Metalocalypse - September 28, 2011

DOOMSDAY COMETH

Crushing doom. I enjoy it thoroughly. If you do too, you will be going to The Doomsday Festival at The Northcote Social Club on October 22. You know why? Because the lineup is an extraordinary display of homegrown sinister metal backed by international heavyweights Cough, that’s why. Check the talent: Clagg, Pod People (yesss, they RULED at Bastardfest), Looking Glass, D’usk, Hydromedusa, Mother Mars, Space Bong (lewl), The Devil Rides Out, Summonus, Sons of the Ionian Sea, and Wurms. Get low while getting high.

 MORE METAL WOES FOR SPOTIFY

Yeah yeah, I know we don’t have Spotify yet – but eventually we will, and when we do actually get it, it looks like it’ll be a massive waste of time for metalheads. Not only have Century pulled all their artists from their pioneering Swedish ‘free’ music streaming service, now so have Napalm Records, Prosthetic Records (d’oh! New Landmine Marathon is awesome!), and shittiest of all, Metal Blade. Prosthetic co-owner E.J. Johantgen commented: “There does not appear to be an upside. The only income from the service comes in fractions of pennies.” Labels. When you gonna learn you’re trying to wring gore from a boulder. Metal Blade are yet to comment.

AMARANTHINE BAFFLING CHANGE NAME…

…to Clockwork Spirit for their debut self-titled disc, out on October 28. Sooo, if you’ve been following these Helsinki heavies since forever, note the change or be totally confused when it comes time to pick up their record. Why the moniker switch? Habitual drug use, probably. Naw, it’s most likely because Amaranthe have just posted their new song up, which is hilariously entitled Amaranthine. Tres confuzzlement. My head is full of intercourse.

NAPALM DEATH <3 CENTURY

Napalm Death have resigned with Century Media. Guess that means they won’t be on Spotify, either. Barney Greenway is all about it: "We're very happy to be re-signing to Century Media. In fact, I think it's the first time we've actually re-signed on a longer term deal with anybody since the days when we didn't strictly know that we could be digging ourselves a big hole with labels...It's important for Napalm to stay with an independent, and Century proved to us with their overall enthusiasm and attention that this is where we needed to be. There's a perfect balance of getting the band out there in people's faces whilst still understanding the point that not everything is acceptable or 'ethical' promotion. It's more like working with friends who actually care, and who could argue with that?"

EPIC DOOM ENSEMBLE
Since we’ve got grim gravel on the brain right now with Doomsday Fest on the October horizon and all, you best head over to brooklynvegan.com and check out Nothing Passes. It’s an LP collab between The Body and Braveyoung, the former of which is a world-ending duo and the later drone it up, orchestra-style. Needless to say, this is amazing stuff – and it’s streaming for free, in its entirety. Best price ever.

MEGADETH’S NEW DIGS

Megadeth have got Th1rt3en on the way for November 1, but until then you can hook into the first ditty off the thing. It’s called Never Dead and it’s on PooLube. I’ll say this for that god-bothering ranga douchehole, he steams a good ham.

DARK TRANQUILITY DEBUT NEW VID

Yeaaah, Gothenburg for life, bitches. Dark Tranquility are currently showing off their new video for Zero Distance, which you’ll be able to pick up on that upcoming deluxe edition of We Are the Void. Check it out on YouTube, s’got guys wearing masks and reptiles and insects and junk in it.

DEATHQUOTE

“Even at the level that we’re at it’s very, very, difficult to keep this group of guys together and to make sure everybody’s happy and creatively able to get what they need out it. There’s so many obstacles in getting to the finish line, but, if you don’t love it you won’t make it and there’s no reason to even start.  So, do it for the right reasons and if its good and you like it, then it will probably be contagious and it will probably spread to other people. But, if you are doing it in hopes of girls or money or being like a certain band it is bound to fail.”

- It’s a familiar sentiment, but it Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler says it again ‘cos so many of you just aren’t getting it. Please, get it.

FEEDBACK

Whats with Monster energy dranks being everywhere with bands flogging them and shit. That stuff tastes LIKE BUTT

-  like butt I ssay

Ah, y’know. Bros and sisters that dig rocking tend to be in the demographic a festival fizzer like Monster is shooting for. Makes total sense for them to covet the metal set, but if it was my band? I wouldn’t be caught dead pretending I love the shit for the camera. Embarrassing.

~tobes