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Matt Heafy On Seeing The World Outside Of The Tour Bus

Scott — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:48:35 +0000

So many bands tour the world over and rarely get outside of the tour bus. They drink themselves into an oblivion and rarely get out and see the world around them. Most of the time it’s younger, non-veteran bands that do this. They don’t take the time to get out and explore some of the things often taken for granted when the opportunity arises. I’m sure there are places that you can’t really get out and see what is around you, but the fact is that a lot of bands don’t get opportunities to tour outside of the United States, so if you have the opportunity to get out of the tour bus (whether it’s overseas or not), you should really take advantage of it. I would. Trivium’s Matt Heafy, like him and his band or not, has a good point with his entry at Headbangers Blog. Here is a short excerpt.

What’s so incredible about this profession is something that lots of bands or band people don’t realize; This “job” is absolutely the best opportunity to really travel and see the world. Just about anywhere you are on the earth, you can immerse yourself in something amazing, whether it’s finding local art, farmers’ markets, local cuisine, local culture, shopping districts, historical sights, museums, symphony halls, all it takes is a little searching.

Matt exclaims that in the past he has taken the other route and spent much time on the bus drinking and says that it grows tiresome. Check out the rest at Headbanger’s Blog.

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Headbanger’s Blog Exclusive Podcast With All That Remains Phil Labonte

Scott — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:27:15 +0000

Headbanger’s Blog recently conducted an interview with All That Remains front-man Phil Labonte (You can download the podcast from Headbanger’s Blog or stream it).

In our weekly podcast interview, HeadbangersBlog.com talked to Labonte about the eclectic songwriting on the record, the emphasis on melody and the band’s experience working with wingnut producer Jason Suecof. In the process, Labonte addressed the current economic climate, the basic code of morality mankind seems to have forgotten and the misconception that All That Remains is a Christian metal band.

I was “Misconceived” as well at first. But you have got to admit, when you read through some of the lyrics it’s easy to make the misconception.

Headbanger’s Blog Podcast Interview with ATR’s Phil Labonte

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Is Knowing The Roots Of Metal Important?

Scott — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:20:43 +0000

I read a post on Headbanger’s blog where they were talking about The Red Chord’s Guy Kozowyk about the new wave of deathcore and metalcore bands of today and how oblivious they are to the roots of where their sound comes from.

The Red Chord’s combination of death metal rhythms and hardcore screaming are clearly the kind of stuff deathcore bands have embraced, but Kozowyk’s main gripe is that the new breed are inexperienced, unskilled and unfamiliar with the history of extreme metal. Put an album by Death, Corrosion of Conformity, Morbid Angel or Napalm death in front of your average deathcore MySpace band and they’ll probably be unfamiliar with the trenchant, heartfelt torrents of sound within. More disheartening, a lot of the new acts seem completely uninterested in exploring anything that surfaced before the dawn of metalcore.

This brings up a great point. Seriously, most of the kids I see at some shows are young and I can almost guarantee if you asked them about some of the classic death metal bands of yesterday. When I went and saw Salt The Wound, Dance Club Massacre, The Demonstration, and Carnifex awhile back there was a girl there maybe about 17 or 18 with Carnifex T-Shirts that said “Death Fucking Metal” on the back and I seriously doubt she knew anything about Death Metal and had no ambition at all to explore the roots of Death Metal. Even at the Thrash And Burn it was the same. Clueless. You know what most of these kids would probably say is some shit like “Who cares, those are old bands. They aren’t important, stop living in the past.”

I don’t think it’s important to know these roots in a sense that you need to in order to be cool or more metal, but to check out where the sound comes from, maybe show a little respect and discover some of the most brutal bands to ever grace our ears. Before I started writing for this blog I went through a time where I was really not that interested in some of the new acts in metal and I missed out on some great bands for too long. Now I have to play catch up and just writing here and searching news stories and cd reviews I have discovered so many great bands that I love. However I don’t forget some of the bands that were the foundation of my love for metal. Not to repeat names, so I’ll add a few to the ones that Guy K. already mentioned. Grave, Carcass, Entombed, Deicide, Unleashed, Sepultura etc., These are a few of the metal bands of the extreme nature. Without these bands none of the metalcore and deathcore bands of today would not exist. These new bands and fans are like orphans that have no idea who their daddy is.

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Hatebreed Live ‘This Is Now’ Video from Live Dominance

Scott — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:46:56 +0000

From the upcoming Live Hatebreed DVD, Live Dominance, Headbanger’s Blog give us the live video clip for “This Is Now“. The DVD is just around the corner with a September 2nd release date. Enjoy the video now or catch it on Headbanger’s Ball this saturday.

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Dead Child Wins The Vote On Headbanger’s Blog

Scott — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:48:59 +0000

Last week ‘Dead Child’s’ video “Sweet Chariot” on MTV2’s HeadBanger’s Ball. This week they are the winner of Headbanger’s Blog “Your Vote Counts” contest. Despite their indie rock roots the fans seemed to embrace the song and band. Below is the video in case you missed it last Saturday. You can also catch it again on this Saturday’s HeadBanger’s Ball (May 31). Enjoy.

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Children Of Bodom Interview From Headbangers Blog

Scott — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:29:12 +0000

Children of Bodom have become a new favorite of mine in the past few months from the first C.O.B. cd I bought, Hatecrew Deathroll. Since then I have bought every studio release and have seen how this band has evolved and love it. I never thought keyboards could sound so cool in a metal band until I started listening the Children Of Bodom. Anyway, below is one of three video interviews from Headbangers blog. To watch the other two click on the link at the bottom.

Headbangers Blog Children Of Bodom Interview

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Headbanger’s Ball Playlist For 4/26

Scott — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:15:50 +0000

There were some pretty good videos on Heabanger’s Ball last week. I really like the new Death Angel video, and even though they play the shit outta that Demon Hunter video I think it’s starting to grow on me. I can honestly say that I am terribly tired of that Straight Line Stitch video and I’ve only seen it once, and I can’t really say I’m a Dillinger Escape Plan fan. Anyway, there are still some killer videos coming on this weekend if you can stomach the commercials. I think if there wasn’t so many commercials I could probably stay awake through a full episode.

FIREWIND – MERCENARY MAN
DEATH ANGEL – DETHRONED
THE SWORD – MAIDEN, MOTHER & CRONE
TWISTED SISTER – I WANNA ROCK
BEHEMOTH – AT THE LEFT HAND OF GOD (Headbangers Ball EXCLUSIVE premiere)

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY – SANCTUARY
FOREVER IN TERROR – THE CHOSEN ONE
CENTURY – BLACK OCEAN
DEMON HUNTER – CARRY ME DOWN
CHILDREN OF BODUM – BLOODDRUNK
IN FLAMES – MIRROR’S TRUTH
FORBIDDEN – STEP BY STEP
GWEN STACY – THE FEAR IN YOUR EYES (Headbangers Ball EXCLUSIVE premiere)
THE AUTUMN OFFERING – SILENCE AND GOODBYE
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN – MILK LIZARD
ARCH ENEMY – I WILL LIVE AGAIN (Headbangers Ball EXCLUSIVE premiere)
KILLING JOKE – MONEY IS NOT OUR GOD
STRAIGHT LINE STITCH – REMISSION
OTEP – CONFRONTATION
AGNOSTIC FRONT – FOR MY FAMILY

List courtesy of RoadRunner Records Online

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The Sword Video Premiere For Maiden, Mother, & Crone

Scott — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:31:56 +0000

The new video for The Sword’s Mother Maiden & Crone from the God’s Of The Earth recent release is up over at Head bangers Blog. You can also check it out tonight and MTV2′s Head Bangers Ball.

The Sword video Mother, Maiden & Crone

Just for everyone’s info, The Sword’s website is http://swordofdoom.com and nor thesword.com. If you go to thesword.com you’ll probably be a bit surprised at what you find.

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HeadBangers Ball Playlist for 1/19

Scott — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:14:57 +0000

Here’s the playlist for tonights Head Bangers Ball, Thanks to Roadrunnerrecords.com and Headbangers Blog

SATURDAY’S VIDEOS:

DRAGONFORCE - THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES
AS I LAY DYING (Headbangers Ball EXCLUSIVE premiere)
SERJ TANKIAN – THE UNTHINKING MAJORITY
HELMET – UNSUNG
SEVENDUST – BEG TO DIFFER
DEMON HUNTER – FADING AWAY
DOWN - ON MARCH THE SAINTS
BARONESS - WANDERLUST
PROTEST THE HERO – BLOODMEAT (Headbangers Ball premiere)
UNDEROATH – A MOMENT SUSPENDED IN TIME
SYMPHONY X – SET THE WORLD ON FIRE
WHITE ZOMBIE - MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN
THE AUTUMN OFFERING - FROM ATROPHY TO OBSESSION
HORSE THE BAND – NEW YORK CITY
THE MARS VOLTA – WAX SIMULACRA (Headbangers Ball premiere) WHAT????
THE RED CHORD – DEAD PREVAILED
MUDVAYNE – HAPPY?
AVENGED SEVENFOLD - ALMOST EASY WHAT????
PIG DESTROYER – LOATHSOME
EXODUS - RIOT ACT

I tell you, it’s not even worth watching even for the few good videos. It’s not like you couldn’t watch just about any metal video you want on Youtube anyway.

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