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Donuts & CANTO: Uada, Wintersun, Exhumed and more!
April 4, 2017
Good morning, it’s time to metal. Here’s some news you might have missed from the weekend and yesterday:
- On Friday, as per usual, a whole bunch of bands dropped new albums, including Mastodon and Falls of Rauros. Also as per usual, you can check out Josh’s Initial Descent post for the full breakdown.
- So that “Batushka dropping out of MDF” speculation we posted on Friday? Well, it’s pretty much confirmed; on Saturday, the festival organizers revealed that Uada had been tapped to fill the Poles’ slot at the Festival. Still a bummer, but they could have done far, far worse as replacements go.
Quickies: More Boo-Hoos from Wintersun, Obscura News, and More
It’s Friday, I’m tired, and I’ve got a bus to catch, so these will be brief. Here are today’s Quickies–let’s see what we missed in the metal world today:
- Remember yesterday’s Quickies, when it seemed like Jari Mäenpää had quit his whining and started to focus on recording new Wintersun things? Well…that statement was a bit premature, because here he is complaining again. On Facebook, no less.
- Good news from Obscura: they’ve started pre-production on their follow-up to 2011’s Omnivium! I’ve no idea what this interactive project might be, but color me intrigued either way.
- Also in remember yesterday: that new Chris Broderick / Shawn Drover project? Welp, it’s got a vocalist: former Scar the Martyr frontman Henry David Bonner.
- Veil of Maya is going to be releasing…something…on January 1, 2015. Which is good news if you care about Veil of Maya. (We don’t.)
- And finally, here’s a parody of Ghost’s “Year Zero” that we never knew we wanted:
I’m gonna go sleep for the next 34 hours. Enjoy your weekends, folks.
-Dan
Live. Love. Plow. Horns Up.
Quickies: Exit Bumblefoot, (Re-)Enter Pepper Keenan, and Holy Hell, Allegaeon
Busy night ahead, so let’s keep these quick. (HA! Get it? I hate myself for that one.) Anyway, it’s time for Quickies–let’s check out what we missed in the metal world today:
- Another one bites the dust? Guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal has suggested he might put his solo career before his gig as guitarist-du-jour in Axl ‘n’ Pals. Sorry, I meant “Guns ‘n’ Roses.” He’d be the ninth guitarist to peace out on Axl.
- Well that didn’t take long: ex-Megadeth members Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover have started a new project together. I can personally guarantee this will be better than any output from the Daves and their new lineup.
- Oh look, Jari Mäenpää’s stopped complaining about his lack of studio and actually gotten into a studio, presumably to do Time II things! I’m really excited to hear this in 2018, guys!
- Corrosion of Conformity’s heading back to the studio in January…with Pepper Keenan! Color me all kinds of excited for this.
- Jonathan Dick has a great piece up at Noisey about why you shouldn’t apologize for liking heavy metal. Read it.
- And finally, Allegaeon just jumped a whole bunch of spots on my favorite humans list.
Goddamn, can these guys entertain me. Kinda reminds me of Iron Maiden’s “Holy Smoke” video, but with a not-shitty song. Anyway, that’ll do it for today. Check back tomorrow for you-know-what!
-Dan
Live. Love. Plow. Horns Up.
The Horns Up Podcast: Episode 24 (October 11, 2014)
It’s time for Episode 24 of The Horns Up Podcast, your weekly catch-up on all things metal!
This week, Dan and Corey take a listen to new albums from Godflesh and Orange Goblin, discuss recent news from Devin Townsend and Behemoth, and reintroduce SPORTS YEAH SPORTS into the Horns Up and Horns Down segments!
All that and much more on this week’s episode, so check it out!
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