Week # 2: Amon Amarth.

Imagine this: A viking ship rowing through the raging seas. now think of that scene as you listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhwHH9zimW4

Doesn't that seem to fit in perfectly this song is called "Guardians of Asgaard" by none other that the melodic viking metal band Amon Amarth, they came from Tumba, Sweden. The band started with the name Scum, the original members were vocalist Themgoroth (original singer), guitarist Olavi Mikkonen, and bassist Ted Lundström. They were recognized as grindcore.

When Johan Hegg joined the band they concentrated more towards the melodic death metal sound. They changed their name to Amon Amarth on 1992 after their first demo. They became so known that when they released their second demo "The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter", in 1994, they sold all 1000 demo discs in less than 12 hours.

They then signed with Metal Blade Records, and with the release of the album Once Sent from the Golden Hall in 1998, their popularity rose internationally. Since then they have done multiple Canada and US tours, festival appearances, five music videos, and appearances in over 100 metal magazines. In early January 2008, their first tour of Australia and New Zealand took place, along with supporting Dimmu Borgir, after finishing a US and Canadian tour with Sonic Syndicate and Himsa.
Amon Amarth extended their record deal with Metal Blade Records for three more albums.
After extending their record deal, the band released Twilight of the Thunder God, which featured guest appearances by Lars Göran Petrov of Entombed, Roope Latvala of Children of Bodom, and the cello metal band Apocalyptica.
Amon Amarth has embarked on a North American headlining tour in October 2008, with support from Ensiferum, Belphegor, and a melodic death metal band from Tampa named The Absence. The band are also touring as support for the thrash metal band Slayer throughout Europe on the Unholy Alliance Chapter III.

Check out Amon Amarth and their melodic viking/Norse/pre christian music and tell me what you think.
www.amonamarth.com

Nikki Sixx has got problems. Caution video contains foul language.

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx got in trouble yet again, this time it wasnt drug related but it was involving crowd problems. During one of the sshows for the band anaikki threw a water bottle at the crowd which one of the crowd tthrew back at him, it flew over his head but the bassist remained mad which caused him to start cursing at the crowd member.

In an interview he said "There was a recent event at one of our shows where someone threw a bottle at me during my speech and I got pretty pissed. The way it happened is, I threw a bottle of water to some fans and didn't realize the very bottle I threw to the fans was thrown back at me. I have to admit, bands get pretty pissed when people throw shit at you onstage. I didn't even think it was the same bottle, so with that being said, I'd like to say I'm sorry to the fan who threw the bottle back at me."These damn cliches seem to be true, like 'two wrongs don't make a right...'"Rock 'n' roll, and temper tantrums…"P.S.: These self-help books are really helping. Ha-Ha."

I found the crowd member to be overly disripectful but Nikki had no real why to back up the way he acted.

What do you think about this matter??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW3jW44aazY

Band Of The Week. #1

Well ladies and germs I' am starting a new weekly idea which I would like to call "The Band Of The Week", where i will describe to you a few known and unknown bands that you should listen to.

This weeks band of the week is none other than the German industrial band Rammstein.

Rammstein have been around since 1994, though they consider themselves metal most fans and critics call them Industrial which is a type of music involving metal, techno and electronica. The band was created by guitarist Richard Z Kruspe. when he ran away from West Berlin in 1989. The band members include singer Till Lindemann , guitarists Richard Z Kruspe and Paul Landers, Bassist Oliver Riedel, Keyboardist Christian Lorenz and drummer Christoph Schneider.

Their music is heavy and it makes you want to dance at the same time listen to a couple of their songs such as: Du Hast.
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The best part abou this band is not their music but their live shows which are filled with pyrotechnincs from live flamethrowers to the singer being fully engulfed in flames, comedy, and some brutal scenes. Most of their lyrics are open ended and when translated into English they don't make sense, such as the lyrics from Du Hast translate into You... You hate... You Hate me.....
They've had many successful albums such as Herzeleid, Sehnsucht, Mutter, Reise Reise, and Rosenrot.
But their most talked about album is yet to come in 2009 which according to the band is gonna be their best album yet, they confirmed a "big world tour" following the next album to contain U.S. dates.
Listen to them and tell me what you think?

The Golden God Awards are back for another year.

The Golden Gods Award ceremony will air on May 2nd on MTV2. It will be hosted by comedian Brian Posehn. At the ceremony Ozzy Osbourne will receive an award dubbed "The Lifetime Achievement Award", which establishes Ozzy as the best of the best in the industry. Also some nominees up for awards are:
Best performance: Disturbed, Slayer, Metallica and Slipknot.
Best new album: Metallica, Amon Amarth, and Lamb Of God.
Best Overall come back band: Iron Maiden, Kiss, and Judas Priest.

And many many more awards. Performances by bands such as, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, All That Remains, Suicide Silence and a special guest to be announced soon.
There will be special appearances by Lemmy Kilmister, Glenn Danzig, Maynard James Keenan, Chuck Billy, Eric Peterso, Protest The Hero, Marta Peterson, Isis, Brendon Small, and Kat Von D.

Who do you think will win and why? and do you feel Ozzy deserves that award?

Ozzy Osbourne Is In Process Of Makin A New CD.

After his successful CD "Black Rain", Ozzy is in the studio once again for another stone to be added to his legacy according to Rolling Stone magazine he is in the studio once again for another recording which this time he promises a massive collection of new sounds and lyrics that are promised to be more epic than before, The lord of darkness is back and ready to re take his throne. The only bad side to the story is that Ozzfest will be late this year, but hey Ozzy is bringing new stuff.

In my opinion Ozzy as been around for what 10000 years now I think he should just stick to retirement and keep doing hes show which gets more hits every single day. what do you think?

Iron Maiden Is Back And Better Than Ever.

Well it's official Iron Maiden members have put their differences aside and decided to come together once again for a world tour and this time like their promotional poster shows they are in it to rock the world inside out, this is not only a rare ocassion because of the rarity to see Maiden back together ut what makes it even more strange is the location where they plan to start their U.S.A portion of their tour, it is Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at the ank Atlantic Center. Yes, iam excited for this but the real question is are you ready to get your brains scrambled by the legacy, the lened, the monster known as Iron Maiden. Many of people are saying that they are way too old to be playing yet you see bands such as AC DC and metallica coming ack with new CD'S.

Do you think that Iron Maiden is too old to still be playing?

Lamb Of God give back to the community.

On February 14th the new Lamb Of God CD "Wrath" will be released to the public crowd. The band has just released the news that the first 100,000 cds that get distributed will contain a code that will allow you to enter on their contest website where you would answer 3 questions and then 100 people would be randomly selected by a computer, then they get to pick what prize they want to take, these include: Trips for two to see Lamb of God perform at a major UK festival in August 1, Barbecue at your home hosted by Randy Blithe, Mark Morton's Guitar, Willie Adler's Guitar, John Campbell's Bass, Chris Adler drum kit w/ an autographed Chris Adler snare, Golden laminates, good for entry at any Lamb of God show for a year, Introduce the band onstage in your town, and Roadie for a day in your town.
Well what do you think would you have a chance at winning something like this?

Mayhem Festival 2009!

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Tour Festival is back for its second year in a row, last year they provided die hard metal fans with a star studded line-up including Disturbed, Slipknot, Mastodon, and bands such as The Red Chord and Black Tide. Well if you thought it was all over last year then you were mistake, this year Mayhem Tour will include for its head liners Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Killswitch Engage, and Bullet for My Valentine. Also in the side stages there will be bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, Behemoth and White Chapel. Not only that but there is going to be mixed booths with lots of different objects a.k.a t-shirts and pipes. Also there will be signings by your favorite bands so don’t miss out they will be here. AUGUST 12th

What do you think of this years line up?