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Rob Halford Launches Metal God Apparel

Scott — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:03:29 +0000

Let’s be honest. No matter how much you try to be open minded, the first thing that comes to mind when you hear that Rob Halford is launching a clothing line, you might think of Gay Biker clothes. It’s hard not to because no matter how much you like the guy and Judas Priest, there is always that thought looming in the back of your mind after he came out of the closet. I don’t think of Rob Halford as “That gay dude that sings for Judas Priest”, but that’s always going to be an issue when his name is mentioned. Sadly, we all have that little bit of ignorance in the back of out minds and for people that are not fans, that is how they think of him.

Regardless of his sexual preference, Halford and Priest are still, and always will be rock and metal icons. I wouldn’t expect Halford to release a gay biker clothing line any more than I would expect Judas Priest to release a disco album. With all that said and set aside, Rob Halford’s Metal God Apparel is quite honesty a lot of great t-shirt designs, though the prices are a bit ridiculous.

Similar to the Affliction clothing line that is ever so popular and often sort of copied, Metal God Apparel offers plenty of cool T-shirt designs. Will they sell like hot-cakes? I don’t know. I don’t have a clue how well this stuff sells and it has me wondering about the Dimebag Hardware clothing line and how well that is selling these days.

Check out Metal God Apparel. T-shirts are available for pre-order starting at $54.99…and no that’s not a typo.

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Halford Wants A Full Blown Theatrical Performance Of Nostradamus

Scott — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:28:52 +0000

Rob Halford of some band that no one has ever heard of…wants to see a full blown theatrical production of Nostradamus. You know I think that would be something to see. Although I haven’t been to a theater show since high school when it was a mandatory thing, I have always liked a good stage performance. Yeah, I know that doesn’t sound very “Metal” but who gives a shit? Some theater performances are cool whether you want to admit it or not. This would be something cool to see. I didn’t give Nostradamus a great review because it wasn’t the metal album I thought it would be, but it is still a great album, music wise. Some of the songs seem like they are too long at moments but it’s still a great album. He said that the band just wants to take it to the road and play the songs, but in the long run he would like to see a “Completely over the f*cking top” production. We’ll see if it leads up to that.

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Scrap Metal Report 8/22

Scott — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:15:29 +0000

I gotta tell you, this has been a long week. Waiting for the week and my employment with a company that I have been with for almost three years come to an end, has been kind of nerve racking. This is a big chance I’m taking but I hope it will all be worth it. With that said, I’m sitting here sucking down some Heinekens and wrangling up some metal news for you.

Metallica’s new single “The Day That Never Comes” has been getting a lot of mediocre reviews. Metalsucks.net posted a bunch of other sites reviews, to include my own (while pointing out my Grammatik flaws). A lot of people hated the reviews and it was mainly one person just re-posting stupid comments under different names. I got called fat, lazy and was even accused of living with my parents. The fact is that listening to Metallica these days is like wiping your ass with your left hand (Right, whichever is your less dominant), It just doesn’t feel right but you know it has to be done. I can’t wait until this is released and I don’t feel the need to talk about it anymore.

Killswitch Engage are set to hit the studio in October for a hopeful spring ‘09 release. Yes, I will be looking forward to that.

Sharon Osbourne is writing a fiction novel. It’s called “I’m A Good Mother”

Rob Halford said “I don’t think a straight man could do my job.” To that I say ‘Rob, no one can do your job.’ Although Nostradamus was not what I expected, it’s still an amazing (very long) but amazing record.

Winds Of Plague Fired Their Drummer. I got to see them play two lousy songs that the crowd loved for 6 minutes. That was the highlight of my Thrash And Burn experience. I missed Arsis, I was pissed, bought their cd.

All That Remains posted their new video for Chiron off of their upcoming Overcome release on September 16th. I really dig it.

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Judas Priest | Nostradamus YOU Review It!

Scott — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:55:41 +0000

So I picked up the new Judas Priest, Nostradamus, on the way home from work today. Right about now I’m not quite sure what to think of it. Everything I have heard this far is kind of mellow and it sounds as if Rob Halford has lost some range in his voice since Angel Of Retribution. I’ll do a full blown review of it in a couple of days. Give it some time to sink and and hear the entire record. So if you have heard the entire album, Nostradamus, let me know how you feel about it so far. YOU review it.

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Old School Review: Judas Priest Metal Works 73-93

Scott — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:33:07 +0000

Old School Review: Judas Priest Metal Works 73-93

Judas Priest Metal Works 73-93 as they state in the sleeve is not a best of, not a greatest hits record, just great Priest songs from 1973 to 1993. There are other compilations for Judas Priest out there like “The Essential Judas Priest” that have great songs on them too but if you really want the “Essential” Judas Priest, this is it.

This two disc set on Columbia records holds some of the best hits to be released by Priest in the 20 year time span it covers. Disc one hold songs like The Hellion, Painkiller, Breaking The Law, Turbo Lover, Hell Bent For Leather, and Ram It Down to name a few. Disc two has Screaming For Vengeance, Heading Out To The Highway, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming, Touch Of Evil and Night Crawler. The only thing I was always disappointed in is that Diamonds And Rust is not on it. K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton, Ian HIll, and Rob Halford have been the roots of Judas Priest for over 30 years and never fail to entertain. Even Angel Of Retribution, the first Judas Priest record since Halfords return was a great recording. They still kept the same energy on that record as they have in the past and brought a modern feel to it. Tim “Ripper” Owens did a good job keeping the frontman spot warm for Halford while he was there, but just never did it for me.

The cover art on the Metal Works CD is cool because it has a little bit of art from each of the albums from 73 to 93. If your not even a big Judas Priest fan but you enjoy a few songs here and there from Priest and you have yet to own any Judas Priest CDs I would suggest picking this up.

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Breaking The Law! Breaking The Law!

Scott — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:00:39 +0000

Say what you want about Rob Halford’s sexuality…who cares. Halford is one of the greatest singers in metal history and still to this day can rip the vocals on his songs of old and new. Who else can still do that? NO ONE. Not Plant, Not Ozzy, Not Bach, Nobody! Breaking the law has been an anthem for heavy metal since the first day it hit the radio waves 27 years ago. Enjoy!

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