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CANTO: RIP Jon Rossi, Amenra Record Release Show, Rock am Ring, and More

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017CoreyLeave a comment

10/31/2017. It’s Halloween. That is all.

To lead things off, we say farewell to Pilgrim’s Jon Rossi. Perhaps old news at this point, but I had to mention. Also known as The Wizard, Jon passed away at the age of 26 last week. I remember seeing Pilgrim last year in Portland. It was incredible. He will be missed dearly. RIP.
Amenra’s record release show in Brussels is streaming live. You should check it out because those guys are one of my favorites.
Eilisium and Sleep Signals will be hitting the road at the start of next month. If they roll through your area, go watch some live music.
I’ve always wanted to check out Rock am Ring, so here are some early band announcements for you. Foo Fighters, A Perfect Circle, Meshuggah, etc…
Annihilator have released a music video for “Pieces of You”.

For The Demented will be out this coming Friday. So… get on that and stuff.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Donuts & CANTO: Rammstein, Meshuggah, Origin and more!

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017DanLeave a comment

June 5, 2017

Good morning, it’s time to metal. Here’s some news you might have missed from over the weekend:

- Leading off, Rammstein‘s Friday evening set at the Rock Am Ring festival was cancelled as the festival was forced to evacuate due to concerns over a possible terrorism threat. Thankfully, nothing came of the threat and the festival was able to resume the next day.

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CANTO: Rock am Ring/Rock im Park, King Diamond, Emmure, and more

October 13, 2016October 13, 2016CoreyLeave a comment

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“Oh take me where, the hockey players, face off down the rink. And the Stanley Cup, is all filled up, for the champs who win the drink. Now the final flick, of a hockey stick, and the one gigantic scream. ‘The puck is in! The home team wins!’, the good ol’ hockey game.”

I like wrestling sometimes. I like Seth Rollins most of the time. So here’s Seth Rollins moshing at a Parkway Drive show. I think.
Emmure are still a thing by some miracle. They’ve signed on with Nuclear Blast and have a new song out called “Torch”.
Rock am Ring and Rock im Park are both things I would like to attend someday. 2017 won’t be that year. But if you’re going, you’ll be able to see System of a Down and Prophets of Rage (among others) lead the way.
King Diamond is back at work. One of our favorite legends will be dedicating the coming year to new material. A new album from The King is definitely something we all need.
Avenged Sevenfold has released a new song called “The Stage.” Check it out.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: God Hating on Rock Am Ring, Apple Music Becoming a Thing, and New Lamb of God!

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015CoreyLeave a comment

We have reached yet another week. I am just now realizing that I totally spaced on yesterday’s weekly review and, strangely, I’m not broken up about it in the slightest.

Looks like Rockstar Mayhem tried to book Pantera. As I’m sure you can imagine… it didn’t go all that well.
Apple Music will be available at the end of the month. It’s gonna be about 10 bucks a month like every other fucking streaming service out there. I don’t care.
This is actually insane. Not one, but two lightning bolts struck Rock Am Ring festival in Germany this past weekend. 33 were hurt, it appears all will be fine long term. Still… crazy.
Remember that time Shadows Fall were on hiatus? I sure do… but I might be the only one. The largely forgotten metalcore-ish band announced new show dates for later this year. Whatever.
Oh hey look, a new Lamb of God track. It’s called “512”:

For the most part… it’s quite good.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”

– Corey

The Horns Up Top 10: Rammstein

July 28, 2014June 6, 2016DanLeave a comment

That time again, folks! Monday morning means another round of The Horns Up Top 10. And this one will be quite a doozy, folks.

You may recall that in last week’s Top 10, Corey had one foot firmly in Germany ahead of his trip to Wacken Open Air 2014, and decided to focus on a band performing at the festival. And while Amon Amarth was a timely choice…I’ll be honest, it was a little disappointing that he didn’t take advantage of German things and choose literally the most German band of all the German bands. (Kidding. Kind of.) Fortunately for y’all, I’ll be taking that band this week to cover for him. That’s right, for this week’s edition of The Horns Up Top 10, we’re going to take a look at RAMMSTEIN.

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