Weekly Dose of Metal: Torture Killer

We’re going back to the roots here. Dose of Metal started off as a project of mine via Twitter. I tried getting friends of mine into Metal by tweeting ‘Daily Doses of Metal,’ recommending songs to them. Doing this daily didn’t work out though, because of various reasons.

Now, that we seetled in with DoseOfMetal.com, we’re resurrecting the doses, this time doing it weekly instead of daily. I’ll just post a random song that I like and that I think is worth checking out.

We’re starting off with Torture Killer. A band that started as a Six Feet Under cover band and then somehow convinced Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes to join them and the bunch recorded the album ‘Swarm!’ together. Barnes isn’t with TK anymore though but they continued with a new singer and released the album ‘Severs’ with him in 2009. This is a song of said album, called ‘I bathe in their Blood’. Enjoy!

The Haunted reveal tracklisting

The Haunted have revealed the tracklisting for their forthcoming album, Unseen.

Normally I’d either try and make a joke or just rip into the band right about now, but The Haunted are too damn awesome for that.

Find the tracklisting after the jump. You play a game, and try and imagine what the songs will sound like from the names or some crap.

Architects sell the odd album

British scene-core band (Metalcore? Deathcore? Apple Core?) Architects apparently did rather well in their home country with their latest album, The Here and Now, debuting at number 57 in the charts.

In the US, however, the band didn’t do quite so well. They sold 900 copies in the first week. Which is roughly half as many cakes I sold in my school bake sale, 15 years ago. Although to be fair, there was a man that looked like Gary Glitter buying all the cakes.

Read more here. About the band silly, not my school bake sale.

Six Feet Under announce new drummer

Recently, Terry Butler (bass) and Greg Gall (drums) left Six Feet Under to concentrate on other bands. According to Chris Barnes, he and Steve Swanson have been writing with a new partner for 4 months already. Now, SFU announced their new drummer, former Chimaira, Daath and Misery Index drummer Kevin Talley.

“I am 110 percent stoked to have Kevin join Six Feet Under. He is undeniably one of the best, if not THE best drummer in death metal, and I’m proud to have him along for the ride!”

– Chris Barnes

And now it’s time for some speculation. 4 months ago, around the time Barnes and Swanson started writing new SFU tunes with a new writing partner, Jim LaMarca quit playing the bass for Chimaira. Chimaira are known for being SFU fans and now that former Chimaira drummer Kevin Talley joined Six Feet Under, it wouldn’t surprise me if LaMarca (or even Rob Arnold) were to join them, too.

I need TP for my bunghole!

Guess who will be back on our TV screens? That’s right, fuckers, the most notorious AC/DC and Metallica fans in America…

“After several months of whispers and rumors, it appears as though America’s two favorite animated idiots will be returning to your television screen. In the channel’s upfront presentation Wednesday (February 2), the cast of MTV’s “Skins” announced that “Beavis and Butt-head” would be coming back this summer.“

Read full article here.

This is great news. Make the jump and see why. “Dammit Pantera, this beer is warm!!”