Slayer and Marilyn Manson to Head Mayhem Fest.
Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by Dallas VonKillbot in Music
Last year’s Rockstar Mayhem Fest. was pretty brutal: Machine Head, Mastodon and Slipknot headlined, as well as numerous other bad ass metal bands. Knowing he had his work cut out for him, Lyman (of Warped Tour Fame) set up an equally punishing tour, this time with metal legends Slayer and former touring partner Marilyn Manson are heading the pack.
Additional support is confirmed by Whitechapel, Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy, Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, God Forbid, All That Remains, and Trivium… damn. If you take [...]
Fuck Metallica: Believe In The Sword
Posted on 07. Jan, 2009 by spencer in Music
Don’t get me wrong; I love Metallica… Well, at least I loved Metallica back in the day when they still wrote badass, heavy songs and Cliff Burton was alive, smoking bongs and living the storied life as the epitome of hessian bass players. But Metallica might be shooting themselves in the foot by allowing Austin Sabbath-suckers The Sword to open up most of their upcoming tour dates. The Sword owns. They will just DECIMATE the aged headliners with devil-tongued riffery.
I’ve had vaguely unpleasant dealings with The Sword themselves back when [...]
