Metal Trek

Fantastic news for “Trekkies” and not so much Metal fans this week. Star Trek actor, William Shatner will be covering Black Sabbath‘s Iron Man on his upcoming album, with Zakk Wylde providing the riffage.

I’ve got to be honest, I had no fucking idea that Shatner was recording an album. And I would have liked to keep it that way. Now my day is ruined. Want your day ruined too? Read more here.

Interview: Anton Kalaj (Immanifest)

I recently conducted an interview with Anton Kalaj, the man behind the keyboards of Blackened Death Metal band Immanifest. Immanifest released their first EP ‘Qliphotic’ in early 2010. If you haven’t already, check them out now.

Make the jump for the interview. If you’re in a band and you would like us to cover you guys/gals, contact us via the ‘Your Band’ form.

Lars has an excuse

After waiting for an U.S. leg of The Big Four tour, fans are not pleased with the single California date. Lars has an excuse for that though. Here it is:

“Listen, we don’t wanna cram this down people’s throats. We don’t wanna sort of overstay the welcome, and we don’t know what kind of response there’s gonna be to this in America, so we’re starting, obviously, without being disrespectful to the rest of the wonderful country […] When the Coachella organizers asked us if we would come and play there the week after and they would leave the scaffolding up and all that business, it just seemed like a great way to kick this off in North America.“

So in case you Californians thought you were special or something, Lars clears it up. You aren’t. You’re just lucky people behind Coachella are willing to let them use their stage and stuff. Otherwise you’re just testing ground for the financial potential of this thing.

“If there is enough demand for it, obviously there’s a very strong possibility that there will be more shows, but we don’t wanna overextend the welcome and we also don’t wanna turn it into something that becomes this whole nostalgia trip“

Listen to the full interview here.

Translation: We don’t know if this Big Four tour is gonna do well in America, so we’re using Coachella’s sloppy seconds to test that. If that’s good, we’ll do more dates.

Wasn’t that just easier to say?

Everyone can play guitar like Jaymz

A few good months ago, we told you that all you need to play guitar like James “Yeeeaaaah” Hetfield is to have his signature picks. Someone listened.

Not only did he get the picks, he also got a similar looking guitar and a similar looking shirt and tried to cover the video above. The result? Absolutely amazing. Metal riffing at its finest.

Make the jump to see it. James, if you’re reading it, I hope you’re taking notes.

Devin Townsend: Free live EP to come next week

This is the last time I’m using descriptive post titles. Why? Because there’s nothing left for me to write now. Well, they say repetition is the mother of learning:

Sometimes next week, Devin Townsend is going to release a downloadable EP on Century Media’s website, according to a tweet he made earlier.

Mark your calendars. How, you might ask? Well, I don’t know, we suggest you mark each day as “Dose of Metal is awesome,” that will remind you to check the website. We can’t promise we’ll remember to report if it’s out or not, though.