Sepultura reunion… possible?

There’s one I didn’t see coming. As you may know, Max Cavalera kept talking and talking and talking about a possible Sepultura reunion of the old line-up. Sepultura on the other hand made it clear that they don’t want to reunite with the Cavaleras.

That’s where we stood in December but it’s 2011, bitch, and the cards are being reshuffled. In a new interview with Andreas Kisser, Sepultura guitarist and the guy who told Max Cavalera to move on and stop talking bullshit just a couple of weeks ago, said this;

“[It’s] not impossible, but we cannot do something just for the sake of doing it. We would have to establish a new identity, [and rebuild the] friendship [between us].”
“Max has been talking a lot about this reunion [in recent interviews], perhaps because his other bands, Cavalera Conspiracy and Soulfly, are not as good as Sepultura. But if a reunion was to take place, it would have to be something decent. And only time will tell [if something like that can happen].”

If you speak Portuguese, go here for the whole interview.

So much for staying true to your word. Is this a Shyamalan movie or where did this twist come from?

Whiplash get Sikth

New Jersey Thrash Metallers Whiplash have, apparently, once again parted ways with the group’s original drummer, Tony Scaglione. He rejoined the band all the way back in December 2010, so let’s be fair, he has been back in the band a while now… A whole month.

Whiplash have announced that Tony‘s replacement is Dan Foord, once drummer for the U.K.-based metal band Sikth.

Viagra Pistols

Sex Pistols have a mission. They will prove, once and for all, that you can live on old fame and one album for 30+ years. This time (if it happens, this will be their 6th reunion, which brings me to an observation, they probably hold the record for the band that’s split up and reunited about as many times as they have entered studio to record songs). But this time, there’s a twist. Johnny Rotten hints a possibility of new studio material.

“Because I’ve been able to get PiL back together – and because I’ve really been in a songwriting mode – can now look back on the Pistols and imagine writing with them too,” he said.

See kids, that’s how hype is created and concert tickets are sold.

Is this metal? No. But I just crossed the road on red light and I felt such a rush, I ran home to write this article.

Australia is in luck

Good news for those that are Down Under; the Nu-Metal influenced Deathcore band (think Limp Bizkit, but with chugga chugga breakdowns, cookie monster sounds and the charisma of a dead fish), Emmure, have been forced to postpone their tour of Australia due to “circumstances beyond the band’s control.”

Australia, now is your time to celebrate. The only down side is that this currently quoted as only being “postponement” and not a cancellation, but this does give you more time to plan a short trip out of the country once Emmure announce the new dates.

Zakk Wylde shits on his book

A couple of days ago, I told you that Zakk Wylde is going to release his book ‘Bringing Metal to the Children’ on May 10. Now, 2 days ago Zakk posted 2 promotional videos on YouTube and I got to admit, they’re pretty funny.

Check out the videos after the jump.