Trivium progress

This next story is a common one. Trivium have reached that point in their career where they have realised they’re not bigger than Jesus, and that they probably should just re-hash the stuff that made them big in the first place. It happens to a lot of bands; Korn, and Metallica to a slightly lesser extent, just for example.

You know the deal. Band releases album. Album makes the band big. Band then think that because they’re big, they can try to “push boundaries” (read release shit music) and that people will still like them. Band fall flat on their faces and wonder where their income has gone too. Band decide they’ll go “back to their roots” in a desperate attempt to reclaim their credibility and popularity. And then more often than not, this results in the band once again falling flat on their faces…

Yeah, so guess what Trivium are planning on doing?

IWRITEANEWALBUM

Yes, we’ve used this joke before (the title), but in the same way Iwrestledabearonce insist on remixing the same Super Mario theme over and over again and calling it new music, I’m going to keep writing the same Iwrestledabearonce jokes over and over again.

According to Blabbermouth, the band have begun work on their new album. One to avoid unless you’re a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog on acid, of course.

Behemoth frontman is okay

I don’t mean okay as in “a nice guy” (though I guess he is), I mean okay as in “he just left the hospital and he feels fine.” Adam “Nergal” Darski, who suffers from leukemia, underwent a bone marrow transplant, and four weeks later, he’s good enough to leave the hospital. There are still months of therapy ahead of him, but for now, he’s doing fine. You can read the statement he made on his condition here. Hopefully the worst part is over, and maybe we’ll get more Behemoth in the future (not that that’s what’s really important, I’m not a dick, his well being’s the most important right now).

Btw, the photo above was taken before he got sick. (And I was saying?)

Chris Cornell solo acoustic tour

Chris Cornell, of Soundgarden (and once Audioslave) has announced a solo acoustic “Songbook” tour, running from April to May 2011. This will be his first acoustic solo tour, in which he will perform songs from throughout his career, as well as a few “surprise” covers.

This news, despite getting me about as excited as I was when my Girlfriend took me to see Brokeback Mountain, is surely better than him announcing a Macbook tour. Seeing as his last album was some synth-pop tripe, made on a Macbook, I thought he may go for that angle instead.

Dates after the jump.

Motley Sue

More Mötley Crüe news for you today, although I must admit, I’m merely posting this news for my amazingly witty title. Ok, it’s not that witty, but considering my greatest achievement in my life is my 5 meter swimming badge I gained last year, this post is pretty high in my list of great things I’ve done. Not to mention it’s nearly as highbrow as my Motley poo joke.

So on with the post…

Mötley Crüe are apparently being sued Ron Toma who claims he owns the copyright to the “belt buckle photo” taken by photographer Michael Pinter back in 1981, used for the band’s debut album, Too Fast for Love. The band used the image without permission on hooded sweatshirts they are selling on their web sites.

So basically, some guy claim he owns the image of a male crotch. I would have used the image of the cover for my above picture, but I’m scared of getting sued. So instead I’ve used a picture of a woman called Sue, who just so happens to be wearing a Mötley Crüe t-shirt. Find the Too Fast for Love picture and all the info here.