Sorry the updates have been few and far between. I’ve been a little busy lately.
And by busy, I mean playing World Of Warcraft.
I got some time for my account. And before you ask, I’m with the Horde. Blood Elf Hunter. Going Alliance is unacceptable, especially for a guy who posts on a blog mostly about the metal.
So while I was kicking some nerdy ass, here’s what I missed:
Shadows Fall’s Retribution Artwork
The album comes out September 15th.
I’ve got nothing else to add.
New Footage of Devin Townsend Tracking Addicted
Yay, new music snippets!
Devin is always rad and never fails to impress.
New Megadeth Song Isn’t Boring | New Album Title
Megadeth released the song “Headcrusher”, and it’s better than what I expected of the ‘deth. It shreds. You too can listen to “Headcrusher” by calling 866.597.6342.
Why anyone would debut a song via phone this day in age is beyond me. Maybe to prevent early rips or leaks? The quality is obviously pretty low, you’re listening to it over the phone.
Headcrusher will appear on their upcoming album Endgame. It will be out some time in September on Roadrunner Records.
Deftones Delay Eros. FFFUUU-
But it totally has nothing to do with bassist Chi being in a coma.
“The songs recorded for ‘Eros’ are very special to us as they are the latest with Chi (and we certainly hope not the last); they have history and significant meaning to us. However, as we neared completion on ‘Eros’, we realized that this record doesn’t best encompass and represent who we are currently as people and as musicians. And although those songs will see the light of day at some point, we collectively made the decision that we needed to take a new approach, and with Chi’s condition heavy on our minds while doing so. We needed to return to the studio to do what we felt was right artistically. Our inspiration and unity as a band is stronger than it has ever been before and we needed to channel that energy into our music, and deliver to our fans what you rightly deserve: the best DEFTONES record that we can make.
“The decision to hold off on releasing ‘Eros’ has no connection with Chi’s condition or anything associated. This was, and is, purely a creative decision by the band to write, record, and deliver an amazing product. As a result we feel like this is the best record we’ve ever written. And although Chi is not playing bass with us, his presence is dramatically felt in our hearts and on our minds every day when we step into that studio, and you will feel it in the music.”
Well shit.
At any rate, I hope Chi makes a full recovery. From what I’ve read, he’s improving, so that’s good.
Behemoth Debut New Song With Obvious Title
New Behemoth track “Ov Fire And The Void“ can be listened to over at their myspace. Upon listening, I shrug my shoulders and I go back to playing WoW.
- JR
We have another metal leak from an album that drops July 7th, and it’s Poison The Well’s The Tropic Rot. So, that makes PTW and Job For A Cowboy out there now, but due out on the 7th. You know what else comes out on the 7th? Born of Osiris‘ album A Higher Place.
In Flames, Between The Buried And Me, The Faceless, and 3 Inches Of Blood will be touring the United States this fall. The lineup screams of win and kickass. I’ve seen In Flames live and thoroughly enjoyed the show. I have BTBAM’s Colors_Live DVD and that’s a pretty rad show. The Faceless perform perfectly, but according to Mitch they just kinda stand there. I’m not a fan of 3 Inches Of Blood, but they’d be fun to see for sure.
You know how it goes. Go get it you freeloaders.
Batten down the hatches. Metalcore band Darkest Hour’s new album The Eternal Return leaked.
y similar variation on that. Imagine, if you will, as Killswitch Engage being like an expansion pack instead of a sequel and you’ll get a rough idea of what to expect. On the Howard Jones fronted KsE spectrum, I’d almost put it above The End Of Heartache. But to do that, you kinda have to pretend for a second that they didn’t write that album five years ago.
Killswitch Engage’s self-titled album hit the internet last night. Now it’s time for it to hit your hard drive. It’s Killswitch Engage, so you know what to expect. Catchy melodic metalcore done right.
That Phonogetic Records thing was not true, as most of us already know. But now it looks like the Dillinger label that guitarist Ben Weinman was talking about will be called Party Smasher Inc., named after a killer song from 2007’s Ire Works.
You pirates want some deathcore? Well here you go. Suicide Silence’s No Time To Bleed hits stores June 30th. It hits internets NOW. I’m sure you can find it out there somewhere.
