Yearly Archives: 2011

Lady Gaga is a metalhead. Yawn.

Lady Gaga is beautiful, talented, original and legendary. The previous sentence comes true once you insert ‘not’ before each of those adjectives.

But between releasing horrible Nintendo-sounding pop songs, she occasionally dances to Metallica songs and shit.. All while wearing meat dresses and deformed sunglasses. She’s a genius, really.

So what do you think she tweeted as her ‘666th tweet’? Well, about Iron Maiden, of course.

‘The Number of the Beast. Having’ beers listening to Maiden w the New York Boys. Happy 666 Twitterland.’

Read tweet here.

Aww, isn’t that sweet? You like Maiden… That totally makes up for all the bad music you’ve subjected the public to for the last couple of years…

Hey! Alex song idea! “My my my Iron Maiden, my my Iron Maiden”  repeated over and over again and she wears a tinfoil suit while she performs this. Isn’t that just tremendously innovative and original? Wow, I hope she does that. She’s so great!

O Canada, we stand on guard for metal

Sweden, Germany, England and Finland.  Four countries that are known for releasing mega metal acts over the years.  Heck, even the U.S. have produced quality metal.  What about Canada, though?  Besides Strapping Young Lad, you don’t really hear too much Canadian metal.  So, that’s why I’m here!  To provide you with 5 awesome Canuck bands.

Make the jump to see the list.

Stephen King hearts Metallica

Stephen King is a bit like Ozzy Osbourne. His 70s work is legendary but he’s done so much filler stuff since then, it’s hard to take him seriously nowadays. Which is probably why he doesn’t really like Ozzy or Black Sabbath. But instead loves Metallica.

“Metallica, Anthrax. I still listen to those guys … There’s a band called The Living Things that I like a lot. Very loud group. I never cared for Ozzy very much. [Black Sabbath] doesn’t really work for me. ‘I AM IRON MAN!’“

Read full interview here.

I don’t think anyone blames him for not being a huge Ozzy fan but making fun of Black Sabbath? Really? Ozzy should send an evil clown to haunt this guy…

When asked if he he’s honored by this statement, big horror fan Kirk Hammett had no comment. He just said ‘tee hee hee’ and wept.

Review: Dia De Los Muertos – Satánico Dramático

I can’t resist free shit, so it was a must get for me when I read that Dia De Los Muertos released their new album ‘Satánico Dramático’ for free on their website.

I’ve heard of the band before and planned to listen to their EP, ‘Day of the Dead,’ but sadly never got my hands on it.

Free or not, is it a good album? Well, check out my review after the jump.

Review: Sylosis – Edge of the Earth

If you’re not too down with the kids, and the modern Metal scene, you may be forgiven for not knowing who Sylosis are. My first awareness of the band, came when I went to see As I Lay Dying. Sylosis were supporting, and although I thought they were fairly good, I did slightly disregard them as another mediocre modern Metalcore-y type band. My initial perceptions were a bit ignorant, as the band actually resemble something closer to Thrash Metal than Metalcore. There are no breakdowns, no continuous alternations between hardcore vocals and clean sung chorus’s. Musically the band are very thrashy, but the vocals are much more aggressive and harsh than those usually used in that form of Metal.

Released about a month ago, Edge of the Earth is Sylosis‘ second album. I was impressed with their new single, and now it’s time for me to review the album. Will it prove to be a modern classic, or just another mediocre attempt and re-energizing the Thrash genre, with a generic modern twist? Find out after the jump.