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Slipknot live footage

As we reported the other day, Slipknot made their live return to the stage in Greece on June 17th. This marked the first time the band had performed since the tragic death of bassist Paul Gray in 2010. Crappy fan footage of the event has made its way onto the internet, and you can check out a video of ‘Duality’ above.

You can find more crappy footage, in which my favorite part is the bit that goes “pfffttt BOOM… pfftt BOOM bOOM.. shhh pffft”, and the setlist over at thePRP.

Slipknot are going old school

Slipknot are (or were) performing right now, in Sonisphere Greece, for the first time since the tragic passing of bassist Paul Gray. Needless to say this is a big event for Slipknot fans, and from the looks of early photos, it seems like the band aren’t disappointing.

The band have gone back to their roots and are performing in the same attire they wore on their Roadrunner debut, which call me sad, has got me slightly giddy and excited. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

Find more photos on the Sonisphere Facebook page.

Kerrang votes Most Influential Rock Bands

So first off, I need to set the record straight. I’ve never bought or read a Kerrang! magazine myself, just like I’ve never read a Metal Hammer magazine. The only metal magazines I get once in a while are Nuclear Blast’s BLAST! magazine and a couple more Merchandising magazines. I’m informing you of that because I want to make clear that my following rant is not meant to be offensive towards a magazine I’ve never even read myself.

With that being said, Kerrang! magazine are having a Top 10 — about the most influential rock groups of the last 30 years — in their next issue and, at first look, it’s incredibly bad and people on other websites are already bitching about it. But you have to take three things into consideration before you make a judgement about said list.

1. The list was voted by the readers of Kerrang! magazine, therefore it’s not Kerrang’s fault if the list is garbage.
2. A Top 10 list, especially about a topic like that, is pretty hard to tackle and some people are always going to disagree with some, or all, of the places.
3. Commenters on Blabbermouth are bitching. So fucking what? That’s all this site is known for.

Now, make the jump to finally see the list and to read my comments about each band, that made the list.

Weak Recap: Yes we can, bitch!

A few months ago, I had a dream. A dream that we could recap our weeks on Sunday without falling in the blog cliche of just making a list of some of our articles. And my creativity and my egomania had sex and came up with the offspring that is The Weak Recap.

Basically we recap the week by interviewing each other. It feeds our egos and it’s letting you know how awesome we’ve been the week before.

So now it’s my turn to interview NFL legend, influential guitarist and all-around amazing metal bloger, Simo. After the jump.

Friday Top 10: Love songs

People often prejudge Metal as being an “angry” and “monotonous” genre, which is only concerned with noise and aggression. However, I’m going to prove that this isn’t always the case, as the Metal genre also happens to be home to some of the most emotionally mature and beautiful love songs and ballads.

Want to check out a more emotional side to Metal, then get your dose of love after the jump!