users):

“That’s the whole thing about Blabbermouth. The people that are writing the articles are giving me great reviews and that’s all that matters to me. For every one person that is writing a bad comment, there are a hundred people saying great things. I’ve looked at Blabbermouth long before I was doing anything on this scale and I knew that people have always written stuff like that. It doesn’t matter if it’s someone from “Idol” or if it’s Dave Grohl, there are always nasty people out there. Like I said, for every one person that writes something nasty, a hundred people are saying something great. As soon as you see that nasty comment, that’s what kills you. It’s like, ‘Really? Am I really?’ I don’t read that stuff.“

Read full article here.

“You don’t read that stuff” but here you are saying you read that stuff. My advice to musicians who read about themselves on Blabbermouth: You are successful, rich, and you’re getting laid. You’re the total opposite of most people who comment on these sites.