Video of the Week: Dry Kill Logic

So this week in Video of the Week, we have two videos of the week, both by Dry Kill Logic. The video on the left is the music video to ‘Paper Tiger,’ which comes off ‘The Dead and Dreaming’ and the video on the right is a live performance of the same song.

I’ve seen DKL live twice and what blew me away each time was how perfect the band sounded live. When you compare both videos, you can almost hear no differences. The guitar playing, the drumming, the singing, everything sounds live just as it does on the CD. Or more like, this is the closest to sounding identical that I’ve ever heard. Plus, I really like that song, even though it might sound to Metalcore… ish for my usual taste. Guilty pleasure, I guess.

Friday Top 10: Heavy metal soap operas, part 2

What, you thought last Friday’s Top 10 was the only one? Ha, you wish! Just like a proper soap, we’re popping out endless sequels. Well, maybe not endless, because I plan to wrap it up with this one, but who knows when this topic will come back from the dead.

Make the jump and read ten more never-ending and/or soapy and/or embarrassing stories from the world of metal.

And it all started with Death…

It all started with the man above, Chuck Schuldiner. Death Metal. Some people may argue that it all started with Possessed but to me Chuck Schuldiner and his band Death are the fathers of Death Metal, without wanting to take away anything from Possessed’s legacy.

What I realized is that members of Death went on to form or join other Death Metal bands and in turn members of these bands went on to form or join other DM bands aswell and so on and so forth.

So what I want to do is this: I’ll give you a quick rundown of bands that are in some way related to the fathers of Death Metal. Make the jump for your daily dose of Death Metal.

King Diamond is doing a lot better

King Diamond is awesome. His style of singing, his lyrical content of horror stories, and constantly making amazing albums is what makes him awesome. What isn’t awesome is what he has gone through as of late. In case you’re unaware, King Diamond was taken to hospital this past November. He had several blockages in his arteries and apparently had quite a bit of heart attacks and needed a triple-bypass surgery.

Less than a week ago, Livia (who happens to be the wife of King Diamond), posted an update for fans curious of his health.

Hi Everyone,
Some of you have been asking for an update on King‘s health, so I thought I’ll write what’s been going on.
King has just finished his Cardiac Rehabilitation program this past Friday, and graduated with flying colors. Thanks to the wonderful people at the rehab center, his exercise regimen helpe him gain a lot of muscle, and start on the road of building up good endurance.
We will start regular exercises now to get the endurance up to nice levels.
The examinations by his heart surgeon and cardiologist revealed that his health is steadily improving, and they all expect him to feel better than ever, 15 years younger than he really is.

I am immensely proud of what he has achieved in these short 3 months, stopped smoking entirely, changed diet and doing regular exercise among other things.
I cannot say anything certain about when he will be back working on King Diamond related things, but he is looking forward to finishing the DVDs eventually, and he is most certainly not stopping music.

I hope this information was helpful, I can honestly say that his progress has been nothing short of amazing. He is the strongest person I know.

He would also like to extend his huge gratitude to all of you, for your absolutely amazing support. It has really meant a lot to him.

Enjoy his Cardiac Rehabilitation “graduation” picture below.

Cheers and Stay Heavy,

Livia

The guy is warrior.  It’s great to hear he is slowly coming around. We at Dose of Metal are wishing him a full recovery!

North Korea is releasing a free EP on April 1st. What?

North Korea is releasing a free EP on April 1st. Is this some joke? Seriously? Usually I try to be funny, but I feel like I’m on the receiving end here. Anyway, if this band is for real, then they probably have huge fans in The Devil Wears Prada, who just lost the title of the band with the dumbest name around to these guys. Oh yeah, the band apparently has The Dillinger Escape’s drummer in the line up, if you care. Didn’t think so.