• Byzantine breaks up…3 days after they release Oblivion Beckons.
• Light This City break up before releasing the last record.
• Arsis changes members more than their underwear.
• The Black Dahlia Murder lose a guitarist…steals one from Arsis.
• Phil Demmel of Machine Head passes out twice on stage.
• DJ Sid from Slipknot breaks both of his feet…keeps on trucking.
• Joey Jordison breaks an ankle, cancels UK shows.
• Nachmystium gets booted from the Opeth tour for undisclosed shenanigans.
• Kristen Randal shows her boobs…and they’re only slightly better than Amy Winehouse’s.
• Winds Of Plague drummer Jeff Tenney abruptly leaves the band mid-tour. Says he’s tired of seeing Kristen Randall’s boobs.
• Gwen Stacey singer Bobby Oakley leaves the band…cites that he’s going to sing for Mary Jane Watson.

• All That Remains Cancels remaining US tour dates Thanksgiving week due to vocal issues with Phil Labonte.
• Gorgorath’s Gaahl almost, slightly, kind of admits that he is a homosexual.
• Axl Rose released Chinese Democracy.
• Scar Symmetry loses a singer…hires two more.
• Metallica released an album that wasn’t really all that bad.
• Divine Heresy fires Tommy Cummings and an alleged assault takes place later on.
• Tommy Cummings is hired by funk-metal band Snot to fill the shoes of the late, great Lynn Strait. (That was a totally unintentional rhyme)
• Limp Bizkit reunion rumors float around…for a day.
• Celtic Frost break up again.
• Gas prices rise to over $5.00 a gallon and bands start to drop off tours left and right.

The list goes on but these are just the ones I could think of right now. If you can think of some more, please feel free to fill it in the comments section. Other than that, it’s been a great year in metal. 2009 can only get better!

Post from: Metal Martyr

In Memory Of Celtic Frost has some of the best songs by Celtic Frost covered by some of the greatest Metal, Black Metal and Death Metal bands. Bands such as Mayhem, Emporer, Grave, Opeth and Slaughter, just to name a few. If you’ve ever been a fan of Celtic Frost or Black/Death Metal, then give In Memory Of Celtic Frost a listen. It’s a great tribute album. My favorite track is Enslaved’s cover of Procreation Of The Wicked and I was stoked to hear Sepultura cover it on the Blood Rooted album in 1997. Track list after the fold.

1. Morgion – Innocence And Wrath / The Usuper
2. Enslaved – Procreation Of The Wicked
3. Slaughter – Dethroned Emporer
4. Mayhem – Visual Aggression
5. Inner Thought – Morbid Tales
6. Sadistic Intent – Return To The Eve
7. Cianide – Dawn Of Maggido
8. Divine Eve – Visions Of Mortality
9. Grave – Mesmerized
10. Apollyon’s Sun – Babylon Fell
11. Opeth – Circle Of The Tyrants
12. Closedown – Danse Macabre
13. Emporer – Massacra
14. 13 – Triumph Of Death

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Post from: Metal Martyr

• It looks like Down will be joining Metallica and The Sword on the

European Tour this summer

• Metal Hammer Magazine has announced their Metal Gods Nominees here
• Celtic Frost is pretty much done after the departure of Singer/Guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer left the band due to some crazy ass irreconcilable differences, it sounds like a damn divorce litigation.
• Dethklok and Chimaira will be doing summer tour. Rumor has it that Chimaira will be opening for Dethklok so sorry, you’ll have to sit through that to see Dethklok.
• Dino Cazeres shot down any rumors of a Fear Factory reunion after being seen talking to Burton C. Bell and says everything is good with Divine Heresy and he’s proud of his newfound band’s success.
• If anyone gives a shit, Tom Morello is being awfully silent about further Rage Against The Machine studio rumors. Let me guess…they are going to scream about more political views, oppression and corrupt law enforcement. ZZZZZZZ

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