Slipknot's Psychosocial Nomated in this years Grammy's

Several months after the much awaited release of their newest album "All Hope is Gone", Slipknot will start their new year with a bang because their song "Psychosocial" of from that same album will is nominated for Best Metal Performance.

This goes to show that fans are embracing Slipknot music more as the band continue to mature with every Slipknot album they record.


Psychosocial (Full Version)


Dead Memories (newest single)

Greyhoundz: Rap Metal Extraodinaires

Band Members

* Reg Rubio - vocals
* TJ Brillantes - drums
* Audie Avenido - guitars
* Niño Avenido - bass
* Allen Cudal (deceased) - guitar

Albums/Discography

* 7 Corners of Your Game (1999)
* Greyhoundz (2001)
* Apoy (2006)
* Execution Style (2008)

Other Infos:

* Allan Cudal, Greyhoundz guitarist, died from a car accident May 6, 2004
* The band is a part of the wave composed of bands such as Cheese, Slapshock and Zooom during the late 90’s.
* Kaloi Cambaliza of the band Sultans Of Snap sometimes sessions for Greyhoundz


Band History

Greyhoundz was formed in ‘97 by the avenido cousins just wanting to join a local battle of the bands contest. The contest was canceled so they opted to audition at the now defunct club dredd.

They later recruited reg, who was from another band then that also played at club dredd.since then they’ve recorded 2 full length albums with sony music philippines and have played in clubs, underground gigs, special events and in almost all of the major cities in the philippines.

"Your Puppet and Clown"


"APOY" (Fire)


"Mr. Pig" (audio only)


"Shoot to Kill" (latest single)

Video of The Week: Chicosci "Paris"

VILLAINS: Wolfgang's NEW Album

After much anticipation, WOLFGANG will finally release their new album this month.

For those who might ask "Who the WOLFGANG?" well I'm gonna give you all some enlightenment who these guys are by showing some of their videos

Weightless
Atomica



WOLFGANG:
Basti Artadi (vocals)
Mon Legaspi (bass)
Wolf Gemora (drums)
Manuel Legarda (guitars)


More info about Wolfgang on Wikipedia

WOLFGANG Myspace

SIN: The Philippines's premiere Metal Band

I've been a metal fan since my high school days and I totally support the local metal scene so I will be posting some of our local metal bands and the first band that I will feature is the band SIN



SIN:
Charles Daza - vocals
Gilchrist Tan - guitars
Rommel Vasquez - guitars
Alvin Quinones - Bass
Macoy Manuel - Drums


SIN "Amorphisis"

SIN Official Myspace Page

Women of Metal: Cristina Scabbia

Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia (born June 6, 1972 in Milan, Italy) is one of the two vocalists in the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. She also writes an advice column in the popular rock magazine Revolver, alongside musician Vinnie Paul. Scabbia has said that the biggest compliment that a fan could pay her would be to remark on her vocal abilities.Scabbia has a contralto vocal range. -- from Wikipedia.org

Some Trivia on Cristina Scabbia:

* Scabbia is the only female to receive a "Metal Icon" award at the annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards.[9]
* She is featured on the covers of Revolver magazine's first and second annual The Hottest Chicks In Metal issues. [10]
* Scabbia was also on the cover of Rolling Stone Italy's August 2006 issue.[11]
* Scabbia has been dating Slipknot/Stone Sour guitarist Jim Root since 2004, when they met during the Ozzfest tour taking place that year.


Cristina Scabbia information on Chickipedia.com

Machine Head covers a classic Iron Maiden hit

Metal great Machine Head pays tribute to one of the all-time great metal band Iron Maiden by doing a cover of one of their hit song "Hallowed Be Thy Name".


Machine Head's redition of Hallowed Be Thy Name


Iron Maiden doing "Hallowed Be Thy Name" live on Rio

Women Of Metal: Karin Axellson

As we all know that the metal genre was and will always be maled dominated but there are a few hot ladies that are making a name in this genre. For the my 1st edition of the "Women Of Metal" label, I will feature Sonic Syndicate's hot and sexy bassist Karin Axellson.






More about Karin Axellson on her Myspace Page.

My Video Pick of the Week: Edgewater "Eyes Wired Shut"

Comment:The band's best song and the video is also the best. Lou Ferrigno and Stan Lee is also on the Video.

Diecast - Another Boston-based Metalcore Favorite

Diecast is a five-piece metalcore band originating from Osage, Iowa.
Current Lineup
* Paul Stoddard – Vocals
* Jonathan Kita – Lead Guitar
* Kirk Kolaitis – Rhythm Guitar
* Dennis Pavia – Drums
* Brad horion - Bass




"Nothing I Could Say"


"Fade Away"


"These Days"

Sonic Syndicate: My Newest Favorite Melodic Death/Metalcore band

Sonic Syndicate is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Falkenberg, Sweden. The band was formed in 2002 under the name "Fallen Angels." In 2005, they would change their name to Sonic Syndicate. They are highly influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames and Soilwork.




"JACK OF DIAMONDS"


"ENCLAVE"


"MY ESCAPE"


"DENIED"

Top 10 Most Influential Metal Singers of All Time IMO

10. Rob Zombie and Al Jourgensen of Ministry - This two has introduced industrial metal into the maintream metal music.

9. Philip Anselmo - Although Dimebag Darrel was the signature icon of Pantera but Phil Anselmo's vocal was the who influenced most of the nu metal and metalcore singers today.

8. Glen Benton - death metal's resident satanist looms his influence on the death metal scene

7. Conrad Lant & Quorthon - Black Metal pioneers

6. Chuck Billy & Tom Araya - Thrash metal gods Testament and Slayer won't be the same without these two.


5. Ronnie James Dio - He replace Ozzy as the lead singer of Black Sabbath and he also gain success with his own band Dio.


4. Lemmy Kilmister - Lemmy's infectious raspy voice and lyrics was one of most influential thing in metal music history.



3. Bruce Dickinson - Bruce's unique vocal talent has also influence the Power Metal and Thrash metal scences



2. Rob Halford - The Greatest Metal Screamer of all time was the main influence of the Power Metal scene


1. Ozzy Osbourne - The godfather of Heavy metal, Ozzy and the rest of Black Sabbath started it all.

AFTeRSHOCK: Metalcore Legends

Aftershock is a Western Metalcore band based out of Boston, Massachusetts. The band was formed in 1992 and broke up sometime in 1999. They re-formed for a reunion tour in 2001 in Japan. The band also consisted of past and present members of Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall.

Last Lineup:

Tobias Dutkiewicz - vocals
Adam Dutkiewicz - Guitar/vocals,drums for a period
Joel Stroetzel - Guitar
Neil Gadbois - Bass
Tom Gomes - drums


AFTeRSHOCK-For Those Of You Who Kill(PV)

Slipknot's New Album : All Hope is Gone

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Here's a preview of Slipknot's newest album "All Hope is Gone".

For All Hope Is Gone, the band has displayed interest in making it their heaviest album to date. The band an expansion on the thrash metal riffing that was displayed on Vol. 3, as well as more guitar solos. However, they also want to make it their most experimental record, and will be including more acoustic guitars and melodic vocals.

-Wikipedia.org


All Hope is Gone



Psychosocial

Metal Video of the Week: Testament - Practice What You Preach (Live)

Testament - Practice What You Preach (Live)
Taken from the Live in London 2005 DVD

Spotlight: Five Finger Death Punch

Five Finger Death Punch was formed in 2005 by guitarist Zoltan Bathory (formerly of U.P.O.). Other members recruited to the band include former Motograter vocalist Ivan Moody, former W.A.S.P. members in guitarist Darrell Roberts and drummer Jeremy Spencer, and former Anubis Rising/Deadsett bassist Matt Snell.

The band has recorded their debut album The Way of the Fist in 2006 with Stevo "Shotgun" Bruno (Mötley Crüe, Prong) and Mike Sarkisyan (Spineshank). The record was mixed and mastered by former Machine Head/Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader.

In early June it was announced that the band had inked a deal with Firm Music, which is a branch of "The Firm", a highly successful management company (Korn, Staind, Limp Bizkit). Their debut album "The Way Of The Fist" was released on July 31, 2007 The record broke into the Billboard 200 on its first week of release, and hit the #3 position on Billboard's New Artist/Heetseekers chart. Their First single, "The Bleeding" landed in the top 40 rock radio charts, holding its position since its release.

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Carrier Single "The Bleeding"

Metal Video of tthe Week: The Haunted's Bury Your Dead

New Album for In Flames Entitiled "A Sense of Purpose"

[IN FLAMES: (L-R)Peter Iwers , Anders Fridén, Jesper Strömblad, Björn Gelotte, Daniel Svensson]

A Sense of Purpose is the upcoming ninth In Flames album, scheduled to be released in Europe on April 4, 2008 on Nuclear Blast. In Flames have inked a deal with Koch Records for the North American release of their album. The effort will see a release through the label on April 1st. The first single taken from the new album will be "The Mirror's Truth." The album will also be released in a very special limited edition version of which only 1500 copies will be made. This release will be available on the same day as the European release.

The new single "The Mirror's Truth" can be heard on the band's MySpace as of February 15, 2008. The single's video can be viewed on the Youtube.

The track "Disconnected" and "Drenched In Fear" has been aired on radio.
The ripped versions can be heard on Youtube.

Featured Metal Video of The Week

AMORPHIS - HOUSE OF SLEEP

LINKIN PARK Singer's Stalker Sentenced - Feb. 21, 2008

The Associated Press reports that a woman who stalked LINKIN PARK lead singer Chester Bennington was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for using her work computer at Sandia National Laboratories to track and harass him and his wife.

Devon Townsend has 60 days to surrender to a minimum-security prison in Phoenix, where she is expected to receive mental health care. She had pleaded guilty to stalking and other counts.

Townsend, who worked in Sandia's technology and manufacturing group, used lab computers to illegally access private information about Bennington and his wife, Talinda, in 2006.

According to a plea agreement, Townsend said she obtained family photos, monitored voice messages and traveled to Arizona to meet Bennington, using information she learned about his travel plans. She also obtained correspondence between Warner Bros. Records and LINKIN PARK's business attorney, including a copy of a check made to Bennington from the record company and a copy of the band's recording contract.

source: Blabbermouth.Net

Featured Metal Video of The Week: Lamb Of God - RedNeck

Here's My First Featured Video for this week

LAMB OF GOD - REDNECK

Soilwork part ways with Guitarist OLA Frenning

Swedish metallers SOILWORK, who recently completed the LAMB OF GOD/KILLSWITCH ENGAGE U.S. tour in support of their new album "Sworn To A Great Divide", have decided to part ways with guitarist Ola Frenning.

It was felt that Ola resisted the demands of the road and found it difficult to come to terms with the amount of touring scheduled.

"Sworn To A Great Divide" is SOILWORK's fastest seller and the live demand for the band is growing. They intend to play everywhere and fulfill the album's potential.

Vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid says: "It was a very difficult decision to make because Ola has been our friend and bandmate for a very long time."

The decision will not affect any of SOILWORK's plans. Guitarist David Andersson will fill in on their upcoming Finnish/Baltic tour as well as the "Scum Of The Earth" U.S. tour with THROWDOWN. The band will then tour Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia before returning to Europe for festivals and a headlining U.S. tour in the fall.

Ola Frenning comments: "After 10 years, seven albums and several world wide tours, we've realized that we have developed in different directions and have a different set of values, profession wise. The disagreements have reached their peak and it has become an untenable situation. The band's solution is that I part ways with them so that I won't be in the way for the future plans of SOILWORK. However, since I'm not gonna be on the road (at least for a while), I will now be able to continue with my songwriting and producing at another level. For further information, visit www.myspace.com/olafrenning. The page will be updated in the near future. Cheers to ya all... And thanks for making these 10 years with the band memorable."

source: Blabbermouth.net

SOILWORK - AS WE SPEAK

SOIL WORK - EXILE

Machine Head's Robb Flynn's Reaction to Slayer Winning the Grammy[Repost]

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has issued the following update:

"'We're number 2! We're number 2! We're number 2!'

That's what us and the SHADOWS FALL guys were jokingly chanting at the Grammy after-party last night. Yeah it was disappointing, but man, we've joined an elite group of Grammy 'losers' that might be even more metal than the winners, including four-time Grammy losers PANTERA, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Just getting nominated for a Grammy was an incredible highlight for the band, and the Grammys were pretty damn awesome. Tina Turner up there shaking her thing was just amazing, a smokin' hot Carrie Underwood, Kanye and Daft Punk, the Cirque De Soleil BEATLES tribute... Jesus, their rendition of'Let It Be' had me on the verge of tears. My Dad and step-mom up there proud as could be... it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

"Five minutes after the 'Best Metal Performance' nomination was given to SLAYER, I got a text from Kerry King (who didn't attend) that said, 'I'll take the Grammy... but I have no problem telling you that you guys should have won!' Very cool and VERY classy of him. He didn't have to say that, but he did, and it was a very big thing to do. I give him all the respect in the world for doing it.

"Should we have won? Well to listen to the 'blogsphere' tell it... controversially, yes! On behalf of the band I want to thank all the kids and people who were on sites like Blabbermouth, MH1, etc. venting their overwhelming support for the band. Would I have rather lost to 'Angel Of Death' or 'Seasons In The Abyss', or 'Disciple' rather than the bonus track on the re-release of the same album they won last year for? Sure! But, if any band can carry the torch in representing 'pure' metal, it's SLAYER. Past 'metal' winners included RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, SOUNDGARDEN, and DEFTONES, who, while great bands in their own right, are NOT metal. We can ALL take pride in the fact that it was SLAYER this year and not AVENGED SEVENFOLD or JETHRO fucking TULL!!!

"If it weren't for SLAYER, there would be no MACHINE HEAD, and I have no problem saying that. Even before we toured with them, I had seen SLAYER more times than any other band in my life. My friends and I lived and breathed SLAYER, and Phil, Adam, and I all shared many pre-MACHINE HEAD moments worshipping SLAYER, whether it was driving across country listening to 'Seasons' on the first VIO-LENCE tour, or driving all over California as friends for hours to follow the band around. At this point I can confidently say, that including the over 90 shows MACHINE HEAD have played with them, I have seen probably 130 SLAYER shows all together, more shows than any other band in existence for me.

"So to Kerry, Jeff, Tom, and Dave... congratulations, you've earned it... again.

"HELLYEAH tour is going really cool, playing some crazy places that we've never played before in America like Charlotte, NC and Atlantic City, NJ. It's fun playing to their crowd too, since in a lot of these nooks and crannies of America a lot of kids are seeing MACHINE HEAD for the first time ever, and a lot of times have only heard the new stuff. We've had some amazing shows too, not quite the insanity of the U.K. or Europe, or even the last U.S. run, but rad nonetheless. MUDVAYNE dudes are really cool, Bob to Tomcat and their crew guys are really cool too, but dude, Vinnie Paul is possibly the coolest, smoothest, pimpest motherfucker I know. The motherfucker is like the god damned Pope when he comes out after a show, with people practically tripping over themselves to meet him. And good lord if the dude isn't the biggest stripper-chick magnet I've ever been around in my life, Christ almighty!!?? The ladies LOVE to be around Vinnie Paul!

"HELLYEAH are a great rock band, and I gotta give it up to singer Chad Gray, he has an uncanny ability to make a deep and honest connection with the crowd. Not in the rocking / thrashing sense, but in his ability to make every person in the room feel a part of the show, something that sounds a lot easier than it is. Dude is a GREAT frontman. And GODDAMN do those motherfuckers like to drink... whew!!!!??? I thought WE drank a lot!! I've never done more shots in my life. We're definitely having fun out here.
"Really looking forward to supporting KORN in Dubai, headlining Israel for the first time ever is gonna be amazing, India for the first time, first headlining show in Japan in like 8 years, supporting METALLICA in Portugal and Spain... 2008 is looking so killer already!!!

"We will be doing a bunch of festivals in Europe and the U.K. come summertime, and we're stoked to be a part of the Mayhem Tour in the U.S., it's our first U.S. festival run in a few years. Mayhem is gonna be fuckin' awesome, and we're really looking forward to jamming with a lot of our friends again! Anyway, until next time...

"'We're number 2! We're number 2! We're number 2!'…"

Source:Blabbermouth.net

SLAYER bags another Grammy

You read it right, Thrash metal legends SLAYER has won another Grammy award for "Best Metal Performance" for the song "Final Six" which is a bonus song on their latest album Christ Illusion. This is their second award after winning the same last year for the song "Eyes of the Insane" still from the same album. Slayer Rulez! \m/

Rock Music Buzz

Welcome to my blog which is Rock Music Buzz, it a blog which tackles about rock music in general and I'll be blogging mostly about my favorite rock and metal bands. So Rock On Dudes! \m/.