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New Slaughter to Prevail!

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How did I never know that Geezer Butler had a solo project? I heard this on Liquid Metal and had to look it up afterwards.

New Megadeth?

There's a few shows I'm sad I missed out on. Heaven and Hell before Dio's death is at the top of the list but not going to see Maiden is pretty high. Every time I watch Flight 666 videos I'm in awe of how great their live shows are and Bruce is... well.. Bruce. Human Air Raid Siren, indeed. Finally, after a two year delay and surprise album release, I get to see Rammstein on their stadium tour in Minneapolis in August. I've been trying my hardest not to spoil the set list but it's taking what seems like a ton of self-control not to peek. I saw them on the MiG tour ten years ago (really? wow) and it's one of the best experiences I've had. I dragged my brother-in-law with me as a payback for taking me to a previous concert (Metallica with frickin' GOJIRA and Lamb of God opening) and as we left, with my ears ringing and voice blown out, I asked him what he thought of the concert. He paused and said "Honestly, I didn't expect much. But that's probably the best concert I've ever been to." So I'm taking him along again.

This is probably the best thing I've seen all week.

Alex Terrible (of Slaughter to Prevail) covering Chandelier.

Rammstein's newest album, Zeit, was released today. it's rumored that this might be their final album, especially since most of the songs on the album deal with time and aging. The third single/video for the album was released today as well, Angst. It's probably the heaviest of the songs on Zeit as well as having a music video that's very topical as well as nightmare inducing.

Indian metal group Bloodywood put out their first album (Rakshak) a few days ago. And if you don't know them, you should get acquainted with them. They remind me a lot of Rage Against the Machine: wicked riffs and drums with traditional Indian sounds and very political lyrics. They've released three singles and none have missed.

My favorite album of last year. Deathcore with nu-metal influences and one of the premier frontmen in metal today. A few of the songs have found their way onto my everyday playlist (Baba Yaga, Bratva, Bonebreaker, I Killed a Man). Good stuff!

WALTER is lucky Roddy stepped in when he did. Malcolm had him right where he wanted him.

Happy new Eskimo Callboy song day! Thanks to the Hypa Hypa remixes, I've gotten into We Butter the Bread With Butter. Their new album is a thing of beauty.

ROH is swinging that forbidden door open a bit wider before the hiatus.

This might be the most fun I've had watching a music video. A certified headbanger, too.

Max the Impaler vs Holidead! I thoroughly enjoyed this match. I wouldn't want to run into Max in a dark alley and Holidead is just crazy enough to throw hands with her. Max is going to be the monster in this thing, so them winning was fairly academic but Holidead put up a hell of a fight in a losing effort. The ten man tag had some fun moments: old rivalries renewed. Gresham trying to outgrapple everybody he got into the ring with... everybody hates Flip (kinda like IRL OH SNAP). Of course, since Flip is getting the title shot coming up, he winds up snaking his way into getting the win for his team as VILEN... er, Violence Unlimited brawled with the Briscoes on the outside. Pretty solid show.

Maybe the cinematic match isn't quite dead yet. This was lots of fun!

I'm a fan of Black vs Gargano at Takeover Wargames 2. "I absolve you of all your sins." Murphy and Ali had a hell of a no DQ match on 205 Live (7-3-18).

Fortitude, the new Gojira album, dropped yesterday. Here's a YouTube playlist link. It is, unsurprisingly, damned good.

Pillman Part 1 is up on Vice. https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/brian-pillman-part-one/6078b5bba14b6e62143eb5f5?jwsource=cl

One of the strimmers I'm subscribed to got me hooked on Gwent. Having played Magic, et al for so many years, the pace of the game is quite refreshing. I lucked into a few of the key Nilfgaard legendary cards so I have about four Nilfgaard decks built. I'm working on increasing my collection so I can play a few other factions reliably.

New Gojira album titled "Fortitude" drops on April 30th. This is the lead single, "Born For One Thing".

Final boss approaching!

Buries Breeze and puts over his wife in the same paragraph. Just amazing.