The Scrap Metal Report 7/30
July 30, 2008 by Scott
Time for another quick Scrap Metal Report. I went to see the Brooklyn, NY based band Early man last night so I’m kind of tired after getting home at 1 am and getting up for work at 6am. You’ll see the results of that here in a bit. Let’s get started so maybe IO can get a good night’s sleep. Sleep? Who needs that, right? I do. It’s going to be a long day Friday at Mayhem Fest and If I don’t catch up a little tonight I’ll be draggin’ ass in Virgina Beach.
There is a new Ozzy impersonator on the TV show America’s Got Talent. It was such a convincing resemblance that Sharon Osbourne wanted him to pull down his pants so she could make sure it wasn’t really Ozzy, but then she remembered that she was wearing Ozzy pants so it could not have been him.
The Dio-era Black Sabbath: Rules Of Hell box set has sold just over 2600 copies in it’s first week. Not too shabby.
Christian Metalcore band War Of Ages also sold around 2600 copies or Arise And Conquer in it’s first week. That’s pretty good for the first week sales of a lesser known band of that genre. I bought a copy last week. I dig it. It’s not anything epic, but it’s a good metalcore album.
The ‘Nuge will be a special guest on Chris Angel Mindfreak. Chris is going to attempt to change Ted’s redneck ways…ok, Teddy’s going to shoot an arrow from a crossbow at Chris Angel and Chris is going to try to catch it. Whoop-dee-friggin’ doo! I hope he fails…but we know he won’t because he’s such a super-dooper magical dude.
Kreator have posted a studio report and pictures here
Motley Crue are supposed to make another ‘Important’ announcement in L.A. at noon tomorrow. Anyone have any ideas what it is?
Andreas Kisser will release his solo album entitle Hubris I & II on October 6th via Mascot Records. I’m eager to hear what that’s going to sound like. I’ve always like Andreas even post Max-Sepultura.
Check out new Helloween video footage and photos of them at the Rockin’ Field Festival in Milan Italy from July 26th here.
Sebastian Bach says…Anyone really give a shit about Sebastian Bach here?
All Shall Perish have posted two new songs from their upcoming release Awaken The Dreamers on their Myspace.
1) Speaking of Ozzy i thought it was pretty cool that the Blizzard of Ozz disk I won from the Rock Dose had the bass and drums re-recorded but Rob Trujillo and Mike Bordin. I always felt Ozzy’s solo studio albums sounded very thin and weak ( except the more recent stuff like No More Tears ). But this new bass and drum stuff gives Blizzard a nice sound.
2)Dio Sabbath is far better the Ozzy Sabbath.
3)Crue’s important announcement- We give up. No one cares about us anymore so we retire.
4) Kreator rules!!
LOG
I had no idea that was the case with that Blizzard of Ozz. I have an older copy. I always thought the same thing about Blizzard. It just didn’t have that anchor of sound. It’s good but I might have to go buy that and check it out for myself.
i am eagerly waiting for chris angel to fail one of his stunts horribly. and who knows, maybe motley crue is throwing in the towel.
the nuge will never change his ways -log