Party Like A Nachtstar

Yours truly made this nice poster.

It Ain't That Bad

So probably a hundred Metal blogs have posted about this today: Metallica released a new song. Metallica, to this day, remains the most recognizable Metal band in the mainstream music business and it is definitely important because many of us in the underground have expressed disdain over the post-Black Album output that they have produced. The Day That Never Comes reminds me a bit of some Fade To Black and To Live Is To Die. Thankfully the song isn't bad although it could use some improvement: more solos from Kirk, the bass needs to be more pronounced, and James really needs to drop the cowboy vocals. I do encourage you to listen to it and give a very objective opinion about it. Check it out here.

Swedish Skullet Attack

Nifelheim's only US show EVER. It's happening right in my city. Go.

Metal Masters Tour

I'm going to tomorrow's stop of the Metal Masters tour featuring Judas Priest, Heaven & Hell, Motorhead and Testament. It will be held at the First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre in Tinley Park, IL, about an hour by train from Chicago. If you are not planning on going to any of the stops of this tour and you claim to love Metal, you should give up your Metal membership card.

Jesus Christ

I don't even want to talk about this shit.

My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard

I read in the Red Eye earlier this morning that Sean Penn is going to play Harvey Milk, the openly gay San Francisco political official who was assassinated in 1978. His assassination sparked the "White Night" riots and prompted further action calling for equal rights for the LGBT community. Meanwhile, there is a band from Athens Georgia named Harvey Milk, and they're really heavily sexy Doom/Sludge/Post Metal. It would be cool if they got called to do the movie soundtrack, most especially since they have a new album out (which is stellar) and ultra-journeyman/heavy end wizard Joe Preston plays live bass for them.

Wake Up And Smell The Carcass

My friend Omar from Revolution Tattoo did this piece. This is, by far, the best tattoo EVER.