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J. Mann On To Make Appearance With Mushroomhead

Scott — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:13:14 +0000

J. Mann, the former singer of Cleveland based Mushroomhead recently spoke to D.X. Ferris (Who wrote the Slayer: Reign In Blood 33 1/3 paperback) of The Cleveland Scene in an extensive interview and history of Jason Popson (J.Mann’s real name). Popson is currently working with his project 216 and there may be a joint tour with Mushroomhead that could see J. Mann working with the band again.

If the (216) deal comes together, Mann could find himself riding with Mushroomhead much more often. Another joint tour would be a no-brainer. If that happens, it’s not a stretch that he could be part of their next record, which Felton has penciled in for mid-2009. The Mushroomhead main man makes it clear that replacement singer Waylon’s battle-braided head is not on the chopping block. But everyone might be better off if the next disc had a little touch of that J Mann magic.

I dug Mushroomhead with J. Mann, but I like them with Waylon as well. It would be interesting to see something with all three singer…just as a guest appearance thing. You know the two’s company, three is a crowd thing.

You can read the entire story at The Cleveland Scene. Metalunderground also conducted an interview with a few of the guys from Mushroomhead. That can be viewed at Metalunderground.com.

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Mushroom Head ‘Save Us’ Video

Scott — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:01:43 +0000

Mushroomhead Vol.2 came out today and if you’re a fan then you should check it out. Below you can check out the video for “Save Us“. Mushroomhead is currently out on tour with The Autumn Offering, XFactor1 and Human Factor Lab. In December they will head out with Brujeria. Tour dates are after the fold.

w/ The Autumn Offering,XFactor1 and Human Factor Lab

10/29 – Traverse City, MI – Streeters
10/30 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection
10/31 – Cleveland, OH. – The Agora {famous Halloween show!!!}
11/01 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
11/2 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Saddle Ridge

w/ Brujeria:

Saturday Nov.29 Los Angeles CA – House Of Blues
Monday Dec 1 Tucson Arizona – The Rock
Tuesday Dec 2 Sunshine Theater – Alburquerque, NM
Wednesday Dec 3 El Paso T.X – Club 101
Thursday Dec 4 Mcallen TX – Cene El Rey
Friday Dec 5 Victoria T.X - Riverside Multiplex
Saturday Dec 6 Austin T.X – Red 7
Sunday Dec 7 Fort Worth T.X – Ridglea

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Review: Mushroomhead Vol. 2 DVD

Scott — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:51:20 +0000

Mushroomhead are set to release their second DVD, properly titled Vol. 2 on October 28th and have already headed out on tour again with The Autumn Offering, XFactor1 and Human Factors Lab on October 3rd. With that said, let’s get in to this DVD.

Vol. 2 is packed with so much backstage and hilarious behind the scene touring footage. The DVD has the videos for 1200, Simple Survival, Burn, The Doubt, Damage Done and Save us. There are also live videos of 1200, Burn, and Simple Survival. If you want Mushroomhead only full of live performances, then you are out of luck.

In the backstage and touring footage there’s no face-blocking or masks. It’s all the members in their normal raw form. Drinking, fighting and screwing around, keeping themselves entertained.

The live performances and videos show the band doing what they do. They Put on a great show with the twisted and totally creepy way. And…there’s boobs. Lot’s of boobage going on. Not the best looking boobs, but boobs nonetheless, and that’s always cool. Oh, and guns. I forgot guns. There are cuts of the band and crew shooting off some pretty high caliber weapons. Waylon was a good choice for replacing J Mann, but I can’t understand a damn word he saying when he’s talking.

Overall, the music videos, live performances and everything is great, but what I like best is the comedic value of the behind the scenes, tour bus fun. I don’t own Vol. 1 but it’s been put on the list.

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Today’s Metal Releases 10/14

Scott — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:12:13 +0000

A lot of good stuff hits the stores today. New Eps, Albums and DVD’s. I also have a few things to run in review coming out later, like Mushroomhead’s Vol.2, which is really cool if your in to Mushroomhead and Vision Of Disorder’s Dead In New York live DVD of their very last show in 2002.

Gojira – The Way Of All Flesh (Prosthetic) Amazing. enough said. Get it!

Book Of Black Earth – Horoskopus (Prosthetic) If you like death metal and you like black metal or the blackened death metal than this is something worth picking up.

Early Man -Beware The Circling Fin (The End Records) Thrash throwback down a lot better than most of the bands doing it right now.

Unearth – The March (Metal Blade)

Haste The Day – The Dreamer (Solid State)

Sonic Syndicate – Love And Other Disasters (Nuclear Blast)

Dimmu Borgir – The Invaluable Darkness DVD (Nuclear Blast)

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Mushroomhead Vol.2 DVD and Headlining Tour

Scott — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:04:33 +0000

Mushroomhead announces the DVD release of Volume 2, on October 28, 2008 on Filthy Hands/Megaforce Records. It’s the highly anticipated follow-up to their 2005 DVD release Volume 1. The new DVD features 2 ½ hours of pure mayhem featuring exclusive never before seen content, live footage from the past three years on their “Savior Sorrow” tour, music videos including Headbanger’s Ball 2007 Video Of The Year “1200,” “Simple Survival,” and the band’s brand new video “Save Us.” Other extras include video commentary, behind the scenes footage and band antics.

"Volume 2 contains all the content that fans are hungry for, all the ‘behind the scenes antics and drama’ that shows the human side of Mushroomhead and what goes on when we are not on stage. Everything about this home video is personal, we filmed and edited all of the content in it as well, over 2 1/2 hours of mayhem and comedy. If you own Volume 1 then Volume 2 will blow your fucking mind.” – STITCH

The band will hit the road in October with The Autumn Offering, XFactor1 and Human Factors Lab and December dates with Brujeria.

Mushroomhead will also enter the studio this winter to record the follow-up album to their 2006 release Savior Sorrow. The new CD is slated for release spring 2009!

See them conquer live:

w/ The Autumn Offering, XFactor1 and Human Factors Lab:

10/08 – Williamsville, NY – Club Infinity
10/09 – Hartford, CT – Webster
10/10 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
10/11 – Worcester, MA – Palladium Rock’n'Shock
10/12 – Orono, ME – Ultra Lounge
10/14 – Huntington, WV – Monkey Bar
10/15 – Springfield, VA – Jaxx
10/16 – Raleigh, NC – Volume 11 Tavern
10/17 – Jacksonville, NC – Hooligans
10/18 – Fayetteville, NC – Jester’s Pub
10/19 – Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
10/23 – Palatine, IL – Durty Nellies
10/24 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
10/25 – Maplewood, MN – The Rock
10/26 – Madison, WI – The Annex
10/29 – Traverse City, MI – Streeters
10/30 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection
10/31 – Cleveland, OH. – The Agora {famous Halloween show!!!}
11/01 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
11/2 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Saddle Ridge

w/ Brujeria:

Saturday Nov.29 Los Angeles CA – House Of Blues
Monday Dec 1 Tucson Arizona – The Rock
Tuesday Dec 2 Sunshine Theater – Alburquerque, NM
Wednesday Dec 3 El Paso T.X – Club 101
Thursday Dec 4 Mcallen TX – Cene El Rey
Friday Dec 5 Victoria T.X - Riverside Multiplex
Saturday Dec 6 Austin T.X – Red 7
Sunday Dec 7 Fort Worth T.X – Ridglea Theater

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Metal Martyr Video Blast Zone

Scott — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:50:40 +0000

Welcome to the first Metal Martyr Video Blast Zone (yeah, I know it’s kind of cheezy, but I had to call it something). I’ve got 10 videos lined up. Some old, some older and some fairly new. I’m going to try to have a theme for these video blocks every week. No theme this week…just cool videos.

Entombed – Wolverine Blues
Carcass – Keep On Rotting IN The Free World
Amon Amarth – Ruins To My Memory
All That Remains – Chiron
Megadeth – 99 Ways To Die
Slipknot – Left Behind
Mushroomhead – Solitaire Unraveling
Cannibal Corpse – Make Them Suffer
Immortal – Call Of The Wintermoon
Grave – Soulless

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Mushroomhead Show Tonight

Scott — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:52:49 +0000

I’m going to see Mushroomhead this weekend in Fayetteville, NC. I’m excited because this is the first time I’ve been able to see them since I became a fan from XX. Although the new album Savior Sorrow from 2006 is a bit different than the last two, it’s still awesome and It should be a pretty fun show. I’m also hoping to get an interview before the show with Jeffrey Nothing, although I haven’t got that confirmed yet.

Other bands at the show ill be Human Factors Lab, St Diablo, Within Chaos, and Bound N Gagged. I’m going to try to get some pictures and hopefully maybe an audio interview.

Mushroomhead won the 2007 Mtv Headbangers Ball Video Of The Year.

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Mushroomhead: Solitaire Unraveling Video

Scott — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:57:05 +0000

MushroomHead won last years MTV video of the year in the Metal Category with their Video for 12 Hundred from the most recent release Savior Sorrow. Back when I first got into this band I had never heard of them before until after I heard Slipknot and later heard that some band from Cleveland Ohio was claiming that they had been copied by Slipknot. Honestly, who cares? Both band kick ass and are distinctly different in their sound. Solitaire Unraveling was the first song I heard from Mushroomhead and immediately began a hunt for XX, their first mainstream release on Universal Records and their own Filthy Hands Label. XX kicks ass and so does Solitaire Unraveling. Enjoy.

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MUSHROOMHEAD ANNOUNCE SPRING 2008 TOUR DATES

Scott — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:22:12 +0000

MUSHROOMHEAD ANNOUNCE SPRING 2008 TOUR DATES

New York, April 7, 2008 – Art metallers Mushroomhead have announced the following tour dates in support of Savior Sorrow. The band will be filming for a forthcoming DVD due out this fall, 2008.

4/07 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
4/08 – E. Peoria, Il. – Tops & Tails
4/09 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
4/10 – Oklahoma City, OK – Bricktown Ballroom
4/11 – Lewisville, TX – Fat Daddy’s Sound Shack
4/12 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
4/13 – Austin, TX – Red 7
4/15 – Tyler, TX – Click’s
4/16 – Jackson, MS – Club Fire
4/17 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
4/18 – Jacksonville, NC – Hooligans
4/19 – Fayetteville, NC – Jester’s Pub
4/20 – Virginia Beach, VA – Peppermint Beach Club
4/21 – Richmond, VA – Alley Katz
4/23 – Huntington, WV – Monkey Bar
4/24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theatre
4/25 – Springfield, VA – Jaxx
4/26 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Cafe
4/27 – Kent, OH – The Barn (Barcode)
5/03 – Flint, MI. – The Machine Shop
5/30 – Cleveland, OH. – Peabody’s
6/06 – Detroit, MI. – Harpo’s
6/07 – Geneva, OH. – The Cove Niteclub
6/28 – Stanton, MI. – Moreland Motocross Park {Carnival of Chaos}

Mushroomhead recently won the MTV Headbanger’s Ball “2007 Video Of The Year” for the song “1200.” MTV2’s End Of Year show was voted on by over 120,000 viewers. The video was directed by horror special effects guru, House.

“1200″ Link: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1576872&vid=138897

Mushroomhead hit the road in April of 2008 for a full USA tour supporting their album Savior Sorrow. A new video directed by Mushroomhead for “Tattoo” was also recently released. It features hundreds of still photographs meticulously strung together creating a haunting editing technique.

Mushroomhead combine theatrics with a mixture of rock, metal and atmospheric elements.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.mushroomhead.com/

http://www.megaforcerecords.com/

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Heavy Metal Poisoning…What Would You Recommend?

Scott — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:28:53 +0000

When it comes to the basics of Metal there are the staple foods of heavy metal that everyone should experience. If I was to recommend some bands the a metal newcomer that is new to the music and has had his/her interest peaked by a band or two, I would recommend the basics. The basics being like I said the “staple food” of a head banger. Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest Iron Maiden, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Danzig, etc., etc. However I would also recommend some not metal artists Like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd just to give the person something to appreciate really good musicianship.

After keying in the basic bands that every metalhead should be listening to I would try to bring it more modern by introducing bands that have come and gone like Guns N Roses. There is someone out there right now saying “But GNR aren’t gone, Axl just hasn’t put out the new CD yet”…trust me…G n R are dead but they are not forgotten. While more hardrock than metal in my opinion, you can’t deny the fact that they ruled their world during their day.

Moving on. I would also try to convince them to listen to some death metal to get a feel for what is to come in the present day metal. Bands like Carcass, Entombed, Morbid Angel, Grave, Sepultura, Obituary, etc., etc. And of course I would have to include some GOOD nu metal (your scratching your head wondering if there is such a thing). Bands like Nothingface, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, and yes, even some Korn. Limp Bizket can kiss my choclate star fish, the only thing I would recommend for them is the trash can.

Moving Forward I would show them bands of today like Lamb Of God, Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Yakuza, Hatebreed, Mastodon, Shadows Fall, Machinehead. Bands that are still on top of their game and just continue to get better with time.

I would also urge them to sit down and see just exactly where metal has gone and see what trends have come about in metal and show them how much carbon copy bands there are being signed by every other label out there. I would show them bands that have stood the test of time and bands that are fighting to stay in the scene due to the digital era.

These are just some of the things I would recommend to a new metal enthusiast. So that brings me to my question,(which may in turn introduce me to some new bands)…What would YOU recommend?

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