Metal News for September 22, 2009
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34 news articles posted on this day.
Nihil's Entire "Krach" Album Streaming Online
Experimental metal band Nihil's album "Krach" is now streaming online in its entirety here. "Krach" is the first part of a trilogy from Nihil, which was released in North America in 2008 after a prior European release.
The tracklisting of "Krach" is as follows:
I. Empirical (1.14)
II. Mundus Subterreanus (5.19)
III. Gnosis part I (11.58)
IV. Dreams upon the Scaffold (8.23)
V. Gnosis part II (13.36)
VI. Gnosis part III (15.56)
Amberian Dawn Songs To Be Added To Rock Band
Amberian Dawn has issued the following announcement about two of their songs being added to the Rock Band video game:
"We are happy to announce that Amberian Dawn has been selected to Rock Band Network. It means that at the end of this year you'll be able to download two Amberian Dawn songs to your Rock Band. The first song is ‘River Of Tuoni’ from our debute album with same name. The second song, ‘He Sleeps In A Grove’ is from our brand new album ‘The Clouds Of Northland Thunder’. So get ready for that and take a chance to be one of Amberian Dawn players. Before you get play these tracks with Rock Band you have a chance to see us live on our European tour during 14.10. - 7.11.2009. We are touring with Epica and Sons of Seasons in 10 European countries."
Inmoria Records New Music Video
Swedish mettalers Inmoria have issued the following statement about filming a new music video for the song "In My Dreams:"
"Inmoria has now finished filming a new video for a new track called 'IN MY DREAMS'. WE BOW OUR HEADS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE: Moa Fallqvist, Jennifer Fallqvist, Parne, Anso and 'little Lova,' Jocke Karlsson and Family, Rossi and Family, Ronny Hemlin, S A Rytkönen, Beth Hansson, Kent Lötberg, Tobias Granström, Per Ryberg. THE PREMIERE OF THE VIDEO WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER ON!!!!!!"
Paradox Posts "Riot Squad" Teaser Trailer
German metallers Paradox have posted a teaser trailer online for their new album "Riot Squad," which can be viewed below. "Riot Squad" is due out on October 16th through AFM Records. More...
Holyhell Announces Fan Meet And Greet
Holyhell's vocalist Maria Breon and keyboardist Francisco Palomo will be at the Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg on Friday, October 2nd 2009 for a fan Meet & Greet. German metallers metalforce will also attend the meet & greet. The details are as follows:
Date: Friday, 2. October 2009
Address: Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg, Grönerstraße 25, 71636 Ludwigsburg
Doors: 9:00 p.m.
Admission: 4 Euro
Eden's Curse To Join Alestorm On U.K. Tour
Eden's Curse has issued the following announcement about joining Alestorm on their U.K. tour dates:
"Eden's Curse are delighted to announce that they will be opening for Scottish Pirate Metallers Alestorm on their forthcoming December UK Tour. Joining Eden's Curse and Alestorm on the bill are London based Extreme Metallers The Rotted to complete a thoroughly exciting and diverse line up, all united under one cause - Heavy Fucking Metal! Coupled with their appearance at Hard Rock Hell on Friday 4th December The Curse will be rolling into the following UK Towns/Cities in December:"
12/6 - MOHO LIVE, MANCHESTER
12/7 - CORPORATION, SHEFFIELD
12/8 - CATHOUSE, GLASGOW
12/9 - JB'S, DUDLEY
12/10 - ROCK CITY, NOTTINGHAM
12/11 - CENTRAL STATION, WREXHAM
Suffocation Updates Tour Schedule
New York death metallers Suffocation have announced the following string of upcoming tour dates:
10/3 Noctis Metal Fest Calgary, AB - CANADA
10/30 Transmission Room Auckland, New Zealand
11/1 AUSTRALIAN TOUR w/ ARCH ENEMY + WINDS OF PLAGUE BEGIN Perth, Australia
11/1 Capitol Perth, Australia
11/3 Fowlers Live Adelaide, Australia
11/5 The Forum Melbourne, Australia
11/6 The Roundhouse Sydney, Austraila
11/7 The Hifi Brisbane, Australia
11/13 Trois Rivieres Metalfest at the Batisse Industrielle Montreal, QC - CANADA
11/14 SUFFOCATION, THE FACELESS, VITAL REMAINS, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY MINI-TOUR Seattle, Washington
11/14 Studio Seven Seattle, Washington
11/15 Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, BC - CANADA
Salem Posts Recording Video Online
Israeli metallers Salem have posted a recording video clip online, which can be viewed below. The band also issued the following update:
"We are in the process of mixing the new album. We are certain that the wait will be worth it. In the meantime you can enjoy some more studio footage. This time it is the percussion session for Drums of the Dead." More...
Lazarus A.D. To Debut New Music Video Tomorrow
Metal Blade Records has issued the following statement about Lazarus A.D. debuting a new music video for the song "Revolution" on Ultimate-Guitar.tv tomorrow:
"Lazarus A.D. filmed a new live video for Revolution this summer at Milwaukee, WI's famed Summerfest. They played on Friday, June 26th as direct support to Burn Halo and Saliva in front of hordes of rabid metal/rock fans. Despite the brutally humid and hot summer heat, Lazarus A.D. unleashed their acclaimed in your face live performance. Watch the video to see for yourself! Fans can see the video here starting tomorrow, September 23rd, at 9am pacific time. The Onslaught is available everywhere now!"
Guitarist Dan Gapen also issued the following statement about the video:
"What's up everybody? First and foremost I just wanna say we miss all you guys and can't wait to get back on the road and rock again. Since we do have downtime though, we want to let all you guys know what we've been up to, beginning with our new video. The video is for the song 'Revolution.' It is a live video with footage taken from a show that we played at Summerfest; the world's largest music festival in Milwaukee Wisconsin on June 26th, 2009.The video was shot with 3 cameras by Vision 4 Films in front of a stellar crowd. I think the video is a great way of showing what we do in a live setting and gives you an overall feel of what we are as a live band. Oh and if you were at the show there are a decent amount of crowd shots so be sure to check yourself out.
"Next I wanted to discuss my hand. I got my cast removed on Tuesday and I am happy as hell!!! I had that son of a bitch on for 6 and a half weeks and I hated every minute of it. I was very relieved when I got the cast taken off and picked up my guitar and realized I could play pretty much exactly how I did before. This is great because I was afraid that I would have to go through some type of bullshit therapy to gain my strength back but for some reason or another, my playing wasn't really affected by the break. We are going to start practicing again this week and I can't wait.
"Also, in this time off we will be writing some new songs and hopefully going into the studio to record some rough production demos of material that will possibly be on our sophomore album!!! Well that's all for now. Until next time, keep blazin' up and drinkin' down!"
:::Killcode::: Updates Tour Schedule
:::Killcode::: has issued the following announcement about adding on a New York tour date:
"NYC Re-Fueled Tour date just added !!!!!!! We’ll be playing on the Hudson River with NYC as our backdrop! Hope to see ya there !!!"
The upcoming :::Killcode::: tour dates are as follow:
9/25 Re-Fueled East Coast Tour- The Crazy Donkey LI, New York
9/26 Re-Fueled East Coast Tour- Showcase Live Foxboro, Massachusetts
9/27 Re-Fueled East Coast Tour- The Chance Poughkeepsie, New York
9/29 ROCKS OFF CONCERT CRUISE - Aboard the Temptress- Refuled East Coast tour NYC
10/1 Re-Fueled East Coast Tour- Recher Theater Townson, Maryland
10/2 Re-Fueled East Coast Tour- Chameleon Club lancaster, Pennsylvania
10/3 Re-Fueled East Coast Tour- Crocodile Rock Allentown, Pennsylvania
10/15 Taping for Fox’s Fearless Music TVshow nyc
12/12 Gramercy Theatre (formerly Blender Theatre) NYC, New York
A Storm Of Light Posts New Music Video Online
A Storm of Light has issued the following announcement about posting a new music video online:
"Hey All,
"We have a new music video for the song Tempest, from our record Forgive Us Our Trespasses. It is premiering today via the interweb in the US on Brooklyn Vegan and in the UK on Rocksound, and will premiere in Germany this Thursday."
August Burns Red Changes Wichita Falls Show Venue
Christian metallers August Burns Red have issued the following announcement about changing the venue of their Wichita Falls tour date with Impending Doom, MyChildren MyBride, and The Acacia Strain:
"Hey Guys-Our show in Wichita Falls TX has been moved to the address below, looks like this is gonna be a great show, come out and PARTY!
"The Hanger, 3305 & 1/2 Sheppard Access Rd, Wichita Falls,TX 76306, 7 pm"
Destroyer 666 Issues Brazilian Tour Recap
Destroyer 666 has issued the following recap of their recent tour dates in Brazil:
"Last night ended what has been an incredible experience for the band. To the maniacs who have supported us over the last 4 days, we salute you. We have vowed to return and thrash this place once again. An extra special thanks to the Victor our all round guy and the Sarcasmo lads for destroying our brains and sinus's in Belo Horizonte. Hail Brazillia."
The upcoming Destroyer 666 tour dates are as follows:
9/23 Club Rock & Guitarras Santiago
9/25 Circo Volador Mexico City
9/26 Gathering of the Bestial Legion IV Festival Los Angeles, California
9/27 White Swan Houston, Texas
9/28 The Euopa Club New York City, New York
9/29 Club Hell Providence, Rhode Island
9/30 The Underground Charlotte, North Carolina
10/1 Double Door Chicago, Illinois
10/2 Parkside San Fransisco, California
10/3 NOCTIS III Metal Fest Calgary, Alberta Calgary, Alberta
12/11 Lido Belgium 8908 Vlamertinge (near Ieper)
12/12 Satans Convention Fest Gempt Halle Lengerich
12/19 Effenaar Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
12/31 ScreamFest Sydney
1/8 2010 The Capitol Perth, Western Australia
Avenger To Release New Album On Vinyl
Doomentia Records has issued the following brief update about releasing the "Feast of Anger - Joy of Despair" album by Avenger on vinyl:
"Vinyl version of fourth full-length album of legendary Czech black metal horde AVENGER will be released through DOOMENTIA RECORDS later this year."
Dying Fetus To Host "Beyond The Pit" Radio Show
Dying Fetus will be the special guest hosts on the Sirius / XM metal show "Beyond The Pit," starting Tuesday, September 22nd and running through through Saturday, September 26th. Dying Fetus will be discussing their new album "Descend Into Depravity" as well as their recent and upcoming tour plans. "Beyond The Pit" airs nightly on Sirius channel 27, XM channel 42 from 12 midnight to 1:00 am EST.
Exilia Posts Upcoming Tour Teaser Trailer Online
Italy's Exilia has posted a teaser trailer online for their upcoming tour dates, which can be viewed below. Exilia's currently confirmed tour dates are as follows:
10/16 Honky Tonky Seregno MILANO
10/17 Rock The Station festival Ampflwang
10/23 Kamea - desperados showcase FRANKFURT/ODER (D)
10/24 Barfly SONTHOFEN
10/25 Revalation Fest DEUTSCHLANDSBERG
10/27 Underground Koeln
10/28 Logo Hamburg
10/29 Rock City USTER (CH)
10/30 Palazzo CHUR (CH)
10/31 Amalogame Club YVERDON (CH) More...
Ghost Brigade Announces New Album Special Edition
Ghost Brigade has announced that they will be releasing their most recent album "Isolation Songs" as a double gatefold LP on October 23rd through Cyclone Empire Records.
The track listing will be as follows:
Side A:
Suffocated
My Heart Is A Tomb
Into The Black Light
Side B:
Lost In A Loop
22:22 - Nihil
Architect Of New Beginnings
Side C:
Birth
Concealed Revulsions
Side D:
Secrets Of The Earth
A Storm Inside
Liar (Bonus Track)
Kittie Streaming Two New Songs Online
Kittie has issued the following announcement about streaming two new songs online from their most recent album "In The Black:"
"Hey just letting you guys know we just put two new songs up on the player... 'FORGIVE AND FORGET' and 'FALLING DOWN'. Let us know what you think :) Oh and check us out on tour starting this sat!"
"In The Black" was released in the U.S. on September 15th and will be released on Europe on October 23rd.
Leaves' Eyes Confirmed For Autunnonero Festival
Leaves' Eyes has issued the following brief announcement about playing at the Autunnonero Halloween Gothic Festival:
"On Halloween, Leaves' Eyes will be playing at the Autunnonero Halloween Gothic Fest in Triora / Italy! More info here."
The details are as follows:
31.10.2009 ITA – Triora, Piazza Beato Tomaso Regio (Old Town Centre)
Divine Heresy Comments On Tour With Moonspell
As was previously announced, Samael have dropped off the upcoming North American tour with Moonspell and have been replaced by Divine Heresy. Also appearing on the bill are Book of Black Earth and Secrets of the Moon.
Commented Divine Heresy guitarist Dino Cazares: "We have been waiting patiently for the perfect touring opportunity to present itself and we couldn't possibly be more pleased to be direct support to the mighty MOONSPELL this fall. This North American tour is exactly what we were looking for as we wanted a chance to perform in front of a lot of new faces that might not have been exposed to our band. This tour marks the kick-off of a massive worldwide touring campaign to support the new 'Bringer of Plagues' album. DIVINE HERESY is better than ever and we are embarking on this tour with only one, simple goal in mind: to annihilate everything in our path. Expect an unrelenting set and if your jaw isn't on the floor when we finish, then we haven't done our job, but that won't be the case. Be sure to come by the merch booth each night to say hello to us all and we look forward to seeing everyone soon. It's certainly been way too long."
The currently confirmed dates are as follows: More...
Orange Goblin Selling Off Equipment
Orange Goblin has issued the following announcement about selling off equipment:
"Orange Goblin are selling some perfectly good, working equipment that we no longer use due to endorsements from other companies. We have the following for sale:
"2 x Vintage MATAMP 4x12 Speaker cabinets.(£150 each), 1 x AMPEG SVT Pro IV Bass Amp (£300)
"If you are interested in these, please contact the band through this MySpace page, we'll be in touch.
"Ideally these would need to be collected from the band (based in London, England) so will suit a UK buyer rather than have to arrange selling and shipping to abroad. These items have been played on various Orange Goblin tours and albums but have recently been serviced and are in great condition."
Municipal Waste Announces More World Tour Dates
MUNICIPAL WASTE has recently announced the “WASTE THE WORLD TOUR 2009” with support from GOATWHORE from 11/06-11/16, THE ACCUSED from 11/18-12/03, BRUTAL TRUTH from 12/04-12/11, PHOBIA and CAULDRON on all tour dates. The complete schedule including some new dates is as follows:
11/06 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11 Tavern
11/07 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
11/08 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
11/09 - Tampa, FL @ State Theater
11/11 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
11/12 - Austin, TX @ Red 7
11/13 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Conservatory
11/14 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
11/16 - Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
11/18 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
11/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
11/20 - Anaheim, CA @ Chian Reaction
11/21 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
11/23 - Portland, OR @ Satyricon
11/24 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
11/25 - Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House of Music
11/27 - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
11/28 - Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse
11/29 - Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret
12/01 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
12/02 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
12/04 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
12/05 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
12/06 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
12/07 - Montreal, QC @ Foufounes
12/08 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium (Upstairs)
12/09 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
12/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Hypocrisy Posts New Album Teaser Trailer Online
Hypocrisy has posted an official album trailer for their upcoming album "A Taste of Extreme Divinity," which can be viewed below. "A Taste of Extreme Divinity" will be released on October 23, 2009 (Europe) and November 3, 2009 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records and was produced by vocalist/guitarist Peter Tagtgren. More...
Nile Reveals New Album Details
Nile has revealed the track listing and cover artwork for the upcoming release "Those Whom the Gods Detest."
The album was produced and mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, QUEENSRYCHE), along with a drum recording job by Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, VITAL REMAINS, GOATWHORE). The cover artwork was brought to realization this time around by Michal "Xaay" Loranc, whom Karl Sander’s had previously worked with on his 2nd solo record "Saurian Exorcisms."
"Those Whom the Gods Detest" is scheduled for release in North America on November 3, 2009. The track listing will be as follows:
1. Kafir!
2. Hittite Dung Incantation
3. Utterances of the Crawling Dead
4. Those Whom the Gods Detest
5. 4th Arra of Dagon
6. Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld
7. Yezd Desert Ghul Ritual in the Abandoned Towers of Silence
8. Kem Khefa Kheshef
9. The Eye of Ra
10. Iskander D'hul Karnon
Festered Reveals New Album Cover Artwork
Razorback Recordings has issued the following announcement about revealing the cover artwork for the upcoming Festered album "Flesh Perversion:"
"Check out the pics section to see the FINISHED version of the upcoming FESTERED CD, with artwork drawn by the legendary underground death metal artist Drew Elliott, who has drawn covers for the first Necrophagia album from the 80's, Goreaphobia, Amorphis (when they were good!), and other greats!"
Skeletonwitch Gearing Up For North American Tour
Skeletonwitch has issued the following statement about gearing up for their North American tour dates:
"Cheers and beers everyone! This weekly (ok...so it's more like monthly!) blog update is coming to you from the great white north. We're in Quebec City preparing for a string of Canadian dates on the Children of Bodom and Black Dahlia Murder Tour. So far the tour has been killer. Both bands and their crews are extremely down to earth and have made us feel welcome and part of the team. It's a great vibe to have on tour. Metal brotherhood!! Thanks to everyone who has come out to the shows so far! Please check out our myspace page for dates and come have a beer with us when we're in your town.
"Breathing the Fire is now available for pre-order from iTunes! You can get the entire album plus 1 bonus track here for only $9.99. That's a hell of a deal and it won't last long, so get it while you can! For those who prefer a hard copy, as opposed to digital, you can pre-order CD or vinyl packages with new t-shirt designs at a discounted rate. Check it out here. Two of the t-shirt designs were done by our very own Mullet Chad.
"Also, we're very stoked to check out the new Immortal release 'All Shall Fall' but we're also very busy. It comes out on Oct 6th when we're playing in Seattle. So....whoever is willing to bring us a copy of the album will be guest listed for the Seattle show. Please message us on our myspace page and we'll hook it up. The first person to respond gets the spot. Please don't just buy the album and expect to be on the list. We love Immortal...but we don't need 20 copies of the album. (and we don't have 20 guest list spots....remember, we're in Skeletonwitch!) Thanks to everyone for all the support. Don't forget that Breathing the Fire comes out on Oct. 13th and we're constantly adding tour dates so check back often."
The band's currently confirmed tour dates are as follows: More...
Violent Divine Posts "Happy Ever Afterlife" Video
Sweden's Violent Divine has posted a music video for the song "Happy Ever Afterlife," which is from their latest album "In Harm's Way." The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Watch Me Bleed Posts New Music Video Online
Germany's Watch Me Bleed has posted a music video online for the song "Bloodred Rain." The video clip can be viewed below. "Bloodred Rain" is off their upcoming album "Souldrinker," which is currently set for an October 23rd release date. More...
Revocation Streaming Entire New Album Online
Revocation are streaming their forthcoming album and Relapse debut "Existence Is Futile" in its entirety online now at this location. "Existence Is Futile" will see its North American release next Tuesday, September 29th (October 5th internationally) and is available for pre-order here.
Revocation has also announced two record release shows in support of "Existence Is Futile" for next weekend. The first will be in Providence, RI on Septmeber 29th alongside Vital Remains and Destroyer 666 followed by a hometown Boston show on September 30th.
Within Temptation Posts Live Album Teaser Trailer
Within Temptation has posted a video teaser trailer online for their upcoming live album "An Acoustic Night At The Theatre." The video clip can be viewed below. Within Temptation also issued the following statement about the video:
"Hi everyone,
"We're very proud to show you an amazing new trailer of our forthcoming new album 'An Acoustic Night At The Theatre'. It clearly shows the intimate vibe we created on stage, which you can also hear on the album. You will also get a preview of our new single 'Utopia'! We will be presenting our new video for that next week, so keep checking our website for updates on that. We hope you'll enjoy it (HD looks even better!), make sure to add it to your Facebooks, Twitters, Myspaces, etc. We will be posting more regularly on Twitter in these busy weeks, so follow us there as well. Enjoy and we will see you all soon!!"
Endast Comments On Upcoming Tour
Canada's Endast has issued the following statement about their upcoming tour dates:
"Hello everybody! So a lot has happened in the last couple of months. We posted the dates to the Blue Skies Tour. We cant stress how stoked we are for this tour. As for the set list on this tour. Well that’s a secret. But what we will tell you is that we are going to be playing a lot of new stuff as well as a healthy dose of songs off of Odds Against Tomorrow. We cant wait to play some of the new songs on the road. So don’t be shy come to the merch table after our set and let us know what you think. Speaking about Odds Against Tomorow... We will be releasing a special limited edition version of Odds Against Tomorow on this tour. It will include bonus tracks as well as new art work and pictures. Make sure you come out to one of our shows to get one while its hot!!! That’s it for now! Cant wait to see you all out on the road! Much love and respect."
The currently confirmed tour dates are as follows: More...
Gwar's "Let Us Slay" Video Premieres Online
GWAR just kicked off the first phase of the tour of their two-year long 25th Anniversary Celebration. They are touring in support of their brand new album, "LUST IN SPACE," out now on Metal Blade Records.
GWAR recently wrapped up filming for their first music video off the of the “LUST IN SPACE” album for the lead single “LET US SLAY,” which you can view below.
Frontman ODERUS URUNGUS comments: "'LET US SLAY' is the first video from our new epic album, ‘LUST IN SPACE’, and provides actual first-hand footage of GWAR's recent travels through outer space and our cosmic struggle against that intergalactic asshole Cardinal Syn...this should put an end to any speculation that we are not really from outer space...you can really see us flying around on spaceships and shit!"
"This is just the latest GWAR video from esteemed director David Brodsky, whom we have worked w/ before on the amazing ‘SCHOOL’S OUT’ video. He is a very talented and effusively garrulous sort of guy, and he works for rocks! Plus I am particularly excited about the many dance moves that I executed in the course of the video...I recently studied under Christopher Walken, and after working very hard he gave me the nickname 'Twinkletoes!'"
Here are the latest Gwar tour dates as well: More...
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Tales From The Pit: Ripping off "Mosh Dude's" Ear
We've been talking to bands, fans, and promoters to get their best mosh pit stories. This one comes to us from Josh Silbernagel of the Facedown band Hands.
"So I'm like 15 years old at the time and have never been to a metal show in my life... let alone anywhere near a mosh pit. Suffice to say that at the sight of all the piercings, tattoos, and studded/spiked leather apparel... not to mention the wildly violent looking folks who were wearing them... I was experiencing some hardcore culture shock (...no pun intended).
"There was one kid in particular who was really freaking me out. He was this pudgy little bald guy who was wearing tough looking worn out army boots, shredded up old Levi jeans, and a sweat stained formerly white t-shirt that had the words "Mosh Dude" scrawled across the front in permanent marker. To top it off he had a crudely fashioned hole in his earlobe the size of a pencil (which I later found out was made with a paper punch and a pocket knife). From this hole hung a rusty piece of chain. Now I'm not talking about something you buy at Hot Topic or from some extreme body modification accessory store... I'm talking about a rusty old link that looked like it came from a chain your great grandpa would have fastened to a team of oxen to pull a stump out of the ground. It looked like it had been cut with a hack saw in a couple of places to make an opening, and was now apparently considered jewelry. I could not take my eyes off that thing for the life of me.
"So the show starts and Mosh Dude is right in the thick of things. He was an old school push-mosher and was really laying into people... especially the hardcore dancers. Finally one of them got fed up with it and did a crazy spinning windmill kick within the general proximity of Mosh Dude's head. I think it was supposed to be a warning of some sort... but it didn't work out that way. You see, somehow the hardcore dancer's infant girl sized jeans managed to snag Mosh Dude's rusty chain-link earring... I'm not exaggerating when I say that blood literally sprayed across the entire pit. This guy's already abused ear seriously got ripped halfway off his head. And when I say "ripped half way off his head" I mean "ripped half way off his freaking head!!!". It was just hanging there, blood gushing from the side of his skull like water being shot through the blow hole of a mighty Beluga Whale!!! Okay... so that's a small exaggeration... but you get the idea...
"I expected this guy to first kill the kid who kicked him and then to see him die from blood-loss. The whole pit was watching with fascination and horror. To everyone's surprise (and to others' disappointment) Mosh Dude neither took a life nor lost his own. He simply ripped off his t-shirt, tied it around his head to slow the bleeding, then turned to the kid who had ripped his ear off and stuck his hand up in the air for a high five, declaring to everyone present... "THAT WAS #$!%ING AWESOME!!!". He then continued to mosh through the entire set with his blood soaked "Mosh Dude" t-shirt tightly holding his what was left of his ear to his head. It was a disgustingly awesome occasion... and a very intense way for me to lose my mosh-pit virginity.
"I will probably never see Mosh Dude again, and to be honest that is totally fine with me. But I will never forget him or his mangled ear. So I guess this story is his legacy as far as I am concerned. Bummer for him."
YOB Confirmed For Roadburn Fest 2010
Reunited doom metal giants YOB will be making their European live debut with two different shows at next year's Roadburn Festival, set to be held from April 15 - 18 at both the 013 venue & Midi Theatre, Tilburg - Holland.
Roadburn will celebrate YOB's return to the fold by offering the band the opportunity to play different shows at both the 013 venue, and the Midi Theatre during the festival.
Mike Scheidt comments: "YOB is quite thrilled to announce our first European trip to play the most excellent Roadburn festival in 2010. We have wanted to come over to Europe to play for many years and to have our first show be at Roadburn is beyond incredible for us. We are looking forward to sharing in the atmosphere of the fest with all of the excellent bands and fans that will be in attendance. April will not get here soon enough! DOOM!!!"
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