An audio interview with Richie from Sol Invicto

Remember our little interview with Richie Londres from Sol Invicto we did a while back? Or the incident that caused it? Yeah, of course you do. Anyway, the interview I’m talking about now in this article wasn’t conducted by us, it was done by Anthony Saia from KUOI 89.3 FM.

Why did I even bother writing about it, then? Because it starts the only way a good interview should start like: talking about us! BOOM! Dose of Metal in da house! Represent! They talk about how we’re awesome or something like that for a few minutes, then they switch to other themes, which I didn’t quite understand because Richie is more well spoken than me in my mother tongue (and I’m Eastern European so naturally I’m better at stealing cars than talking).

We can’t wait to give you more material like that article that started it all. Just to make it clear, though, we didn’t review the EP, it was more of a news article. When we review it, it’s going to be more in the lines of this one.

You can listen to the interview with the player below:

Death ’til Death – Day 2: Possessed

Yesterday Death were my first pick in our Death Metal week. When someone’s talking about archetypal Death Metal and mentions Death, you’ve also got to acknowledge Possessed’s legacy. Arguably the very first band to play the genre, known as Death Metal nowadays, Possessed influenced countless bands.

Possessed, just like Death, were formed in 1983. Their first lineup included Barry Fisk on vocals, but his time in the band was cut short when he committed suicide by gunshot in front of his girlfriend. Shortly after that Jeff Becerra joined the band handling vocal and bass duties.

Yesterday in my post about Death, I argued that the term “death metal” was coined by Death, or rather people referring to them. That was just one theory though. There are a bunch of theories about who came up with the term. In 1984, for example, Possessed recorded a demo called Death Metal. Jeff Becerra himself claimed to have come up with the term. After all, it’s up to debate, and it’s not really that important either way.

What’s important though, is the music Possessed created. Their debut album Seven Churches, released in 1985, further pushed Slayer-esque Thrash Metal into a heavier direction and remains a classic of the scene. Their second album Beyond The Gates couldn’t match the overwhelming reaction Churches received, mostly due to poor production and a change in direction. The band only released one EP after that, The Eyes Of Horror — which was produced by none other than guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani. Shortly after that, the band disbanded.

Even though Possessed only released two studio albums and one EP, the band had left a huge mark on the early Death Metal scene. Seven Churches remains one of the most important releases of the genre, and Possessed remain one of the most important bands of the genre.

Possessed – The Exorcist

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

Tuesday Trivia: The funniest (and/or worst) metal band name

Originally, the plan for this Tuesday Trivia was to write something that would tie in with Guido’s awesome death  metal week project. Unfortunately, I had the idea of looking up funny death metal bands (yeah, they exist), which led to funny death metal band names, which further led  me to look for just generally idiotic metal band names.

You can probably figure out what this is building up to: grind.

If there ever was a genre that really pushed the boundaries on all things gross, it was grindcore/death grind/gore grind/whatever grind. I’m fairly certain around 100% of them are, you know, actually kidding, which makes it kind of okay, I guess… Either way, make the jump.

Animals As Leaders posted a new track online

Animals As Leaders, the band that you’ve heard your metal hipster friend tell you about last year, have a new album, Weightless, coming out soon, and you must know that because I’ve bored you with it on a couple of occasions.

What better way to preview it than to listen to a track they just posted online at LA Weekly? Yeah, you can wait for like a day or something to listen to it on Spotify or whatever, but hey money is time and I’ve just wasted a few cents.

You can find the track at the link I posted above, you can find my sense of humor in the reverse universe of this one, and you can post a comment in the form below.

Mustaine loves his own site, performs on Kimmel

Megadeth performed two songs on Jimmy Kimmel last night, in full Halloween costumes. Oh snap, that’s like, WOW, amazeballs!

You can watch ‘Symphony’ being performed above.

Speaking of Megadave, he claims his website is the best ever, because he allows fans to speak their mind — even though I’ve heard he deletes negative discussions all the time.

“I think that for us, with our site, we’ve got one of the coolest web sites, because fans can actually come there and say, ‘Hey, we don’t like this song,’ and they can actually say they don’t like that song and were not going to ban them. And I think that’s cool.“

Really, really cool, unless you actually do delete negative threads, then it’s not that cool. But he used to be a wiseguy, so I guess he gets a pass:

“Even the guys who come to our web site and act like tough guys, I know that that’s just part of the culture now, acting like a tough guy on the Internet. I don’t do that that much anymore. I used to be kind of a wiseguy, liked to shoot zingers and stuff, but maybe in my old age I’ve just changed a little bit.“

Read full article here.

Make the jump to check out the second song they performed on Kimmel.