Tag Archives: Metallica

Metallica will play a Danish prison next year

You’re thinking: “Let them stay there!” but to ruin it for you: it’s not a real prison, it’s a former prison now used as an entertainment venue. I know you’re now probably as disappointed as I was when I saw the Blabbermouth headline. Click-click-clickety-click they gotta make some money, foo!

Yeah, lame. Anyway, they’ll be playing the entire Black album, because that’s the ‘tallica thing this summer, and if you happen to find yourself in Horsens, Denmark on June 6, 2012, make sure to go and let us know what it was like, we’ll be too busy redecorating our basements doing other important stuff.

Learn how to retail, kid

Love metal and looking to get into the retail industry? Ignore those people that argue “music doesn’t sell” if you wish, but if you want to build a strong clientèle, it’s probably best to adopt an ‘honesty is the best policy’ rule. Just check out JB Hi-Fi‘s supreme retailing skillz.

I wonder how many albums they’d sell with that there?… You’d have to be pretty stupid to buy an album that even the store trying to sell it to you is telling you not to buy it. And yes, my brain does hurt after writing that sentence.

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.

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.

Lars hearts Maiden, talks future ‘Tallica plans

Lars Ulrich says he wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Maiden. I’d actually credit James for getting Lars where he is today, but hey, let’s not change the subject…

So in a recent interview, Lars praised Maiden and talked about Metallica‘s future plans… Check out a few excerpts below:

“We [are] all incredible Maiden fans, obviously, and I don’t think Metallica would be where Metallica is today if it wasn’t for Iron Maiden, not only paving the way but also for just inspiring me in 1981 to form a band. We were sitting there recording the Garage thing in LA and it was a pretty loosey-goosey set of sessions and one day we started going into “Run To The Hills” which is one of those things that anybody could attempt at any time.

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We’ve got our thirtieth anniversary shows coming up in San Francisco in December, so we’ve got a perfect rest of the year. We’ve got a couple of shows, get of the house for the weekend type of thing, we’re doing this Lou Reed thing which is absolutely fantastic and then it’s the eternal back to writing songs and making another record thing.“

Read full article here.

I’m still waiting to be invited with a full press access to the anniversary shows. Come on, guys, I’d write the best piece on those concerts, don’t cheap out and fly me to the shows. I’ll bring my own beer.

Anyway, I’m glad they’re already trying to write a new album, because Lulu was just… Argh… But given the new dubstep trend, I’m really afraid they’ll pull a Load, ReLoad or St. Anger and simply try to do what’s popular right now and change their sound completely.

I guess time will tell… In the meantime, I have to agree: Iron Maiden fucking rules.