Van Halen will make live announcement

I’ve always hated metal blogs who are basically Blabbermouth copy-pasters, but I’m quite lazy right now, so this is my tribute to them:

“Van Halen is rumored to be making a “special live announcement” at the ‘Grammy Nominations Concert Live’ in Los Angeles. The 54th annual Grammy Awards‘ nominations will be announced on Wednesday, November 30, at 10 p.m. live from Nokia Theatre L.A. Live., and will be broadcast by the CBS network.”

Read full article here.

Special live announcement, huh? Oh boy, oh boy, I’m so anxious. Maybe they’re releasing an iPhone app or something!

Oh goody, I’m SO looking forward to the Grammy nominations concert, like WOW.

Chickenfoot perform on Kimmel

Chickenfoot performed two songs on Kimmel (well, maybe more, but it’s not like this is my thesis paper, so leave me alone, okay?).

The songs are “Big Foot” and “Three and a Half Letters.” Like the double embed thing I did above? Amazing, right?

Try playing both clips together, both sounds sound the same so, you’ll basically hear one song with a lot of echo.

Led Zeppelin reunion is not happening

Above you have an interview with Jason Bonham, who claims a true Led Zeppelin reunion is a ‘dead issue.’ Now, it’s not like we should believe a guy who just happens to be the son of Zeppelin‘s drummer, but it’s definitely not good news for people like me, who really wanted to see that band live.

Let’s hope they change their mind though, and by that I mean, let’s hope someone offers them enough money.

But hey, at least we might get a Black Sabbath reunion, right? And Down are recording vocals for a new album. So it’s not all bad.

Death ’til Death – Day 5: Nile

Despite being pretty late to the party (no other band in this list released their debut album as late as they did), Nile changed the game and quickly became one of the most respected artists of the scene.

Nile formed in 1993 and released their debut album Among The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka in 1998. Between 93 and 98, the band recorded two demos, one EP and one single, and toured relentlessly.

Most Death Metal artists lyrically deal with gruesome themes, such as murder, torture, cannibalism or necrophilia. Nile are a notable exception of that, as their lyrics mostly deal with Egyptian themes, Eastern mysticism and religion. Nile therefore categorize their music as “Ithyphallic Metal.”

Nile’s music could be labelled either traditional Death Metal or Technical Death Metal, as their music combines the groove and heaviness of traditional Death and the speed and complexity of Technical Death.

Despite only releasing six albums since their formation 18 years ago, Nile have never released an album that was considered a critical flop. That is a feature Nile do not share with a lot of their peers, just take a look at Morbid Angel, Possessed or Cryptopsy. Nile therefore are considered a band who might take a lot of time to release an album but always feature constant high-quality output.

Nile – The Howling Of The Jinn

Death ’til Death introduction – Day 1: Death – Day 2: Possessed – Day 3: Morbid Angel
Day 4: Cannibal Corpse – Day 5: Nile – Day 6: Hypocrisy – Day 7: Obituary

Friday Top 10: Worst grindcore band names

This week we’re all about love death: Guido’s been keeping your daily dose of death metal on steady supply so far, and I’ve sort of touched on a “grind” subject in this week’s Tuesday Trivia.

I promised I might make a Top 10 out of it (any grind variation included), and I’m a man of my word. I’m also pretty lazy, so this turned to be the perfect Top 10 for me: it’s going to be short and disgusting. Read on.