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On last Saturday’s “Headbangers Ball” we premiered new videos by Satyricon and Black Tide, and offered you a taste of the expanded reissue of Machine Head’s The Blackening by broadcasting a video of the band covering Iron Maiden’s “Hallowed Be Thy Name.” Plus, we aired the new vid by Testament, the band you voted back from last week’s episode. Click “more” to vote your favorite clip back for next week’s show and watch the new clips by Satyricon, Black Tide and Machine Head.
Now, pick your favorite new video to return for an encore next week. Testament are ineligible since they won last week, so only pick from our list. Only one vote is allowed per entry and only one entry is allowed per IP address. Voting runs through Wednesday at 3 p.m. Here are your choices:
SATYRICON - “BLACK CROW ON A TOMBSTONE”
IN FLAMES - “THE MIRRORS TRUTH”
DEVILDRIVER - “NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST”
SLIPKNOT - “DEAD MEMORIES”
BLACK TIDE “SHOUT”
MACHINE HEAD - “HALLOWED BE THY NAME”
When Richmond, Virginia quintet Lamb of God began recording their last album Sacrament in 2006, there was friction within the ranks. Some of the members were dealing with personal issues that bled through into their band activity, and tensions were frequently high. “We weren’t really firing on all cylinders,” admits guitarist Mark Morton.
Fortunately, Lamb of God were still able to battle through their demons and frustrations and craft a fierce and surging slab of vindictive groove metal. In retrospect, it seemed like the animosity that was plaguing the band during the Sacrament sessions inspired ferocity and venom and the music offered release for their pain. With that in mind, Lamb of God had some concerns when they got back together in the studio to start writing their new album Wrath (out February 24). Having navigated their issues and obstacles, the members were getting along as well as ever, and while they were excited and generally happy, they were a little worried that their newfound contentment would dampen their fire. They couldn’t have been more wrong. (click more to listen to our podcast interview with guitarist Mark Morton).
Wrath is as brutally heavy, scathing and unrepentant as Sacrament, and the songs explode with a new level of confidence and authority, whether Lamb of God are ranting about politics or the people who’ve betrayed them over the years. The day President Obama took office, we talked to guitarist Mark Morton about the creation of “Wrath,” the politics of metal, the first video from the album, “Set to Fail,” and the changes the band has experienced since their first record came out in 1998 under the name Burn the Priest.
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All-star supergroup, Camp Freddy, performed on January 19 at the Sundance Film Festival at Harry O’s in Park City, Utah and during the show they were joined by Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy, ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons and others. The group, which usually performs in Los Angeles, features ex-Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro (who couldn’t make the Utah show), ex-Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, ex-The Cult bassist Billy Morrison, Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum and Donovan Leitch. Click “more” to watch Taylor belting out Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” with the band. All we can say is we’re glad this wasn’t his audition tape for Slipknot.
Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan has posted footage on his MySpace of a staged press conference about the first schedule concerts by his side project Puscifer. The shows themselves will take place February 13 to 15 in Las Vegas at the Pearl concert theater at the Palms Casino.
The humorous clip was filmed in black and white by Mike King of Flea Circus Films and depicts Keenan as a military general answering inane questions by clueless journalists, two of which mispronounce the band’s name. A third is more interested in finding out information about Tool and A Perfect Circle than he is in learning anything about Puscifer.
Laura Milligan, Paul Greenberg, Jackie Harris, Paul Koslowski, Mark Fight and Ron Lynch co-star in the video, which Keenan describes as “sort of a Dr. Strangelove spoof.” Click more to watch.
On December 14, John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl from the podcast Talking Metal posted a show that included an interview with In This Moment guitarist Chris Howarth. It might seem like we’re a little behind the eight ball since they’ve done four more podcasts since then, but we bring up the In This Moment episode because a video has just surfaced of Howarth, vocalist Maria Brink, Ostonomy and Strigl performing a cover of Iron Maiden’s “Run to the Hills.” Click more to watch.
