Walk on Down to Download

Look at that headline, I’m a freaking genius! Actually, I suck, I just constructed a meaningless sentence out of the 3 important factors of this post. You can’t even walk on down to Download, because the festival finished last night.

Those 3 important factors are that Down performed a little teaser of Pantera‘s ‘Walk’ at the UK’s Download festival this past weekend. Not really news, but I love Down, I love Pantera, and as a reader of Dose of Metal, I’m sure you’re the same. Watch a clip of the performance above.

R.I.P. Seth Putnam

A bit late with this, but wanted to finish posting the day’s news so this could stay on top for a while…

Seth Putnam of Anal Cunt passed away yesterday (June 11)  after a heart attack. He was only 43 years old.

“I want to remind everyone that no matter how outrageous and controversial his musical career has been, Seth was still a human being with friends and family that loved him. I’m hoping that the Internet will remember that. This is a very sad and trying time for those that knew him, and the last thing they need to see is an outpouring of message board hate. The man lived and died by his own rules; if anything, respect him for that.“

– Kim Kelly, Anal Cunt’s publicist.

Not much left to say than condolences to his family, friends and fans.

R.I.P. Seth Putnam (1968-2011)

Slayer is too metal. Technology can’t keep up.

The only thing more metal than Slayer is Dose Of Metal. And we love Slayer, so it’s a vicious circle of metal badassery that just fucks your shit up and makes your year be awesome.

Now the sentence above may not make sense at all, and I get that, I didn’t do too well in school… But the point is… Slayer is metal, and no device in the world is able to cope with that.

With that in mind, is it really a surprise that their P.A. went out during a Brazilian gig, while playing War Ensemble? No it isn’t. How much metal can one P.A. really handle?

Fortunately for the crowd, Tom Araya isn’t Justin Bieber or Ashlee Simpson, so instead of crying like a little bitch, he just kept rocking and helping the crowd sing the rest. This band rules. If you disagree, you fail at life.

Vid under the cut.

Phil Anselmo is really famous

Phil Anselmo was in Pantera. That is enough credibility in the metal community to get you godlike status. It’s no surprise that other musicians get excited when they meet him.

When Mike Martin of All That Remains met him, however, he acted like a little girl (his words, not mine) and maybe that’s a bit much…

“I’m like a giddy little girl still from just taking a picture with him. I was so excited. I’ve been paying attention to that guy since I was ten years old, so just to see him standing ten feet away from him, I was [in awe]. He was really cool; he was like, ‘Let’s have a beer after.’ I was like, ‘OK. I’ll be back.’ So I’m gonna be that guy later on, ‘Remember, you said you’d have a beer.’“

Watch interview after the jump.

I do know what he means. I also met a band I’ve been listening to since I was a small kid and it was a bit surreal seeing them in flesh and bones, shaking my hand and talking to me. It is weird and exciting at the same time. Little giddy school girl I was not, though… At least I’m saying this now to seem manly.

Mr. Ian talks about The Damned Things

It’s weird seeing an interview with Scott Ian where he’s not talking solely about Anthrax. This is why videos like the one after the jump freak me out.

Don’t get me wrong, nothing against his side project, but I’m so used to Scott Ian of Anthrax talking that when I see Scott Ian of ‘a band with two Fall Out Boy members,’ I kinda feel uneasy. But it may be me taking the internet way too seriously. Sad.

Anyway, under the cut you have a video of Scott Ian and another member of The Damned Things (sorry, not sure who he is exactly.. Maybe Keith Buckley? I’m not fucking Wikipedia, geez) talking about the band and the fact that they’re playing a huge festival like Download.

Epic raccoon goatee alert.