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April Fools! Did We Get You?
Diamond Oz and Greekbastard posted a few April Fools stories this year, and we hope you enjoyed them. All three were well played, in my opinion, from "Metallica Officially Removed From The Big Four" to "Black Metal and Antifa Sign Peace Treaty" and "Slayer Cancels Retirement Plans."
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
April Fools! Did We Get You?
With two of our main writers abroad on travel and April Fools falling on Easter Sunday this year, we only posted a few April Fools this year, but we hope you enjoyed them.
Personally, I enjoyed Diamond Oz's "KISS Bassist Gene Simmons Announces Presidential Candidacy" and "Running as an independent candidate under the slogan, 'I was made for running you,' the sixty eight year old musician is pledging greater focus on trade, the arts and a 'unique' fiscal system, known as 'Rockanomics.'"
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
April Fools! Did We Get You?
Falling on a Saturday this year we didn't have quite the same level of contribution for April Fools 2017 as normal, but we still had fun and hopefully got a few of you - happy April Fools metal fans!
Sadly, we didn't send any PR folks into a lawsuit-threatening tizzy like last year, but if the comments on Facebook are any indication, we got a couple of folks believing Steel Panther's surprise feminist album is a reality!
Between Mayhem using a Euronymous hologram on stage, Brexit screwing up Paradise Lost's tour schedule, Darkthrone needing a whole lot more cowbell, and Winger finally changing a questionable song title, it's clear the rock and metal world won't be low on April Fools gag material any time soon. What's been your favorite Metalunderground April Fools prank throughout the years?
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
April Fools! Did We Get You?
The most glorious day of the year has sadly passed, so we're back to real news today (although based on some of the comments still going here and at Facebook, it would seem the date-challenged haven't realized that yet).
We had a ton of fun putting our gags together for 2016, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did in our fourteenth (!!) year running of writing all joke articles on April 1st.
We can't get most of you anymore, but there's always a few new folks we manage to pull in with tales of Trump and Clinton duking it out on Twitter over Phil Anselmo or a classic Helloween lineup reunion. Likewise, some of our Facebook readers weren't too happy about the news of a sold-out Wacken being Iron Maiden's last performance.
Keep an eye out for the real news in the coming months, because we're developing a track record for some of our April Fools pranks getting perilously close to coming true... The full list of 2016 articles can be found here if you missed any.
What was your favorite this year? Maybe the Axl / Vince Neil swap, Danzing doing even more awful covers, or the silly ones like Bernie Sanders appearing in a NYHC doc or poor Phil Anselmo getting picked as Trump's running mate? More...
April Fools! Did We Get You?
We hope you enjoyed our April fools stories yesterday as much as we did! In our long-standing tradition, we devoted the entire day to fake news and spoofs. We had fun writing them despite the fact that we can't really fool most of you in our thirteenth year of the tradition, even when we start off with some very plausible (yet fake) stories. In case you missed them, you can read yesterday's April Fools stories here.
Promises of a new Iron Maiden album, Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler being replaced by Dave Lombardo, and MetalSucks being bought out by TMZ were the day's most popular faux stories. MetalSucks even liked and shared the last one for kicks.
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
- April Fools 2014
- April Fools 2013
- April Fools 2012
- April Fools 2011
- April Fools 2010
- April Fools 2009
- April Fools 2008
- April Fools 2007
- April Fools 2006
- April Fools 2005
- April Fools 2004
- April Fools 2003
Thanks for reading. We now return to our regularly scheduled metal news programming. More...
Win A Pair Of Municipal Waste Tickets
Before setting sail on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise at the end of the month, Municipal Waste has week-long trek across Maryland, North Carolina, and Florida kicking off this coming Thursday, January 15th.
With the tour just about to pummel across seven U.S. cities alongside Torche and Night Birds, we'll be giving several lucky fans a pair of free tickets and a Municipal Waste t-shirt.
To enter for a chance to win the tickets and t-shirts, send an email to mwgiveaway[at]metalunderground.com with your full name, the city and venue where you'd like to see the show, and a brief message explaining why you love Municipal Waste.
Winners will get into the show and be able to bring a friend for free. Keep your eyes peeled and check your email, as we'll be notifying the winners later this week! Dates for the trek are as follows:
01/15/15 Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
01/16/15 Ziggy's - Winston-Salem, NC
01/17/15 Ziggy's By The Sea - Wilmington, NC
01/18/15 Pug's Live - Tallahassee, FL
01/19/15 The Atlantic - Gainesville, FL
01/20/15 Crowbar - Tampa, FL
01/21/15 Grand Central - Miami, FL More...
April Fools! Did We Get You?
We hope you enjoyed our April fools stories yesterday as much as we did! In our long-standing tradition, we devoted the entire day to fake news and spoofs. We had fun writing them despite the fact that we can't really fool most of you in our twelfth year of the tradition, even when we start off with some very plausible (yet fake) stories. In case you missed them, you can read yesterday's April Fools stories here.
Promises of a Metallica's new album details and Tim Lambesis' escape from jail (despite being out on bail untl his sentencing hearing on May 2nd) and K.K. Downing re-joining Judas Priest, among many others, were too much for readers to pass up.
To those who got all worked up about it, we've been doing this for a LONG time now. The bands that get spoofed are either easy targets or ones that we like. And sometimes the stories practically write themselves! It's all in good fun, and no harm is intended.
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
- April Fools 2013
- April Fools 2012
- April Fools 2011
- April Fools 2010
- April Fools 2009
- April Fools 2008
- April Fools 2007
- April Fools 2006
- April Fools 2005
- April Fools 2004
- April Fools 2003
Thanks for reading. We now return to our regularly scheduled metal programming.
April Fools! Did We Get You?
We hope you enjoyed our April fools stories yesterday as much as we did! In our long-standing tradition, we devoted the entire day to fake news and spoofs. We had fun writing them despite the fact that we can't really fool most of you in our eleventh year of the tradition, even when we start off with some very plausible (yet fake) stories. Many thanks to those of you resisted blurting out “April Fools!” In case you missed them, you can read yesterday's April Fools stories here.
This year we had an issue with a malware warning from Google. The issue was addressed promptly on March 31st, but the warning persisted into April 1 and surely lessened the number of people who clicked through and read and commented on our April fools stories.
Still, we got folks with some great ones like a plausible sounding Metallica story, an Immortal-Beyonce collaboration with a fantastic image supporting it, Dave Mustaine releasing a country album in light of his recent meeting with Willie Nelson, as well as the obligatory Slayer stories, a faux Unearthing The Metal Underground column featuring some truly horrid screamo bands, and much more.
To those who got all worked up about it, we've been doing this for a LONG time now. The bands that get spoofed are either easy targets or ones that we like. And sometimes the stories practically write themselves! It's all in good fun, and no harm is intended.
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
- April Fools 2012
- April Fools 2011
- April Fools 2010
- April Fools 2009
- April Fools 2008
- April Fools 2007
- April Fools 2006
- April Fools 2005
- April Fools 2004
- April Fools 2003
Thanks for reading. We now return to our regularly scheduled metal programming.
April Fools! Did We Get You?
We hope you enjoyed our April fools stories yesterday as much as we did! In our long-standing tradition, we devoted the entire day to fake news and spoofs. We had fun writing them despite the fact that we can't really fool most of you in our tenth year of the tradition, even when we start off with some very plausible (yet fake) stories. Many thanks to those of you resisted blurting out “April Fools!” In case you missed them, you can read yesterday's April Fools stories here.
I had fun reading all of them, as well as the comments, but here are a couple particular stories I want to talk about briefly:
Thanks to Alestorm for playing along and spreading the word of our April Fools that they were kicked off of Paganfest. With their help, the story spread so quickly that our server could not handle the load for a while.
Our Behemoth story seemed a little too believable despite the talk of "Spiritual Conflict" and Nergal's previous statements following his recovery, and we apologize for any confusion this story may have created. Behemoth has not dropped off the Decibel tour and we're very much looking forward to seeing Nergal back in action on this tour ourselves..
To those who got all worked up about it, we've been doing this for a LONG time now. The bands that get spoofed are mostly ones that we like and the others are just easy targets. And sometimes the stories practically write themselves! It's all in good fun, and no harm is intended.
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
- April Fools 2011
- April Fools 2010
- April Fools 2009
- April Fools 2008
- April Fools 2007
- April Fools 2006
- April Fools 2005
- April Fools 2004
- April Fools 2003
Thanks for reading. We now return to our regularly scheduled metal programming.
Two Contests This Month On Metalunderground.com
Metalunderground.com currently has two giveaways going through the end of the month:
The first giveaway contains our biggest prize to date: a Dean Baby ML guitar in powder black, courtesy of Evil United. You can enter here to win the guitar (USA only) or one of several other prize packs (available world-wide). You can enter to win here.
The second is a Halloween Costume contest from Autumns Eyes, the one-man band of contributor Dan Mitchell, that Metalunderground.com is sponsoring. Dan is accepting photo submissions for the Halloween Costume contest. You can also visit him this weekend (October 14-16th) at the Autumns Eyes booth at the Rock and Shock Horror Movie and Heavy Metal Convention in Worcester, MA to get your picture taken to enter to win one of the eight prize packs (including Metalunderground.com merch and the Type O Negative tribute, and pick up some Metalunderground.com stickers while you're there.
Dan will be posting live updates from Rock and Shock on twitter @autumnseyes and reporting on the even for Metalunderground.com.
Update: The Halloween costume contest winners have been announced (and can be seen) here.
About The Writers: September 2011 Activities
Metalunderground.com is a site run by a variety of people who are passionate about both metal and the wider musical world in general. Several of our staff members are involved with side projects outside of the website that you may be interested in checking out. This month we'll again be highlighting a sampling of our staff's current activity and their involvement in the metal and music community. More...
Introducing Metal Underground Radio
Metalunderground.com has teamed up with Earbits to create Metal Underground Radio, our very own streaming radio, featuring nothing but metal and hardcore. The Metal Underground station is commercial-free and can be heard here. Look for the graphic links in the right hand sidebar of Metalunderground.com pages to access Metal Underground Radio at any time.
What’s even better than commercial-free metal 24/7? Earbits is accepting music submissions from artists. So all of our readers who are part of metal bands can submit their music to Earbits. Head over here for instructions on how to submit your music for consideration. Don’t forget to tell them that Metalunderground.com sent you!
If you have quality recordings and are turned down for some reason, Metalunderground.com will work with metal bands to get their music on our Earbits station. Drop us a line in our forum here if you run into this situation and would like to petition for consideration.
Enter to Win Tickets to Rockstar's Metal Mayhem Festival
For a limited time, Earbits is running a promotion and giving away 2 tickets to Rockstar's Metal Mayhem Festival featuring Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, Machine Head, Trivium, Hatebreed and more. All you need to do is head over to Metal Underground Radio and start listening. After a few seconds, you'll be prompted to enter the contest just by registering for Earbits with Facebook Connect*. You can get multiple entries to win just by sharing the promotion with other metal heads. (*note: if you're not on Facebook, you can enter by mail.)
Peter Steele Tribute Album Officially Released
A year ago we lost one of heavy metal’s iconic voices with the untimely death of Type O Negative’s Peter Steele. Twelve bands hailing from Europe and both North and South America have lent their talents to pay tribute to the gothic metal giant and ensure his music continues to be played by fans all across the world.
In collaboration with Beneath the Woods studios and a dozen of the finest underground bands, Metalunderground.com is very proud to announce that “All For None, None For All: A Tribute To Peter Steele” is now officially available. All twelve tracks from the album and a PDF booklet containing words from the bands are available for $3, which covers the costs of the mechanical license and the transaction fees. Metalunderground.com will be donating any leftover profits to charity.
You can buy your copy of the album as an immediate digital download starting today.
We would like to personally thank all of the bands involved for their fantastic contributions, and to all our readers who have stuck by us throughout the years. There's a little something for everyone in this tribute album, and we hope you'll love it just as much as we do.
Dan Mitchell of Beneath The Woods Studios also added, "My original idea was to find bands that were only interested in paying tribute to Peter, and not getting caught up in the politics of it all. No talks of money, labels, suits, or anyone trying to suck the life out of it. Just a straight up tribute. While we had people from Dave Ellefson to Anathema showing interest, their schedules are too busy from prior commitments.
“If you look back at Type O Negative's catalogue, they covered various songs by artists that were much different from the original. There were most definitely fans of Neil Young who hated their rendition of 'Cinnamon Girl,' and Seals and Crofts fans who hated 'Summer Breeze.' There were even fans of Sabbath who hated Type O's rendition of a Sabbath song.
“However, Johnny Kelly put it best when he said ‘These are what those songs would have sounded like if WE wrote them, its our interpretation of the material.’ That was actually his response to me commenting on how ‘different’ the music on this tribute is.”
To hear what the bands have to offer with their cover songs, two teaser trailers are available below. The groups involved in the tribute have also conducted a series of interviews with Metalunderground to talk about Peter Steele’s legacy and the future of metal icons. You can read about how Autumns Eyes, Dark Hound, and Fairytale Abuse approached their cover songs and how Peter Steele influenced them. More...
April Fools! Did We Get You?
We hope you enjoyed our April fools stories yesterday as much as we did! In our long-standing tradition, we devoted the entire day to fake news and spoofs. We had fun writing them despite the fact that we can't really fool most of you in our ninth year of the tradition, even when we start off with some very plausible (yet fake) stories. Many thanks to those of you resisted blurting out “April Fools!” In case you missed them, you can read yesterday's April Fools stories here.
There are a couple particular stories I want to talk about briefly:
It was quite hilarious to see Dream Theater's facebook wall spattered with questions from fans about them using a drum machine! I had this story prepared ahead of time and was fully expecting the band to ruin it for me by announcing a new drummer before April 1st. There was just too much drama around the drummer position (ever since Mike Portnoy's departure) to pass it up.
Making things a little tricky, some people saw Metal Insider's story about Slayer disbanding and took it - along with our story - as corroborating evidence that the news was true (despite their April Fools link on the end of it). This was totally unplanned and unintentional, and we're sorry if we worried anyone for real. We love Slayer, and wish Jeff the best and dread the day that Slayer calls it quits.
To those who got all worked up about it, we've been doing this for a LONG time now. The bands that get spoofed are either easy targets or ones that we like. And sometimes the stories practically write themselves! It's all in good fun, and no harm is intended.
If you'd like to check out our past years' April Fools stories, you can do so at the links below:
- April Fools 2010
- April Fools 2009
- April Fools 2008
- April Fools 2007
- April Fools 2006
- April Fools 2005
- April Fools 2004
- April Fools 2003
Thanks for reading. We now return to our regularly scheduled metal programming.
About The Writers: January 2011 Activity
Metalunderground.com is run by a wide range of diverse contributors who are devoted to both metal and the wider musical world. Several of our staff members are involved with side projects going on outside of the website that you may be interested in checking out. For the month of January we'll take a look at new columns, new interviews, and musical projects from our contributors.
David S. Grant (aka Rockstar_Scribbler) continues his weekly The Rockstar Ramblings column as well as book reviews. He will also soon be contributing to the Sunday Old School column with features on Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, and W.A.S.P. David has recently re-released his book "Rock Stars," and is planning a book tour in 2011 for his new novel, "Blood-The New Red." To send a metal, glam, or rock pop culture related question for inclusion in his weekly column email Rockstar_Scribbler@metalunderground.com. For more information on David's writing please go to here and here. Can't get enough? Follow David on Twitter @david_s_grant. More...
About The Writers: October Activities
Metalunderground.com is run by a wide variety of individuals who are passionate about both metal and the wider musical world in general. Several of our staff members are also involved with side projects going on outside of the website that you may be interested in checking out. For the month of October I'll again be highlighting a sampling of our current staff activities and their involvement in the metal and music community. More...
About The Writers: September Activities
Metalunderground.com is run by a variety of individuals who are passionate about both metal and the wider musical world in general. Many of our staff members are also involved with side projects going on outside of the website that you may be interested in checking out. For September I'll again be highlighting a sampling of our current staff activities and their involvement in the metal and music community. More...
About The Writers: August Activities
Metalunderground.com is run by many different people who are passionate about both metal and the wider music world in general. Many of our staff also have side projects going on outside of the website that you may be interested in checking out. This month I'll again be highlighting a sampling of our current staff activities and their involvement in the metal and music community. More...
About The Writers: July Activities
Metalunderground.com is run by a variety of individuals who are passionate about both metal and music in general. Many of our staff members have side projects going on, and those of you who keep in touch via social networks, email, and the like, may have already heard about them. I’m checking in again this month to highlight some of our current staff activities and their involvement in the metal community. Normally we’ll be giving up an update about our writer’s activity on the first Saturday of each month, but we pushed it back this month due to the holiday weekend.
Frank (aka Progessivity_In_All) has started scoring the soundtrack to an independent zombie film, "The Midnight Hour,” put out by Skyline Pictures. He is playing his final show as lead guitar/vocalist in progressive metal band Dark Hound in Nashville, TN at The Muse on July 22nd. The lineup also includes bands Clorange, Montezuma Fire Machine, and Frank The Fuck Out. More...
Article Archives Are Live
If the weekends feel a little slow around here, it's because news is typically slow then. But we've got just what you need. We've just launced a browsable archive of articles by type. You've always been able to view past news via the calendar on the right of the news page or news by band, but readers have been asking for a browsable archive of columns like Sunday Old School, Unearthing the Metal Underground, Pit Stories, and The Rockstar Ramblings for a while now, and we listened.
In fact, in addition to those columns, now you can browse all of the Show Reports in one place as well as OpEds, Metalunderground.com Exclusives, Features, Headline News, Just for Fun articles, and Site Updates. (Interviews are still here.)
So if you've got some spare time on your hands, go have a laugh with the Just for Fun articles, or catch up on your favorite column from start to finish.