man it’s been a long time since i’ve done one of these, but I came across a couple funnies and one that’s not.

I mentioned this a while back that my tiny trooper Tiffany was traveling from Berlin over to Iceland and biking around the countryside.  And yes….that fits into a metal category, dig it.  here’s some photos from her trip, located on her photoblog Lieblingslauf

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see totally metal.

Why not kick it off with a gnarly SUNNO))) vid? 

Boris - a bao a qu, long version.  epic.  if you have unending patience and 10 minutes, watch it all. 

SUNNO))) sped up! i always wondered what it would sound like and now someone heard my lazy prayer and made it for me!  it’s about as expected, good solid doom and gloom, still slower than expected. some riffs in there though

The Warlocks - So Paranoid, from the TeePee showcase at Luna last year, dude what a gnarly show. speaking of….

here’s some EARTHLESS
 

SONIC PRAYER! how amazing are these dudes? like……uuuuuhhhhhghghghg ok

i’d post more but ive got some seriously unmetal things to do, like go watch estelle play that party at that place somewhere. errrrr METAL!

HAR HAR HAR

this week in metal we have:::::::::::::::::::

hmmmm

Tiffany is heading to Iceland…maybe there already??

this is what it looks like:

black sand? check. crushing rocky waterfalls? check. fjords? check. metal? yup

have fun, tiff

oh! have you been keeping up with the beheading on the greyhound in canada?? so bizarre, hint of metal:

USATODAY: Witness-Man decapitated on Canadian Greyhound Bus

the first story…then the update and WHOA details

CBCNEWS:40-year-old suspect held in gruesome Manitoba bus killing

and now the repurcussions

YAHOO:Greyhound scraps ads after Canada bus beheading

i’m sure that’ll turn into a FAIL image soon. send it to me if you see it.

god bless this kid, seriously. how adorable!

Remember that side project Old Man Gloom? and remember their side project ZOZOBRA? new album comin out, totally completely gnarly. here’s a sampler flash website thing:

http://zozobra-birdofprey.com/

lastly:

Some tribute concert to George Harrison, Tom Petty sings, Prince ABSOLUTELY SHREDS.  Therefore, PRINCE=METAL. simple equation really. 

ok ok ok ok ok have fun tonight, you should probably stay in though, you know, take care of yourself, save some energy, eat a banana, maybe something simple, like fish. like fish? sure
 

HELP! I don’t get it! I was going through some videos because I wanted to do a super weird role playing, dragon/warrior/viking themed post and I came across these Hammerfall videos. I have no clue what’s going on with them or why they seem to be sponsored by Acuvue and Target, or why they’re Olympic themed. If Hammerfall is going to redo the Olympics theme song then AWESOOOMME but I really cannot figure these out, although I haven’t seen the ending of any of them..wait…nope that just confused me even more. Any metal head got an answer? 

Hammerfall - Hearts on Fire

Hammerfall - The Fire Burns Forever

 

  Hammerfall - Last Man Standing

here’s a new video of theirs, as you can see it’s not even that much better, but it does lack that certain (sponsored) flair, no? 

uhhhh so I didn’t do this yesterday. sooorrrrryyyy. 

anyways - THANKS FOR THE ADD!

these came about from searching for wolves, black metal etc. i’m just a sucker for how cute they are.  I’M SO METALLLLLL HAIL SATAAANNNN and thank you for being my friend on myspace! kisses!

Heyo, I’m back in town. Just for a little bit though, Wednesday I take off to Philadelph for a bachelor’s party camping fishing extravaganza then Billy’s rehearsal and wedding thurs and friday.  

In the meantime, I’ve been wanting to compile this miniature miami history even though there’s still not enough online but for anyone who’s a fan of Torche you should know this.  The brief rundown:

Torche is the best band in the world.

the members of Torche were in sweet ass titty bands: FLOOR, Cavity, Shitstorm, Ed Matus’ Struggle, Tyranny of Shaw, and Pandabite and some others

Floor started in 92 with Steve Brooks(torche), Anthony(cavity), and Betty.  Juan Montoya (torche) was in it a bit as was good ol Matt Sweeting(asshole parade, strikeforce diablo, true north), eventually the lineup stuck with steve, anthony and Henry Wilson(cavity, dove).  later Drew Demaio(gus, strikeforce diablo, argentina) joined in on 2nd guitar.  Henry had DOVE, which put out an incredible split 7″ w floor and later an amazing full length after their demise.  

Juan was in Cavity and Ed Matus’ Struggle and had a project called Pandabite, which on one track had vocals from Damian Done(culture, morning again, as friends rust). 

Cavity also started around 92 with Rene and Dan, and later picked up Raf and Anthony(floor). They later included Juan(torche, EMS), Ryan and Henry Wilson(floor, dove).

Ed Matus’ Struggle began in 94 w Juan, Carl and Robert.  They eventually had Steve (floor, torche) and Mike Alen(Secret Service) and sometimes had Dave Lebleu(mercury program, textual). 

Rick from Torche was also in Tyranny of Shaw and now in Shitstorm and Mehkago N.T. Eric from Tyranny of Shaw now plays in Capsule. 

OK! I know there’s gonna be problems with that rundown, maybe some of it’s wrong. let me know if there’s anything to add or change. here’s some videos to compliment:

Cavity circa 96 (their newer shit was so good, not like this. oh, and hydrahead is rereleasing something, not sure what)
 

FLOOR

Torche covering FLOOR “assassin” then playing charge of the brown recluse

Torche covering FLOOR “iron girl”

DOVE

DOVE in nyc

DOVE at the Fest 3, Gainesville(represent!)

Shitstorm - “rent a cop”

Torche - “Safe” and “Mentor”
 

Torche - “Healer”

Another Torche!

and there you have it, folks. enjoy

Another monday, another fine installment of metal, or some things similarly closely related.  

DEATH METAL PUPPY!!!

JACOB BANNON’s HALF EATEN PEANUT BUTTER FOR SALE ON EBAY hahahahahahahaha

Poetic Assassin - Inverti in Darkness  (cookie monster!!!)

I don’t have a title for this video, let’s just call it greatest metal video in the world for now. 

THREE INCHES OF BLOODSPORT! (ytmnd)

 

  Shakira feat. Danzig - Hips Don’t Lie.  GENIUS! BRILLIANT!!

Mark this day 1 of Metal Mondays, not something I promise for every monday, but we’ll work on that.  

And to kick it off….nothing really all that metal.  

Soggy-Waiting for the War

(this is so killer my mind gets sad because it can’t process it all)

 

  Focus - Hocus Pocus (live 1973) 

yet again, this rules. The little ticks that the singer has when he looks like he’s having a minor stroke…I want to be one of those.

 

  Dead to Fall - Chum Fiesta

This is terrible and I just can’t do the breakdown chugga chugga whatever anymore but I mean…they set it on the beach and the breakdown is CHUM CHUM CHUM…that’s kinda unstoppable really.  points made.

Visual Interpretation of Trivium lyrics.  Actually quite a bit funny.