[SoulPlaya]

I know there was some Black Sabbath Tony Martin appreciation. This song is still so damn good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ox-LQzN-Dw

[DieNgamers]

I know there was some Black Sabbath Tony Martin appreciation. This song is still so damn good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ox-LQzN-Dw

It's always strange to see the name "Black Sabbath" attached to that music. You could argue that Tony Iommi was the heart of the band but the non-Ozzy versions of the band just sounded so damn different. It's still good for what it is, especially the Dio stuff, but they certainly added a huge amount of cheese in the 80s and lost the "heavy". I think poor Tony Martin will always be remembered as a copy of (and standing in the shadow of) Dio.

[HammerOfThor]

New Testament is awesome! Even the 'generic' songs on the album outshine other generic songs since they are so damn catchy you want to listen to them again. Plus 3 unique takes on classic songs. Hell yeah! Well worth the wait!

[jmdajr]

This has to be one of the more interesting Collector's Editions I have ever seen:

Holy cow it's been that long :(

[SoulPlaya]

It's always strange to see the name "Black Sabbath" attached to that music. You could argue that Tony Iommi was the heart of the band but the non-Ozzy versions of the band just sounded so damn different. It's still good for what it is, especially the Dio stuff, but they certainly added a huge amount of cheese in the 80s and lost the "heavy". I think poor Tony Martin will always be remembered as a copy of (and standing in the shadow of) Dio.

I'm glad they didn't copy, because it would have been a piss poor imitation. One of the things I appreciate about post Ozzy Black Sabbath is that they did try to reinvent their sound.

[DieNgamers]

I'm glad they didn't copy, because it would have been a piss poor imitation. One of the things I appreciate about post Ozzy Black Sabbath is that they did try to reinvent their sound.

Agreed! I liked how the Dio version called itself Heaven and Hell for the tours. Made more sense and let people enjoy the music for what it was. Because of the Black Sabbath name the Tony Martin stuff will always stand in the shadow of the older work.

[blahness]

More MDF 2013 announcements today

‎"8 more bands have been confirmed for MDF XI!

REPULSION
PAGAN ALTAR (UK) - Exclusive US show!
BROKEN HOPE
PIG DESTROYER
VINTERLAND (Sweden) - Exclusive US show!
WEEDEATER
GRIDE (Czech Republic)
LOSS

An updated list of confirmed bands can be found below. We have quite a bit in the works with some of the headliners for next year's fest, so with a little luck, we'll be able to announce them soon, along with plenty of other bands. As mentioned previously, we expect to reveal information regarding the new venue sometime in August.

!T.O.O.H.! (Czech Republic)
AHUMADO GRANUJO (Czech Republic)
ANTAEUS (France)
AOSOTH (France)
BROKEN HOPE
CARCASS (UK)
CONVULSE (Finland)
GRIDE (Czech Republic)
INGROWING (Czech Republic)
INTEGRITY
KOMMANDANT
LOSS
MANILLA ROAD
MIDNIGHT
MORGION
PAGAN ALTAR (UK)
PELICAN
PENTAGRAM
PIG DESTROYER
REPULSION
RIGHTEOUS PIGS
VENOM (UK)
VINTERLAND (Sweden)
WEEDEATER"

[strafer]

Holy shit, I never knew ZZ Top had released a new EP, new stuff since 2003.

Sounds awesome too.

Consumption

I Gotsa Get Paid

Chartreuse

Over you

Can't wait for this album.

[vatstep]

Holy cow it's been that long :(

I can vividly remember the first time I heard Andrew WK. It was around the time that album came out; I was in an AIM chat with some friends, and a few of us had some late night MTV2 video show on, talking shit about the stuff they were playing. "Party Hard" came on, and well, we had no idea what we were watching/hearing, but sort of loved it. I bought the album shortly thereafter, and it surprisingly ended up being a pretty big part of the "soundtrack" of that time in my life. Never would've expected that.

[SoulPlaya]

You know what's a fun band that's cool to listen to for a while, and is really underrated?

Black Label Society.

[SpartanForce]

Anyone knows some band like Opeth? I mean, like this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfOg13qMVqw

...and the whole Morningrise and Orchid albums, that are more black metal albums. Never heard nothing of the kind besides Opeth.

[Charmicarmicat]

I guess this would be the place to post, but apparently Jaz Coleman has gone missing :(

http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/?p=3168

Really hope everything is OK, the guy seems really cool from interviews I've read. Plus Killing Joke rule.

[HammerOfThor]

You know what's a fun band that's cool to listen to for a while, and is really underrated? Black Label Society.

Yup! I met Zakk a couple years back, awesome dude!

[Gr1mLock]

You know what's a fun band that's cool to listen to for a while, and is really underrated? Black Label Society.

I've always been a huge fan of Zakk. It's become cool amongst the Blabbermouth crowd to talk as much shit about him as humanly possible, but the first two BLS records are still amazing.

[SoulPlaya]

I've always been a huge fan of Zakk. It's become cool amongst the Blabbermouth crowd to talk as much shit about him as humanly possible, but the first two BLS records are still amazing.

He's a really underrated lyricist, imo.

Yup! I met Zakk a couple years back, awesome dude!

Yeah, I had a friend who met him, and said that he was really down to earth, and appreciative of his fans.

[Gr1mLock]

He's a really underrated lyricist, imo. Yeah, I had a friend who met him, and said that he was really down to earth, and appreciative of his fans.

Ive seen BLS live 5 or 6 times. Met him at his recent book signing in NYC. He's a great dude.

[Mr. Sandman]

Apparently the rumor of a shooting threat was enough to call the cops out to Summer Slaughter yesterday.....

TAMPA — The call to police Monday came from inside the Ritz Ybor, the scene of a day-long death-metal band tour called Summer Slaughter. A young woman had told a bartender she'd overheard two people saying a man armed with a gun and knife would start killing people during an upcoming set by the band Job For a Cowboy. More than a dozen officers sped to the Ybor City club on E Seventh Avenue around 6 p.m. as Job for a Cowboy took the stage and played a couple of songs. Nearly 1,000 people were evacuated, and part of Seventh Avenue cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape, while police swept the building. Officers, who brought bomb-sniffing dogs, found nothing, said Lt. Barry Moskowitz. Nearly two hours later, the concert resumed. A private security firm, Sentry Security, made pat-down searches of each patron who came back in the door. Moskowitz said it was unclear if the report was a prank. But given the recent killings in a Colorado movie theater, he said, police could not take a chance. The unexpected interlude sent into the early evening sunlight the black-shrouded concertgoers, many of them wearing T-shirts featuring such bands as Goatwhore or bearing such world views as "Living Hell." They griped, they stood with arms folded, they looked for sustenance. "Sir dude, can we cross and get a beer?" a young man asked an officer, who nodded and lifted the crime tape for passage. Justin Freeman, 27, of Wesley Chapel, had been waiting to see the headliner band, Cannibal Corpse. He said he couldn't imagine violence at a death metal tour, where fans indulge brief slips into fantasy and laugh at intentionally overwrought lyrics. "Who would want to kill at a death metal show?" he asked. Indeed, it was the last thing on their minds when police arrived. "We thought it was a drug thing," said Mike Persach, 25, of Tampa. One young man waiting to get back in begged not to mention his name in the newspaper. He said his mother would have a fit.

Also.....wtf is up with the tone of this article? I highlighted some of the gems in here, but is this what passes for journalism these days?

http://www.tampabay.com/news/rumor-o...l-show/1243327

This is from the Tampa Bay Times.

[Gr1mLock]

Apparently the rumor of a shooting threat was enough to call the cops out to Summer Slaughter yesterday..... Also.....wtf is up with the tone of this article? I highlighted some of the gems in here, but is this what passes for journalism these days? http://www.tampabay.com/news/rumor-o...l-show/1243327 This is from the Tampa Bay Times.

Its shit like this that makes me realize that metal will always be the red headed stepchild of the music community.

[Mr. Sandman]

I am tempted to go to this.

[Flynn]

Apparently the rumor of a shooting threat was enough to call the cops out to Summer Slaughter yesterday..... Also.....wtf is up with the tone of this article? I highlighted some of the gems in here, but is this what passes for journalism these days? http://www.tampabay.com/news/rumor-o...l-show/1243327 This is from the Tampa Bay Times.

I kind of dug it. It is making light of EVERYTHING which is a pretty sane response.

[Ravager61]

I am tempted to go to this.

If you like SunnO))) please do it. I loved their live show. Also, wear earplugs.

[SoulPlaya]

I just listened to Ozzy's Scream album for the first time. Wow, this is really underwhelming. Another generic rock station anthem, another generic attack on Christianity to sound deep (but still ambiguous enough to still claim to be a Christian himself), another positive message song. It's unfortunate, but from interviews and listens, it's like he's not even himself. Ozzy has no idea what he's doing, what he's singing, why he does this or that. Whoever is pulling his strings has cultivated his image to such an extent that there's no reason to listen.

EDIT: From written serious interviews, he also sounds incredibly bitter and angry, for some reason.

[spink]

seeing Sunn O))) in October. can't wait.

have just recently discovered Deasthspell Omega.
can't get enough of Paracletus.

[maxxpower]

seeing Sunn O))) in October. can't wait. have just recently discovered Deasthspell Omega. can't get enough of Paracletus.

If you like Deathspell Omega you might like Leviathan's last two albums, though they're a bit heavier on the bass.

[HammerOfThor]

I just listened to Ozzy's Scream album for the first time. Wow, this is really underwhelming. Another generic rock station anthem, another generic attack on Christianity to sound deep (but still ambiguous enough to still claim to be a Christian himself), another positive message song. It's unfortunate, but from interviews and listens, it's like he's not even himself. Ozzy has no idea what he's doing, what he's singing, why he does this or that. Whoever is pulling his strings has cultivated his image to such an extent that there's no reason to listen. EDIT: From written serious interviews, he also sounds incredibly bitter and angry, for some reason.

I totally agree with this. I could barely finish the album. The only thing I enjoyed where some of the solos thanks to Gus.

[yacobod]

Whoever is pulling his strings has cultivated his image to such an extent that there's no reason to listen.

do you really need to ask that question friend? you know it's his cunt wife Sharon.

[The_Darkest_Red]

I've been listening to Sacrificium's Escaping the Stupor (2005) a lot lately and I can't get enough of it. Gotta love that Christian Death Metal. :p



There are quite a few stand out songs on the album but I Am The Enemy is probably one of my favorites. Anyone else ever listen to these guys?

Zonaria's Infamy and the Breed (2007) has been a getting a lot of my attention lately as well. I haven't heard their new album yet, anyone have any thoughts on it?

[Gr1mLock]

I just listened to Ozzy's Scream album for the first time. Wow, this is really underwhelming. Another generic rock station anthem, another generic attack on Christianity to sound deep (but still ambiguous enough to still claim to be a Christian himself), another positive message song. It's unfortunate, but from interviews and listens, it's like he's not even himself. Ozzy has no idea what he's doing, what he's singing, why he does this or that. Whoever is pulling his strings has cultivated his image to such an extent that there's no reason to listen. EDIT: From written serious interviews, he also sounds incredibly bitter and angry, for some reason.

Ozzmosis was the last ozzy record worth listening to.

[fallout]

Ozzy has no idea what he's doing, what he's singing, why he does this or that.

To be fair, I think it was like this in the Black Sabbath days, too. :)

[SoulPlaya]

To be fair, I think it was like this in the Black Sabbath days, too. :)

Yeah, but at least then, the people telling him what to sing were the other members, which made it great.

do you really need to ask that question friend? you know it's his cunt wife Sharon.

It's unfortunate, because in interviews, Ozzy sounds like he had the musical freedom of his older contemporaries like McCartney or Springsteen. He's become bitter, and considering the life he lives that's unfortunate.

Ozzmosis was the last ozzy record worth listening to.

Agreed.

I totally agree with this. I could barely finish the album. The only thing I enjoyed where some of the solos thanks to Gus.

I finished it, but never again. And Gus had little to do with the solos, as most were done when he got there. There isn't a single memorable track that you would listen to again, unless you were an obsessive Ozzy fan.

[spink]

If you like Deathspell Omega you might like Leviathan's last two albums, though they're a bit heavier on the bass.

I'd been meaning to check him out. cheers

[DimmuBurgerKing]

Going to Summer Slaughter tomorrow in Knoxville TN.. so stoked to see Cannibal Corpse and The Faceless again.

[Greg]

Going to Summer Slaughter tomorrow in Knoxville TN.. so stoked to see Cannibal Corpse and The Faceless again.

How are they live?

I can't wait for their new CD two weeks.

[Mr. Sandman]

Mmmmmm new Krallice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVGrJUDNM9s

CD pre-order: http://krallice.bigcartel.com/produc...past-matter-cd

[Secks4Food]

Mmmmmm new Krallice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVGrJUDNM9s CD pre-order: http://krallice.bigcartel.com/produc...past-matter-cd

I'm listening to it for the fourth time now, pure tremolo-picked bliss as always. I'm definitely getting more used to Nick McMaster's presence more than I did with the past two albums; so far I'm digging this song more than anything off Diotima. Time to pre-order!

[The_Darkest_Red]

Going to Summer Slaughter tomorrow in Knoxville TN.. so stoked to see Cannibal Corpse and The Faceless again.

Ugh, don't remind me, I can't go because of work. I'd go for Between the Buried and Me before anyone else, though.

[Subprime]

Anyone else think pelicans drummer is fucking terrible? Its like he doesnt know where the emphasis in a beat is supposed to be.

[Subprime]

I have gotten to see Animetal Jpn, Anthem, Outrage, United, Dir En Grey, Gackt's rock band Yellow Fried Chicken (LOL)...still need to see Loudness and X Japan...the visual kei stuff I would prefer to go with someone but I don't really know anyone who is into that, the Liv Moon stuff kind of same. Galneryus would be fun to see! The fad here with indie bands is unfortunately screamo/hardcore ... that is what the kids are into ... it makes me sad. I had some 20 year old tell me he doesn't like thrash because they don't scream enough. The concert in November looks like a winner! Thanks for letting me know - that is actually close to where I live... I hope Loud Park this year has an epic lineup! Last year the excuse was that people wouldn't come because they were afraid of Fukushima fallout rads

When you say screamo I assume you mean the 2000's metalcore phenomenon? Its not actually screamo. Dont call it hardcore either, because its not. Black flag/ minor threat / bad brains is hardcore, not that stuff.

[strafer]

Jesse is back motherfu..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXp_wfbWtCI

[Ravager61]

seeing Sunn O))) in October. can't wait. have just recently discovered Deasthspell Omega. can't get enough of Paracletus.

Nice. Easily one of my favorite bands. Si Monumentm... is easily my favorite album from them. Heavy, complex, even catchy at times. Not to mention, evil as all hell. \m/

[Gr1mLock]

Jesse is back motherfu.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXp_wfbWtCI

Both Jesse and Howard are awesome. Good song though.

[blahness]

Century Media re-listed their catalogue back on Spotify after almost a year. It fills holes in many discographies and add bands such as Eyehategod, In Flames, SYL, and Vallenfyre back on the service.

http://open.spotify.com/user/century...4x9Av9oyetRg5F

[SoulPlaya]

Still love Impelletteri.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjV3ck0TJPQ

[Giant Robot]

Anyone else think pelicans drummer is fucking terrible? Its like he doesnt know where the emphasis in a beat is supposed to be.

he's a goon at it. Still doesn't detract from the rest of the riffing...although I'll have to say that I've lost a lot of interest in them since that last EP.

[strafer]

Happy Birthday James.

[Aggrotek]

Anyone heard of Abigail? They are pretty decent IMO.


Death Doom has really been growing on me the past month.

[bart jr]

Dog Days - Via Dolorosa

For fans of Converge, The Black Dahlia Murder(Unhallowed - era)

The whole album is great, and although they aren't my favorite songs I think 'Dead Ends' and 'Rain Shadow'/'Sun Shadow' give a good representation of their style.

[Lionheart1827]

Happy Birthday James.

\m/

He's approaching 50. Cant wait to see them on tour again, they need to release a new album already, it will be 4 years this september I think.

[Secks4Food]

\m/ He's approaching 50. Cant wait to see them on tour again, they need to release a new album already, it will be 4 years this september I think.

am I right ;)

[Lionheart1827]

am I right ;)

No not really, not a Metallica album, just a collab. :)