Scott Rockenfield will take you back in time

Queensrÿche drummer Scott Rockenfield (nice surname) launched a new site called “Hollywood Loops.” Now, aside from the fact that the name makes you think of candy or something perverted, it’s actually a site for film and TV soundtrack work, or something.

“Founded by Grammy Award Nominated Film Composer and Queensryche [sic] drummer Scott Rockenfield, our goal is to produce the highest quality Sound Fx and Loop Libraries for use in Film, Television, Trailers, MultiMedia and all other Music Productions.“

Now, all sounds well until you actually visit the site.  I’ll pretend not to see that he didn’t even spell his band’s name right, or that he capitalized the second M in ‘multimedia.’ But my God, look at that site. Was it done in ’97? Seriously, Scott, what the hell? Great and professional look, I’m sure Spielberg, Nolan and George Lucas will die to work with you after they see your awesome web 0.5 design.

Opeth to enter studio

It’s now been 2 years since Opeth‘s last opus, Watershed, was released, so it only makes sense that the band are making plans to hit the studio in January to record their follow up effort. The band have been around for 20 years now, and in this time, if I could count, I’d be able to tell you this will be their tenth studio album. But unfortunately, I can’t (obviously).

In case you need some re-assuring of the quality of this forthcoming material (but why would you?), then fret no more, as Opeth have described the album as being *insert drum roll*… “good.” Well there you have it. And it’s not like the band is biased or anything either, is it?

Read more information over at Blabbermouth.

Korn, Megadeth & Slayer comment on Grammy nominations

We reported yesterday that Korn, Megadeth and Slayer, among others, have been nominated for Best Metal Performance for this year’s Grammy awards.

Recently, Jonathan Davis of Korn, Shawn Drover of Megadeth and Tom Araya of Slayer, all have commented on their nominations.

Make the jump to read their comments and my comments about their comments.

Slipknot will do Sonisphere

Just one day after Corey said he has no plans for Slipknot, the band has been announced for the Sonisphere festivals.

“We’re looking forward to spending our summer in Europe. This tour is about us and our fans. It’s about celebrating the life of our brother, Paul, and his legacy. The door is neither open nor closed. This tour is about burning down that door. See you this summer.“ said the band while adjusting their masks.

The festival will take place on 8-10 June, 2011 in the U.K., but plans are for the festival to go to the following European countries, as well: Bulgaria, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Spain, France, Sweden, The Czech Republic, Finland and Switzerland. More details soon to come on the official site.

European maggots rejoice. Slipknot fans too.

Interview: Mark “Barney” Greenway (Napalm Death)

Napalm Death recently stopped their tour just so Barney could do an interview with Dose of Metal. That’s how awesome we are.

Well not really (they didn’t stop the tour, but we’re still pretty awesome), we just caught him in a good time (for us, as he was sick), and he was kind enough to answer our questions. So, make the jump, and read what The Pacifier-al-kabob-urath had to say.