Thats what I said the first time I heard it. Not something thats big in the states yet but if you want know more about this, er…genre then Check out Metal Music Blog. Headbanger (From Finland himself) mentions Turisas, a Finnish band that I thought was absolutely crazy when I first heard their sound. Another band someone kinda turned me on to was Eluveitie (The above pictured band). In my opinion their sound is much better than Turisas, but thats just my opinion. I honestly haven’t and have no desire to pursue any further into this sub-genre. But to each his own I suppose. Here is a short excerpt from Metal Music Blog’s Folk Metal Post: Read more

BENEATH THE MASSACRE frontman offers update from European tour

Currently on the band’s first tour of Europe, Montreal’s BENEATH THE MASSACRE offers an update from the road: “The tour is nothing short of amazing!” frontman Elliot Desgagnes says. “The crowd reactions are overcoming our expectations. Touring with our bros in Despised Icon and Misery Index is only making it even better. All the shows have so far been crazy. We really enjoy the European crowd, it almost feels like we’re at home.” Read more

Wow! It’s hard to believe we are already through the first month of the new year. It’s been a great start. MetalMartyr.com has grown this month thanks to the readers and we have some great things coming up.

February Contest: February’s contest will be for my slightly used iPod shuffle. I have had this since right before Christmas and it’s been fun but it’s time to upgrade. We’ll be holding a contest sometime this month to find one lucky winner. The iPod is in like new condition, still with the same packaging it came in and will be chock full of good stuff. Unfortunately this contest is only open to US and Canadian residents. Read more

Dave Mustaine posted the following at ther Megadeth Official Web page forums:

“This is to MEGADETH, Dave Mustaine, Dean VMNT, or any other Dean model, the staff, distributors, players and the owner of Dean guitars.

“It has come to my attention that an off-color joke that I said at last year’s NAMM, which I said this year’s too, has offended some of you.

“For that I am truly sorry, and Dean Guitars and the other endorsers are much classier than I behaved that day, and I regret possibly embarrassing the company. Not everyone watching was an adult or needed to hear the word that I said.

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Like that Southern Sludge do ya? Well Wilmington, NC’s “Dixie” Dave Collins and the crew just knocked out a new record called God Luck And Good Speed. You can read the review and download a beefy cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Give Me Back My Bullets and the title track At Invisibleoranges.com.

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Roadrunnerrecords.com has posted the Cavalera Conspiracy’s first single from the upcoming release Inflikted. Ok, Max and Igor…quit screwing around and call Paulo Pinto and Andreas Kisser up. Read more

One of my all time favorite videos to a bad ass song. It’s not fancy, it’s not overdone..it’s Entombed and it’s Wolverine Blues. This record was an instant classic released in 1993. Enjoy!

Re-posted from Lamb Of God Myspace Bulletin:

LAMB OF GOD, GARAGEBAND, AND SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO ANNOUNCE THE “PRODUCER CHALLENGE” CONTEST!!! WIN A CHANCE TO MEET THE BAND AND ATTEND DVD PREMIERE!!!

Fresh off the December 4 release of the Deluxe Producer Edition of Sacrament, Grammy-nominated metal juggernaut Lamb of God has teamed up with Sirius Satellite Radio and GarageBand to bring fans the “Producer Challenge” contest. The contest winners will win a trip to New York to meet Lamb of God at the premiere of their upcoming DVD, slated for a Spring 2008 release. Read more

The Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour kicks off in july and will run through August. The shows will play 30 North American Amphitheaters. Topping the bill will supposedly be Slipknot and Disturbed, both of which are supposed to have new CDs out this year. Last time I heard nothing was set in stone for Slipknot. Also rumored to be joining the bill are Mastodon, Dragonforce, Walls Of Jericho, Sevendust and Suicide Silence.

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According to Blabbermouth.net, Trivium have announce who will be producing their next record during their NAMM appearance. Here is a short excerpt quote of the Blabbermouth post:

Matt Heafy: “We started demoing after Family Values, like October,” he said. “We started writing some songs, demoing them. The demo quality is so good it sounds like a real album, which is awesome, so it gives us a really good basis to compare and fix shit, so we’ve been revising and going back in and changing shit up. Read more