MetalCallOut Metal Music News
August/September Giveaway || Win A Copy Of Opeth's Live DVD!
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 16:46 | by JDeathscript
This month your favorite metal bloggests and philanthropes are giving away two (2) copys of Opeth’s forthcoming DVD In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall to two (2) lucky readers. How does that sound?
This contest doesn't involve anything more than leaving a comment on this post. If you are not a registered member make sure to include a real email address with your comment so we can get in contact to send you your prize. The contest is open to anyone, anywhere on earth (as long as you can receive US post) and the winners will be announced Wednesday September 15 and shipped on or before the 21st. Simple as that.
New Video || Immortal- All Shall Fall
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:19 | by JDeathscriptThat was awesome! Exactly what an Immortal video should be: snow, corpse paint, mountains, all four members of the band, and Abbath’s amazing crab dancing skills. Sure nothing much is going on save a few ravens flying around and the band playing their jam atop a snowy summit but you won’t catch me giving a shit -- this is Immortal’s first video in almost 15 years! I’m happy to get anything at all. I know that this somewhat wholly contradicts many of the statements I made yesterday about "band's and their crappy forest videos, blah, blah, blah". I know. Immortal is one of a few exceptions.
Watch: Geraldo's 'Exposing Satan's Underground' Special
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:49 | by JDeathscriptFor reasons unknown to me, I've recently developed something of a fascination with these hysterical media types of the past that sought to demonized and destroy music, P&P RPG's, video games, or any other relatively harmless forms of escapist entertainment they perceived as a threat. In the 1980's the godfather of these witch hunts was a man I'm sure many of you have heard of, cursed the name of, or generally despised; Geraldo Rivera. Geraldo has had his fair share of media mishaps (Google Geraldo's Vault) but one of the most detrimental was his involvement in perpetrating Satanic Panic.
For those of you too young to remember, Satanic Panic was a dark period of the 80's (When wasn't though?) in which there was a literal outpouring of claims involving ritual sacrifice, child murders, rape, self-mutilation -- the list goes on and on, but all of these things were linked in one way or another to devil worshiping cult and to some extent heavy metal.
New Video || Kamelot- The Great Pandemonium
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 16:46 | by JDeathscriptKaaaaaaaameeeeeeelooooooooot! Wow, for a band already known to pull out all the stops, Kamelot really pulled out all the stops for this video. Or more appropriately Village Road Films and director Owe Lingvall pulled out all the stops and the band threw money at them like they were midget strippers. It’s worth it though, the video is a robust and daring piece of artistry, encompassing a scope of everything from bizarre and creepy, to downright beautiful.
If you know me, you know I’m a sucker for these kinds of videos that utterly decimate their peers that opt for a live shot/band playing in a warehouse video clip.
The track, The Great Pandemonium, comes off Kamelot’s ninth studio album, Poetry For The Poisoned, which will hit stores and iTunes in North America on September 14 (September 10 for the rest of the world). The record will be released via Kamelot’s very own record label KMG Recordings. All hail Kamelot!
All That Remains: New Single ‘Hold On’ Streaming
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 15:50 | by JDeathscriptHere goes All That Remains, further alienating fans of their early stuff with their infections breed of radio-ready heavy pop rock. The track, Hold On, off their forthcoming record, For We Are Many, rings in at just under three minuets of vocal heavy, Bullet For My Valentine-esque mediocrity. I only post this to remove all doubt, if any one still has any, that All That Remains has indeed stripped themselves of the title; “Crappy Band With Some Semblance of Respectability” to become simply; “Crappy Band”.
I case you care, For We Are Many is scheduled to drop October 12 on Prosthetic Records -- but I know you don’t so... yeah, just disregard this post entirely.
New Video || Insidious Disease- Boundless
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:52 | by JDeathscriptInsidious Disease really turns up the freaky factor with their new video for Boundless which follows a pair of serial killers, ala The Hillside Stranglers, documenting a night of brutal misogyny that ends with a body in the trunk.
Incase you’re unfamiliar with Insidious Disease or their previous moniker, Insidious, they’re an international metal super troupe featuring ex and current members of Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death, Old Man’s Child, and Morgoth. The dropped their debut record, Shadowcast, a few months ago on Century Media Records.
When they’re not spreading their misanthropic message or filming serial killers filming their crimes, the band has made appearances at Wacken, a few other venues in Europe, and plans to tour early next year.
RAGE confirmed for 70000 TONS OF METAL!
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:03 | by SparksFury
While they are cruising North along the Swedish East Coast they got word from one of our scouting parties in Germany. When they made it to the city of Herne, they were greeted by three men that are filled with RAGE! 70000TONS OF METAL: The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival! 24 out of 40 on board and counting. Check out The confirmed 24 out of 40 bands after the jump. For more info on the event check out 70000 Tons of Metal Cruise.
New Video || Korn- Let the Guilt Go
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 11:21 | by JDeathscriptKorn, Korn, Korn. That’s just about all you see these days if your a metal fan ferreting around the interwebs. Publicity stunt here, press release there, and so on until you teeter on the edge of sanity. For our part, Metal Call-Out has tried to go easy on the Korn, opting instead for peas. (Did you see what I did there?) But I don’t think we’ll let their new video for Let The Guilt Go pass without an honorable mention.
Korn’s been blowing up the charts since they released Korn III- Remember Who You Are, which reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week. To put that in perspective, Blind Guardian, heavy metal legends and probably the greatest power metal band to walk this green earth sold only 4,400 copies of their latest record in the US. Now I have to ask; does that seem right to you?
