Stupid people are like a plague, they make you sick and wish they would just be eradicated already. A rock station out of Raleigh, NC has something they do during NCAA March Madness that they call “March Bandness”. They pit two bands against each other and you get to call in and vote for which band gets played, or some shit like that, I’m not sure.
The bands that day were Guns N Roses Vs. Black Sabbath. People were calling in and one dude voted for Sabbath and said; because if it wasn’t for Sabbath there would be no Guns N …read more

Even though we saw some great shows and amazing albums in 2008, we’ve also seen our share of craziness. I’ve compiled a list of some crazy things that have happened this year that I can think of off the top of my head.

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 …read more

Slipknot’s August 26th release, All Hope Is Gone has been certified gold in the United States. ON December 9th the RIAA officially certified it gold after the record has sold almost 600k copies since it’s release.
Does this mean that this is a great record? I think I’ve stated my dislike for this record enough already, considering that I’ve loved every other album they’ve released so far. Some people say that a bands name can sell records as long as they have established themselves in the music business. I can totally agree with this statement even with the recent “flop” …read more

Twice in one week is odd for the report but there are a few things I think are news-worthy but don’t feel like writing extensively about them. Also, I was suppose to go see Mudvayne and Snot tonight and get an interview with Greg Tribbett. Unfortunately some things have come up and I can’t make it. It’s about a three hour drive for me and I would have to leave early and I have something that really needs to get done today. Anyway, here are a few things of interest…

Statix X have announce the title and release date for …read more

I’ve got a cool Guns N’ Roses book to give away over at The Rock Dose. I was sent this book (Reckless Road: Guns N’ Roses and The Making Of Appetite For Destruction) earlier this year to review. I like the Guns N’ Roses of yester-decade and I really like this book but I made a promise at The Rock Dose awhile back that if Chinese Democracy was released this year that I would give it away. Unlike Dr. Pepper, I didn’t do this as a promotional stunt and I plan on making good on my promise. Unfortunately I …read more

Even though everyone was almost sure that it would never happen, Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy will be released on November 23rd on CD and Vinyl (With free electronic download of the songs). You can stream the first single “Chinese Democracy” below. Pre-order is now available at Bestbuy.com. Tracklist after the fold.
 
Chinese Democracy – Guns N Roses

Warrior Soul takes a wild blow at Axl Rose with their upcoming release of the stolen title (Can’t really say it’s stolen since G ‘n’ R’s isn’t out yet) Chinese Democracy. It’s not the first time a band has released an album with the same title though. I always thought that All That Remains should have named their last album "Fozzy", after Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy named their album "All That Remains", but that’s just me.
You can check out a new song from "Chinese Democracy" called "The Fourth Riche" at Warrior Soul’s Myspace and pre-order the CD there …read more

No doubt that at least some of you have read about the blogger over at Antiquiet.com that was arrested by the FBI for leaking some Chinese Democracy songs on the Internet. Well the L.A. Times interviewed Saul “Slash” Hudson, former Guns N Roses guitar player (as if you didn’t know) and he had this to say:
“I hope he rots in jail,” Slash told the Los Angeles Times.”It’s going to affect the sales of the record, and it’s not fair. The Internet is what it is, and you have to deal with it accordingly, but I think if someone goes and …read more

MetalMartyr.com (That’s me!) had the privilege of getting exclusive rights to post the very first image of the New Metallica Album Artwork and working title.
Disappointment, which has been hyped up for well over a year, will finally be released in September…maybe. We never really know. Whatever happens we know it will come out long before Guns N Roses’ Chinese Democracy. Hell, even by the time that’s released China may just be a democratic nation, and then Axl would have to change the album title with another oxymoron title like “Sober Weiland”.
You can Pre-Order your copy of Disappointment Here. …read more

Just a quick bit to put out there. As if Rock or Metal Artists need advice from a nobody like myself, I’m going to mention this anyway.
If you don’t like the posts and comments about you, your band or your friends on Blabbermouth, don’t mention it on a radio show or in an interview. If you ridicule or badmouth the people that comment on Blabbermouth then your going to get backlash. And if you say that it “Doesn’t effect you” then you look like a fool because it obviously does. Especially when you make comments that they should get a …read more