This is an exciting time for Sabbath fans, with the first song from the new album "13" coming out last Thursday...all NINE minutes of it...and the new album not too far away. We also have a good clip from yesterday's show in Auckland of another song from the new album, called "End of the Beginning". It sounds oddly familiar, doesn't it? Still cool, though, and Tony can still play his ass off!
If you intend to show the wicked world a cornucopia of green thumb power this gardening season (and you probably don't, but keep reading) you had better start exposing your precious sweet leaf to plenty of Black Sabbath.
Mike Portnoy has been a busy guy since he left Dream Theater a few years ago. He's recorded and released albums with Neal Morse, Flying Colors, Adrenaline Mob; he's done tours for all of these bands, as well as touring with Billy Sheehan, Derek Sherinian and Tony MacAlpine; put out DVDs with them; and worked with John Sykes on an album that may never even get finished.
I've been a heavy metal/hard rock/rock guy for a long time. I listen to a lot of it, a lot of the time. But I can also appreciate when someone is simply amazing at what they do as a musician. It doesn't matter what type of music they create, as long as they are good at it and love what they do. That said...
Cattle Decapitation's drummer David McGraw is on tour with the band right now, and when they hit Berlin yesterday, he decided to forgo the usual touristy things like sight-seeing. He didn't even feel like just sleeping in or reading a book on cow revolution or the cow subjugation of the human race.
Instead, he went to a German hospital and had a "gnarly abscess" removed from his armpit! Yay, fun! Then, he did what anyone would do right after surgery. He went and played his full on death metal show.
Some more cool stuff coming out tomorrow in stores! There are two really good ones out tomorrow that I think you should check out. Find out more about them in the video, and then get to the store and pick them up! Support the artists so we can keep getting more music to enjoy!
Tribute bands can be really cool ... IF they bring a little something different.
So Zakk Wylde of Ozzy and Black Label Society fame has decided to launch an instructional video series on his YouTube Channel. This is great! He's a monster player, and everyone could learn something cool from Zakk.
I remember watching Headbangers Ball every week, looking to see new bands, cool(?) new videos, and sometimes the weird stuff that happened during the interviews. I remember when Rob Zombie spent like four months painting the set! It was always fun to watch Dave Mustaine torment the hosts relentlessly.
Hey guys, tomorrow a bunch of great music gets released officially to the world! Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because of this! Here's what's coming out tomorrow that I think you'll like. See my picks of the week after the jump.
All I can say is WOW!
