ridiculous behavior in my country

ridiculous behavior in my country
government and parliamentarians
do something stupid and idiot

they always make people say thinks like that
what am I stupid?
they always try to make ignorant people
they are not different from that stupid and lazy ass
they do it just keep ignorant people
and laughed when making mistakes

I hope Che Guevara is still alive
maybe I can fight with che
against this stupid rule in my country

My government is not different led by a dictator
because they like the master of almost all governments and parliaments

they can only corrupt
they can not build my country
INDONESIA
they should be expelled from the country Indonesia
they just ruin my country
even though they Indonesian
them as occupiers

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Indonesian parliament like asshole

all the people here who do not have the quality
they are like a collection of stupid people
they see themselves can only spend public money
they are the fools who do not deserve to be members of parliament

I will give some idea of ​​ignorance Indonesian parliament

while meeting
they are sleep
what you country like my country




they paid
salary
$4000 per month

and they just sleep in office

and in my country
when parliament hearing
he was see porn videos

and almost every session
many MPs who were absent
they were busy going to the mall, hotel, walking path, play golf








them like garbage in my eyes
they are like blood-sucking lice
they just plague

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New Arctic Monkeys Single

Arctic Monkeys have released their new single 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair' on their soundcloud.

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Blink-182 'More Than Halfway Through' New Album, Says Travis Barker

Currently on the road with Lil Wayne to promote his first solo album, "Give the Drummer Some," Travis Barker predicts he'll do another record of his own -- but that might not be for a while with new blink-182 and Transplants projects on the horizon.

"They're all very different," Barker tells Billboard.com about his assorted activities. "It's easy for me to separate them. When I was finishing my album, I was starting on the blink album, starting on a Transplants record, but they're separate and all three are so different that it was really easy to go in and write for each of them...nothing was sounding similar."



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Barker says blink-182, which reunited in 2009 after a four-year split, is "a little more than halfway through" its next album, which bandmates Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge are working on in Los Angeles while Barker is on the road. "Right now I get a lot of stuff sent to me over the Internet, so when I get home I can do my thing," explains Barker, who finishes the Lil Wayne tour on April 29. "I talk to Mark through e-mail every day."

At this point, Barker adds, "It's hard to say what everything's going to sound like because it's not finished. It does feel exactly where it should be, where we left off with the self-titled (album in 2003). They feel like they could be disc two of that album, so far."

The album's title and timetable is up in the air right now, but Barker notes that, "I believe we're planning on turning it in in July and out hopefully in the summer. I think a summer tour and summer album would be nice, but I can't really say anything yet."

Transplants -- Barker's band with Rancid's Tim Armstrong and Skinhead Rob Alston -- started working on their third album and follow-up to 2005's "Haunted Cities" shortly before the blink-182 reunion. And, according to Barker, the trio has continued to work together when schedules align.

"I think we have 16 songs already," he notes. "We're very, very quick with writing, and spontaneous. I think we plan on maybe writing 30 songs and picking 12 to 15 and putting them out. The others will be featured on deluxe editions and B-sides and other cool things we plan on releasing."



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There's no word on a Transplants release date, either, but Barker is confident that album can surface this year along with blink-182's. Meanwhile, he's perfectly happy being on the road with Lil Wayne and his Young Money/Cash Money cohorts.

"I've never seen arena rap in my whole life," Barker marvels. "I've seen arena rock forever, and I've been to small hip-hop shows, but this is a trip to see. Wayne's filling arenas all around the world and just killing it. It's pretty awesome, man. I'm pretty proud of him and just seeing how far the whole thing has come, you know?"

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Paul Gray 1972 – 2010

On what would have been his 39th birthday, our friends at Roadrunner Records have posted a special tribute in his memory.

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Slipknot Members Remember Paul Gray

This Friday, in remembering what would have been Slipknot bassist Paul Gray’s 39th birthday, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan and Joey Jordison speak out on the memory of their fallen friend and band mate.

“Hey everybody, it’s Clown, I wanted to say that today is a very special and beautiful day. I wanted everyone to know that I am the type of person that would not commemorate a day that someone close to me passed away, but I am the type of person that celebrates the day that they were born. Today is the day that Paul Dedrick Gray was born which makes it a very, very, very special day for me and all of us who miss and love him and think about him every day. Paul, I love you and I miss you. Your friend and brother forever,
Clown”

“Today is a day that will have a special place in my heart forever. It’s a special day for all, for not only me and the guys in our band and families, but for everyone to put smiles across their faces and to celebrate the emotion and beauty of one of the greatest souls to ever grace music and humanity. I spent all of last night watching our videos since our days as little kids who had a dream and fuck, Paul we did make that dream come true.

“I fell asleep last night only to wake up minutes ago with a smile on my face as my slumbers were filled with memories I’d long forgot. Even as I write this my eyes are getting a little watery. He loves all of you who embraced his music. God bless to Brenna, October and all his friends and family as well. I wish that all of you that couldn’t share time with Paul will by playing his records ‘til your ceilings crack and your ears bleed and by celebrating his memory in the glory that it is. I love you Paul and I’ll see you again soon, but not yet…not yet. Hail Paul, hail Slipknot. Your friend,


we miss you paul

Joey“

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Interview with Randy Blythe of Lamb of God

wednesday last week, I had the chance to catch up with vocalist Randy Blythe of Lamb of God for a long-overdue phone interview. I planned to catch them in person on one of the last shows of their US tour with Fear Factory in Washington, DC, but got bumped for a gig they had with XM radio before the show (note XM no longer has a metal station - BASTARDS!). Lamb of God have been touring their asses off since Ozzfest last year and therefore most of my questions were about touring and their latest album on a major label. Here's how it all went down:

Doug (aka deathbringer): So how long have you been back from your European tour?

Randy: We got back I guess about a week before Christmas, and we're taking a much needed break since then. We're leaving March 3rd first the first date on the 4th. And we've just been chillin' out because we were on the road for a long time, you know. Ever since Ozzfest started, we pretty much didn't stop, and it can get exhausting at times, so you gotta come home and recharge the batteries.

deathbringer: Yeah, no doubt. So refresh my memory - who did you tour with over there?

Randy: As I lay Dying and Throwdown.

deathbringer: OK, so you were with Throwdown on the US tour too, right?

Randy: We were with Throwdown for about six months. They're our boys. We did Ozzfest with 'em, we did the Fear Factory tour with them, and we did the UK tour with them.

deathbringer: Cool, so you guys are tight and you get along and everything?

Randy: Oh, we get along great. Dave, their singer, and Dom, their bass player, call me all the time - cool dudes, man.

deathbringer: So let me ask you about the European scene. Was this the first time you were touring in Europe or no?

Randy: We went to the UK. We had done a short tour in the UK before. We did two dates with Slayer and three other dates with Atreyu across the United Kingdom. This time we went back and did England Scotland and then Wales - we didn't go over to mainland Europe. That will come later this year.

deathbringer: Gotcha. So what do you think about the scene there? A lot of people seem to think that the European and even UK scene is better than the North American scene. What was the response like over there?

Randy: In the UK, we got a really good response. Even opening for Slayer we got a really good response, which is hard to do because their fans are notoriously very tough. [laughs]. I think metal is a little more accepted over there. But, you know, we have a lot of good bands on the stage and the scene is building up right now so I think it's all good. It's really just apples and oranges.

deathbringer: Your US tour with Fear Factory, Children of Bodom and Throwdown - that's a really diverse lineup. It seemed to be a theme, like Headbanger's Ball was a really diverse too. How did you arrive at that sort of lineup for that tour?

Randy: Well with that particular tour - or any tour in general - generally your booking agent, you know, there'll be a lot of bands looking to go out and generally the headliners are like "we're ready to tour, who else can we go out with that's ready to tour?" At that point in time Fear Factory was ready to go and - generally a booking agent puts together a package and we look at it and if we like it, we accept it.

deathbringer: So it wasn't really planned like that neccessarily?

Randy: Well, I'm sure our booking agent wanted it to be diverse. And that's cool. I like a really diverse bill, you know, I don't want to hear or see four bands that all sound the same. You know, it's boring. So if you get four totally different bands, which is what you got on that tour - a really well thought-out tour, you get more bang for your buck.

deathbringer: Yeah, I agree. It can go both ways. I just don't think it's that common to see that much mixture with fours bands that are that totally different on a tour.

Randy: Right, well it was a really good time. All of us got a long really well and partied a lot. Throwdown doesn't drink, but they hung pretty tough with us. So it was a good time.

deathbringer: So do you have any crazy stories form the recent UK tour or the last US tour to share?

Randy: Well, um [laughs]. I mean, every tour is pretty crazy with us. This last one we did in the US, we all went skydiving on Halloween for our 10 year anniversary as a band. We've been together for ten years right about now. That was really cool. It was one of the most intense things a person can do I think, is jump out of a plane at 13,000 feet. It was awesome.

deathbringer: Yeah, that's cool - I did that once as well.

Randy: [laughs] So you know. You know what it's like then.

deathbringer: So are you looking forward to going out with Slipknot and playing these bigger venues?

Randy: I like playing smaller venues and I like playing bigger venues. I don't really prefer either one, but it's gonna be a good time. We're playing Hampton Collesium, which is around here, and it's pretty cool for me and my guitar player Mark 'cause we grew up around that area. I actually saw my first big rock show there in like '86 - like ZZ Top. [laughs]. So it's cool - there'll be a lot of our friends and family there.

deathbringer: Let me ask you about that show that was cancelled out in L.A. because of the [band's previous moniker] Burn the Priest name. Was there any sort of discussion with them after the announcement or did you just move on and say "whatever"?

Randy: We just said "whatever." I mean, we're gonna make more money playing our own headlining show. Our fans will still get to see us. It's totally cool. It's their right - they own the venue - I just think they were being rather small-minded and didn't do their research. So screw 'em.

deathbringer: Let me ask you about the Machine Head dates that are coming out now. Is this like a regional mini-tour that you're planning or something bigger, maybe nationwide?

Randy: You know what? I haven't talked to my guys at all. The only way I know about that is off of Blabbermouth. [laughs]. So I think there's definitely some truth to it. Rob Flynn of Machine Head is a really cool guy and he's given us a lot of props in the press. He's a cool dude. I'm sure it'll happen, I just don't know when or what. I think it's on the way home from the Slipknot tour, so I think it'll be just the Midwest.

deathbringer: Let me switch gears and ask you some questions about your latest album, Ashes of the Wake. What's your favorite song off that album to play live?

Randy: Um, Omerta.

deathbringer: Any reason?

Randy: It just feels good and it's not as hectic and fast paced. So I get a breather and I like the range of the song. It's a good time and the kids like that song. We always get a good reaction out of 'em.

deathbringer: What was the deal with that record - Everything I hear is that it was done through Epic, but it still has the Prosthetic logo on it.

Randy: You know, I asked someone that myself. I think it's because EJ and Dan, the owners [of Prostehetic Records], got points on the record when we switched our contract - we were still under contract - we had one more record left with Prosthetic - and when Epic came at us EJ and Dan wanted points, a small percentage of the sales from that in order to release us from our contract. It's a standard music business thing, so I think that's why the logo's on there. But Prosthetic treated us really well, so I don't mind. They're cool dudes and they're putting out a lot of really good bands right now.

deathbringer: So this was really an Epic record?

Randy: Yeah, it's Epic/Sony. This is totally an Epic record.

deathbringer: Did you work with Epic/Sony on the record? Their producers, their people as far as marketing or anything like that?

Randy: Fuck no, man. No way. When we signed, we were like "look, you can't change us, we're doin' our own thing." They just had deeper pockets than Prosthetic did and enabled us all to quit our day jobs and just focus on being musicians. So it's all good.

deathbringer: Why did you guys decide to follow up As The Palaces Burn so quickly after such a long gap between New American Gospel and As The Palaces Burn?

Randy: That's Epic. We signed to them and we had been made an offer for Ozzfest and they wanted a product recorded and in the bag before we went out on Ozzfest. So we were like "look, we've never done it this fast," but then again, we were all working day jobs before that - cooking and doing construction and all sorts of shit...bartending. So this time we were able to just practice six days a week, 8 to 10 hours a day and write a record. And we told them if it doesn't come out to our satisfaction, we'll sit on it and not go on Ozzfest, we'll sit at home and finish the record. There's always another tour, but if you put out a bad record, it's there forever [laughs]. So it was cool. We just put our nose to the grindstone and we're all pleased with the results.

deathbringer: Yeah, it came out really well. Is there anything else you could say about the writing process - how that differed? Was time really a pressure or did you just take it in stride?

Randy: Time was a press, but in order for us to do it in that amount of time we had to trust ourselves as musicians…and let go and trust that we as a band could produce what we like without being so painstaking. I mean it's always a growth process and at this point and time - like I said, we've been together for ten years - we all really just learned how to click together as musicians, so we're like "screw it," you know, "we work well together, let's give it a shot." But yeah, time was some pressure but we put the most pressure on ourselves. We had pressure ourselves to produce the best album possible and I think that's what we did.

deathbringer: You guys aren't exactly your typical MTV band, but you've gotten a lot of coverage with many less extreme bands that are in this New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Can you tell me a little bit about that? Do you have any insight as to how that happened? What was your reaction when you started getting coverage on MTV?

Randy: Well, it happened because of the musical climate right now. This so-called "New Wave of American Heavy Metal" or whatever - it's just a name the media put on a group of us that have been doing this for a long time like God Forbid, Shadows Fall, Killswitch engage, you know. We've been doing it for a long time and playing together for a long time, and from playing basements to playing larger venues, we - all of us built up a fan base who are kind of interchangeable. A lot of our fans like those bands. So we share fans and it just grew into a larger thing than most of us I think felt possible and the media took notice. With the return of Headbanger's Ball, with Jamey Jasta hosting it - he's agood dude and we've toured with Hatebreed and so have all those other bands, so it was just time. It's the right time, and we were in the right place. It only took us ten years to get there. [laughs]

deathbringer: What do you think you'd be doing it you weren't in Lamb of God right now?

Randy: Working in a restaurant, living at the beach...drinking beer, fishin'.

deathbringer: With all the touring you've been doing and the re-release of the Burn The Priest album scheduled, when do you plan to start working on new material?

Randy: I would probably say at the beginning of next year. The Ashes touring cycle will probably be 18 months, I guess. We want to tour on this record really hard. We want to go to mainland Europe - we haven't been there. We want to go to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South America. We gotta get out and support the record. So after we do all that, we'll come home, take a deep breath and start writing again.

deathbringer: Have you guys been approached to do Ozzfest again this year?

Randy: Nope. I don't think they want repeats. They generally don't do repeats except for like Black Sabbath and Zakk Wylde.

deathbringer: Yeah, but there are a lot of bands on the tour who maybe don't repeat year after year, but have been on it several times and keep coming back.

Randy: Yeah, well generally it's not year after year. And we did it last year, and it was a good year, and it was the best one ever in my mind - as far as the lineup goes - and if they're gonna beat last year, they're gonna have to try really hard and come up with some really good bands.

deathbringer: OK, well I've taken up enough of your time. Thanks for answering all of my questions and good luck on your tour coming up!

Randy: OK, thanks a lot man.

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Interview with DragonForce

On Friday April 2, I had the chance to interview Herman Li online from the power metal band Dragonforce. Herman and I had a great deal of fun doing it, as you can probably tell from the interview. The interview was a true honor. At first I was kind of nervous, though I couldn't show it, I was. In the end that nervousness didn't last very long. Herman quickly was able to make me laugh and enjoy myself. I actually realized some basic things about life though this interview, it was definately a life changing experience for me (ok maybe not, but it did rule). He did, though, give me different answers than I was expecting, and he always added a bit of humor to his responses. I suggest that everyone reading this should at least check it out.

zMETALlica: I'd like to thank you ahead of time for allowing me to do this interview.

Herman Li: No worries, It's cool.

zMETALlica: Why did you choose the name of the band to be dragon force?

Herman Li: Well, everything is getting tougher and tougher these days. Any names you call the band you gonna get someone saying blablibla. You choose an original name and than people say it's not metal. Steel, iron, fire, whatever, everything has been used.

zMETALlica: Well, it’s just a name of course.

Herman Li: I can easily call the band yellow duck than people say it's shit, we are gay, and you call it Dragonsomething and people say it's the same old shit, so DragonForce it is. We think it's cool anyway.

zMETALlica: Yeah me too, dragons are awesome creatures man.

Herman Li: I always thought metal heads thinks it's cheesy shit, but funny enough normal people don't think the same. You know, just in the metal scene, people always have something to complain about.

zMETALlica: So there isn't really any meaning behind the name at all, or did it just pop in your head?

Herman Li: Well, there are different meanings depends how you interpret it.

zMETALlica: How do you interpret it?

Herman Li: Dragon can be METAL, can be fantasy, can be a Chinese thing, can be a power thing, and can be a computer game thing. We always try to leave thing not static and you can relate to it differently, just the way we do with the lyrics, so you can call us video game metal haha.

zMETALlica: I love video game music!

Herman Li: Well, that's one of our influences.

zMETALlica: Cool, one of mine too actually.

Herman Li: Yes, that's why the songs are so melodic-inspired by arcade games.

zMETALlica: Any game in particular?

Herman Li: All the old late 80's, 90's ones, the ones with great melodies-from Street Fighter to Psychic 5 to Wonderboy, even shoot em' ups.

zMETALlica: They had great music.

Herman Li: I guess more the Japanese stuff. Well, they had great melodies because back than, you don't get all the real samples and real music like the games of these days and with such shit sound to work with then, I guess they HAD to make great melodies.

zMETALlica: Do you have a personal meaning or connection from making music and touring? For example spreading political message.

Herman Li: Really, we started off to want to be cool and score lots of chicks like every kid did when they picked up the guitar and wanna be in the band, hahaha, well, not completely now, but it's still in there hehe. Really, to make the best stuff we want to hear, that our favorite bands back than have never done. Touring is to party, kick arse, and have lots of fun.

zMETALlica: Awesome, its important to love it

Herman Li: I mean, we got beer cans strapped onto our microphone stands.

zMETALlica: Haha.

Herman Li: When you come see us, it's definitely not us just acting like a bunch of guys on ego trips, we have a party together always, we still look at touring the way we always had, we play music to go on tour. That’s what we wanna do, every time we make an album, is to hope to can go out and play and really have fun. It's not like, ‘let's make an album to make some money.’

zMETALlica: That’s great that you love doing music, some people hate touring but love recording and playing.

Herman Li: We hate recording.

zMETALlica: Really?

Herman Li: Well, not hate, but we consider it, homework - you know, you have to do it, than you go out there and have fun. We do feel really good when you listen back to the album looking at all the work you done the last 3 months.

zMETALlica: Do you hate anything about recording/touring? What and which do you hate most?

Herman Li: Recording, cause I go insane. You have a deadline and you know we always want to make things sound as good as possible so that's lots of pressure we put on ourselves when we do the recording.

zMETALlica: Yeah, it can be very frustrating, but when its all done you feel very VERY accomplished and happy, like you said earlier.

Herman Li: We always pushed ourselves to the max on each time, I guess the hard work is what we don't like, but we like really. It's hard to describe, we love it but hate it too.

zMETALlica: At least there is some love in there. Do expenses or the record company set the deadline?

Herman Li: Deadline is set by expensive and time. We are really happy with Sonic Firestorm, but I hated when I didn’t sleep for 3 days to finish the record! Haha I slept 2 hours per night, the last 3 days of the mixing/recording.

zMETALlica: Rough. Do you rely on music as a primary income or do you have part time jobs?

Herman Li: Just doing part time at the moment, but that's going out as well.

zMETALlica: What do you do for a living?

Herman Li: Unix system admin, but I don't just play computer games all day.

zMETALlica: I find it weird that a lot of metal bands end up in some field with computers.

Herman Li: Hehe, well, in computers we can keep our long hair.

zMETALlica: HAHA. Do or did you ever expect to earn 100% of your income just through music?

Herman Li: I never expected to be even able to play the guitar when I started. We started off expecting nothing really, just what we wanted to do. Without going too far back, when DragonForce started, we didn't expect that much. Just write some songs, record a demo, have fun, play some gigs.

zMETALlica: I noticed that the band is primarily self-taught, how did you teach yourself, are there any methods or books you used?

Herman Li: I just listen to my favorite CDs and try to play along with it and watched videos.

zMETALlica: You must have had a pretty good ear to start then huh.

Herman Li: Well I had some tab books my friend lent me and all that. Sam and Vadim are classically taught. As for the rest of the band: Adrian went to bass tech. Dave he started really young too. ZP, just like all metal heads, shouts along to your favorite CDs!

zMETALlica: Any advise for guitarist who are teaching themselves?

Herman Li: There is no set rules on how to practice to be a rock guitarist I think, they just have to find the way that works for them. But there is 1 important thing, though, practice the guitar standing up.

zMETALlica: Haha!

Herman Li: No rock star play the guitar sitting down on stage.

zMETALlica: Oh man, when I first started I only practiced sitting down, then my first 'gig' with my friend, I had to play standing up and I was like ‘this Feels weird.’

Herman Li: I know I did the same! At my first gig I had only played guitar for 1 year. And there we go time to headbang and play at the same time. It wasn't easy.

zMETALlica: Haha, How would you define talent?

Herman Li: I can't, I am not a philosopher.

zMETALlica: Good answer haha.

Herman Li: Anything I say I will get stabbed for! Haha.

zMETALlica: Haha. What are your opinions about 'shredding' and guitarists who just solo and try to always play as fast and as technical as they can?

Herman Li: If they like it, do it. They are enjoying it, and that's the main reason to play right? You can be Steve Vai, people will still say you are shit. You can't win.

zMETALlica: There is always a hand full of assholes who will criticize a person's playing.

Herman Li: I mean we are all guilty of that, including me. It's just a thing we all do. Everyone looks at the guitar at a different angle.

zMETALlica: Very true, and that will take a large effect into their writing style as well.

Herman Li: You know it even shows live, for example you have bands that wants to stand still and play everything as perfect as possible and you have ones that put on a fucking great show without playing everything perfect some people like that, some like the other. Right now, DragonForce is trying to combine the 2 together.

zMETALlica: It’s not an easy thing to accomplish and takes a while to get the hang of.

Herman Li: Yeah, takes years, but you definitely won't see DragonForce standing still!

zMETALlica: Haha. What influences came into writing the lyrics?

Herman Li: Everything around us, but we always try to hide the topic.

zMETALlica: Is there anything specific that comes back into the lyrics.

Herman Li: Sometimes it will take a couple and the listener will think it means something else we always let the listeners interpret the lyrics their own way, so they can relate to the songs and find it more special. If I tell you what it means, it will take the magic away.

zMETALlica: That’s good. Do you think that the label you are with now is doing a significant job with promotion, or are you and the band?

Herman Li: Sanctuary is definitely doing a great job. It's great for a young band like us to be put as priority with our new release. They are also working hard on the US as well, so hopefully we will be playing there very soon.

zMETALlica: Kick ass! I can’t wait to see you live now.

Herman Li: We are working on some US shows right now, fingers crossed.

zMETALlica: Sounds great man, it’s not easy to go to different countries, especially when its across an ocean.

Herman Li: Well, we got to go to Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan on our debut, so anything is possible.

zMETALlica: Very true. How does your band stand out from the rest of the bands in your genre?

Herman Li: Of course we are pigeonhole as 'power metal' these days but in some way we fit and do not fit. If you compare to the current scene of the power/melodic/speed metal scene. No one can play guitar like that, with such a long guitar solo section with double guitars. You know the energy along with the extreme metal drumming, blast beats mixed with double leads. Long songs, you know, all that mixed together and the songs are still very catchy with the singing and everything the problem is, just because the songs are catchy, people say it's unoriginal.

zMETALlica: I think if someone says u aren't original then they don't know much about either music or the music and the band.

Herman Li: People say all the songs are happy, but if you look at sonic firestorm, tracks 1,3,4,6,7 are pretty sad sounding. There isn't another album like sonic firestorm, so if that don't make it original. I don't know what you suppose to do. Along with the energy and everything we show on the album.

zMETALlica: Hey, at least get feedback. Speaking about the new album, how will this be different from previous works?

Herman Li: Well, the new album really takes it further than valley of the damned. Everything has been put up a notch really. Kinda breaking the boundaries of the current scene, basically all instruments more over the top with losing the melodies and all that. Also there is much better production. We learnt a lot from recording last time.

zMETALlica: What are your opinions about downloading and 'sharing' music?

Herman Li: Well, downloading is like tape sharing in the old days. I only found out of many bands cause my friend lend copied me a tape etc. Good albums people buy, crap ones people copy! That’s what I think... and all those extra videos, DVDs are cool, but in the end it's the music of the album, which counts the most to me. You know, you only check out those bonus CDs, videos, and interviews once, after that you don't care. You want the music.

zMETALlica: How would you feel if your new album got leaked out onto the Internet?

Herman Li: Already been leaked long ago.

zMETALlica: How do you feel bout it then?

Herman Li: The only thing that pissed me off was the leaked one was not the final version and it was off a CDR, which was a non-final mix and non-final master.

zMETALlica: So why does that get you mad?

Herman Li: Because: come on guys, at least make a good rip so the mp3s can show the amazing production! HAHA.

zMETALlica: Hahaha, true

Herman Li: It is not final, they are not getting what it really is, the final one, the one in the shop sound way better.

zMETALlica: So then wouldn't they wanna buy the real copy?

Herman Li: They don't know it's not a final one. Some people thought track off our demo was the album ones back than, cause we released our first demo on the internet, which got like over half a million downloads from mp3.com.

zMETALlica: O wow. Mp3.com (RIP) - how I first heard of u guys.

Herman Li: Same songs re-recorded came out on the album and people thought the demo quality was the album. You know, all that shit, but in the end, I am happy they checked out the band.

zMETALlica: Yeah, that’s a good attitude.

Herman Li: At least they might come to the gigs you know.

zMETALlica: Yeah exactly. When you were starting out did you have a 'dream' or 'goal' as a musician?

Herman Li: Yeah of course, I rather go on tour than go work in an office. Things are looking really good now. We are off for 6-7weeks of touring in 4 weeks time.

zMETALlica: Cool. Are there any bands or people you look up to in music? Why?

Herman Li: Many, from production to players, there are so many.

zMETALlica: Name a few.

Herman Li: As a guitarist, my favorite is still Steve Vai. Apart from an amazing player he is an innovator. He’s great onstage and great in the studio with production and everything.

zMETALlica: Have you ever meet him?

Herman Li: Yeah, I got a backstage pass from Tony MacAlpine on their last tour here.

zMETALlica: Very cool, what was that like?

Herman Li: It was cool. I meet him before as well, but just a couple people back stage was really cool. I was kinda nervous actually, I usually am not but that time I was!

zMETALlica: Hehe I would be too.

Herman Li: He is so much taller than me you know, if I piss him off he can beat me up hehe.

zMETALlica: Anything else you want to say? Any comments?

Herman Li: Well, I hope everyone get the chance to check our the new album Sonic Firestorm and catch us on the new tour, otherwise, just get it, it's the best shit you'll hear!

DragonForce's 'Sonic Firestorm' will be released on April 19th, 2004 through Sanctuary's Noise Records label, exceeding the established boundaries of melodic, speed / power metal.

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Wednesday 13’s Auction To Help Japan

After being in the country at the time of the recent disaster, Wednesday 13 is auctioning off a batch of custom-made canvas prints. Get full details inside!

Wednesday 13 will be auctioning off a series of custom canvas prints (named after songs from his career) to raise money for the people of Japan.

Having been in the country with The Murderdolls at the time of the disaster, Wednesday has said: “That was the scariest day of my life without a doubt. It’s almost beyond words to explain what we felt and witnessed. Japan is my favourite country to visit, tour and I’m just truly, truly saddened by this tragedy.”

To raise cash, Wednesday will put up five auctions for custom-made canvas prints (20″ x 32″). Each canvas print will be hand-signed, numbered and will contain a songtitle on the back. Check out the first of the auctions at this location.

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Slipknot Announce Bassist For Upcoming Shows

Slipknot have announced who will be playing bass for them on their upcoming tour dates. Get tickets for this year’s Sonisphere here!

For their upcoming shows in 2011, Slipknot have asked former guitarist Donnie Steele to fill in for Paul Gray on bass.

Slipknot’s statement reads: “Donnie was in the band at the very beginning, and rather than get an outsider, we thought it would be a fitting tribute to Paul to play with someone from within the family. Donnie was great friends with Paul and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate his memory than with someone who was there with us at the very beginning. The eight of us are looking forward to being onstage again and honoring Paul’s legacy with our families in Europe and Brazil this summer.”

Sonisphere 2011 will take place at Knebworth on July 8th – 10th and will be headlined by Metallica and the big four, Biffy Clyro and Slipknot with performances also confirmed from Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Architects, Motorhead, Airbourne, Sisters Of mercy, Mastodon, Volbeat, Gallows, In Flames and Parkway Drive. Get tickets for this year’s Sonisphere here!

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Nergal Is Super Fucking Human!

MetalSucks has posted a great in-depth interview with Nergal, frontman of Behemoth. This was Nergal's first interview since his leukemia diagnosis and recovery and it's an absolute must-read for any Behemoth fan. Here are some choice quotes:

On the incredible response he received from the metal community after the announcement of his leukemia:

I can tell you this now [pauses]… that it was very early after I got sick that the foundation found a perfect donor match. But we didn’t want to reveal this to the public because of [the movement to help] was so awesome. The ball was rolling! And everyone was into it, so I was like, “Fuck, no! I don’t want to fucking stop this!” It was madness to me! People went crazy doing anything to help. It was just awesome. I can tell you — not just to make people fuckin’ cry — but there were times that I’d be reading comments and emails from people, and there were tears in my eyes. It was very humanitarian. Shit, I don’t know what you call it, but it was awesome. There are lots of people who appreciate what you do musically, they fuckin’ appreciate you as a person and individual, and they have faith in you. That is awesome.

Nergal on missing touring:

Man, when I was in the hospital, I called up Seth [Patryk "Seth" Sztyber, Behemoth guitarist] and told him, “I have this dream again and again about the Demigod tour [in 2004] when we were playing all these shitholes in the U.S. for a hundred or two hundred people; we got paid like $200 and got pizza for dinner. And you know what? I fuckin’ miss that pizza! I miss the smell of the crappy backstage!

When you can expect Behemoth back on the road:

We want to start rehearsing in, say, six weeks. We’ll be rehearsing all the songs, jam out, and we want to be ready for some shows in a few months. We want to do first shows in Poland in October. I know it’s still six months away, but we’re gonna fuckin’ do it.

He went on to say the band plans to see how the October shows go and then aim to tour Asia and Australia in the Winter, followed by Europe in early 2012 and the U.S. in Spring 2012. Nergal is superhuman and will not let leukemia bring him down!

I highly recommend reading the rest of the interview featuring Nergal's hilarious thoughts on the new Iron Maiden record, more in-depth discussion of his recovery and more.

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Avenged Sevenfold announce new drummer

Avenged Sevenfold has announced former Confide drummer Arin Ilejay will handle the drums for them for the foreseeable future. Ilejay takes over the spot vacated by Mike Portnoy.

The group offered the following statement on the matter:

“We recently asked several friends who knew Jimmy and his style, and also knew our music and each of our personalities to suggest drummers to tour with us starting this year. Our long time studio drum tech, Mike Fasano, recommended Arin Ilejay. We’ve rehearsed with Arin and have been impressed with his technical skills, attitude and work ethic. We’re very excited to tour with Arin and hope all of you will give him the warm welcome to the family we have.

Thanks for your never ending support. It means the world to us.

See you on the Nightmare After Christmas“

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Blink-182

Blink-182 continued the unexpected 1990s journey of pop-punk into the mainstream. The trio emerged from Southern Californian skate-punk culture with a high-energy stage show heavy with slapstick and fart jokes. But like the slightly older Green Day, closer study revealed hook-filled rock songs obsessed with breakup and loneliness, even occasionally delving into such topics as teen suicide ("Adam's Song")

The band formed in the San Diego suburbs in 1991 when guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge — who'd first picked up a guitar as a teen at church camp — met bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, who was in a garage-band in high school. Drummer Scott Raynor rounded out the trio, who originally called themselves Blink (they added the '182' when an Irish band with the same name threatened a lawsuit). With indie recordings and frequent performances at festivals and clubs, the band — whose early shows featured wet T-shirt and wet pants contests — slowly built a young, devoted following. Their fan base grew in the mid-1990s, when they toured with punk vets NOFX and Pennywise and appeared on the Vans Warped Tour.

The band attracted major label attention in 1997 with their fast-selling indie release Dude Ranch (Number 67), which went platinum on the strength of the modern-rock hit "Dammit (Growing Up)" (Number 11). Soon after, Raynor was fired from the band and replaced by Travis Barker, who had opened for Blink-182 as a member of Orange County pop-punk group the Aquabats. The band signed to MCA, which released their breakthrough album, Enema of the State (Number 9, 1999). The disc — the band's fourth — went triple platinum and spawned two hits, "All the Small Things" (Number Six pop) and "What's My Age Again" (Number Two on the Modern Rock Chart). Suddenly, Blink-182 was everywhere, from the radio to MTV to the teen comedy American Pie, in which the group made a cameo.

The band's next release was a live album, The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (Number Eight, 2000), which yielded one moderately successful single, "Man Overboard." A year later, the trio returned to its SoCal punk-rock roots with Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. The LP took Blink-182 to the top of the album chart for the first time.

The band's 2003 self-titled LP reinforced their penchant for brooding, but also revealed stormy, more atmospheric music; even the Cure frontman Robert Smith appeared on the album. The album shot to Number Three on the pop chart and spawned four hit singles: "I Miss You," "Always," "Feeling This" and "Down." In February 2005, just when it seemed that Blink-182 couldn't get any bigger, they declared an immediate, indefinite hiatus in order to be closer with their growing families. (A Greatest Hits was released later that year.) Shortly after the band split, Hoppus and Barker formed their own group, +44, while DeLonge started alt-rock group Angels and Airwaves.

In September 19th, 2008, Barker was injured when a plane in which he was a passenger crashed outside of Columbia, South Carolina. Barker — who had performed the night before at an event with former Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM — suffered second and third degree burns. Hoppus and DeLonge visited Barker in the hospital, and in February 2009, the band made their first live appearance since 2005 at the Grammy Awards — and announced they were reforming. They kicked off their reunion tour — with openers Fall Out Boy and Weezer — in July 2009, and have plans to start work on their sixth album in early 2010.

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Velvet Revolver have recorded with Slipknot Corey

Duff McKagan has revealed that Velvet Revolver recorded some tracks with Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor – but that doesn’t mean he’ll become a member of the band.

At the turn of the year VR spokesmen said they were close to making a decision on who’d replace sacked singer Scott Weiland and bring the band out of a three-year hiatus.

Rumours suggested it was Taylor, but he made no comment at the time, simply saying: “To be continued.” VR guitarist Slash later admitted Taylor was in the frame, and McKagan confirmed there had been discussions.

Now the bassist reveals the band actually recorded together.

He tells MusicRadar: “We recorded a bunch of songs with Corey. I think he’s fucking great – he’s the best voice of a new generation, the best rock’n'roll voice out there. He’s got a lot of positive energy and I’d be proud to do anything with him.

“Whether he’s in Velvet Revolver or not? The truth is, I can’t see Velvet Revolver happening until fall, maybe. Slash is touring, I’m just starting to tour – we’ll just have to see. I don’t have an answer.”

McKagan spent six months working with Jane’s Addiction last year before leaving to return to his own band Loaded. Last week JA singer Perry Farrell said they’d parted ways because “we annoyed Duff” – but the bassist says it isn’t true.

“Nobody was mean or anything. I went in to help them write and recorded some songs with them, but I had a Loaded record to make and I told them that.

“I had a wonderful experience with those guys. I got to play a couple of gigs and played all those amazing Eric Avery bass lines. It made me a better bass player.”

Meanwhile, McKagan is aware his former band Guns n’Roses will be eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 – and that he’ll be answering questions about the subject at least until then.

He says:”I’d be lying if I said I didn’t know it was coming. But I haven’t done any thorough thinking about it, or reaching out to anyone about it.

“When VR played it we were just the innocent band that was there to play Van Halen songs, and we saw their whole thing crumble. Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar showed up when it was supposed to be everybody, and they took the heat over the situation – a lot of heat.

“I don’t know if I want to set myself up for heat. It’s doing to be a debacle, isn’t it? A press

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Cradle Of Filth's Dani Filth Reportedly Dating Justin Bieber

A story has been circulating around the Web that apparently Cradle of Filth vocalist Dani Filth and tween sensation Justin Bieber have become an item. The budding romance was discovered when a photographer caught a snapshot of the two holding hands and walking down a California beach (the picture has since been removed at the request of Bieber’s parents). The story was confirmed today in a post on Cradle of Filth’s website.

“It’s true, we’ve been seeing each other for some time now. I mean I’ve been singing about all these ridiculously perverted sex acts for years, what did you guys really expect from me?”

Later in the post, Dani revealed that he’s actually been writing Beiber’s music for him.

“I’ve been helping Justin write his lyrics for some time now in order to be involved in the music I really love these days. The song ‘Baby’ in particular was inspired by me when we were going through a rough patch. I know those metal news site trolls will have a field day with this, but fuck ‘em. Apparently they all missed the video for ‘The Foetus of a New Day Kicking’ and the entire ‘Thornography’ album. For years now I’ve wanted to do mindless catchy music for the masses with scantily clad girls dancing in the background.”

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Metal Bands Celebrate Metallica’s Master of Puppets

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Master of Puppets – whose title track recently topped Gibson.com’s Top 50 Metal Songs of All Time – Noisecreep.com asked some of metal’s heaviest hitters to weigh in on Metallica’s classic LP. Members of Testament, Sepultura and Kreator (among others) shared their feeling and memories of the album.



Alex Skolnick (guitarist, Testament): “I remember buying the cassette at Rasputin’s [record store] in Berkeley, then listening to it in someone’s car. We’d all been waiting for it to come out, and weren’t sure what we thought of the title yet – ‘Puppets? Why puppets?’ But as soon as it came on, all doubts were quickly cast aside. It was a metal masterpiece.”

Andreas Kisser (guitarist, Sepultura): “I was with a female friend of mine who loved metal and had the access to get imported albums. She came to my house one day with Master of Puppets under her arm. I heard it and was in complete shock. I remember the first song I liked was ‘Welcome Home (Sanitarium).’ This was in 1986 and it was a privilege for a Brazilian to hear that album in those days.”

Mille Petrozza (vocalist/guitarist, Kreator): “It was at home, at my parents’ house. It was a first-day buy for me. I still like it to this day, but I think apart from Kill ’Em All, And Justice For All... is my favorite album by the Metallica guys.”

Don Jamieson (That Metal Show co-host): “I remember it like it was yesterday. My friend was doing a metal radio show at the college we went to. I used to hang out with him during his shift, drink beer, and bang my head. Listening to that album made us want to go out and tip over cars – and I think we may have tried!”

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Jennifer, Demi Moore would be directed film About Breast Cancer

Actress Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore and singer Alicia Keys, respectively, will be directing a short film about breast cancer and its impact on people's lives for the Lifetime cable television network.


Aktris Jennifer Aniston dan Demi Moore serta penyanyi Alicia Keys, masing-masing, akan menyutradarai satu film pendek tentang kanker payudara dan dampaknya pada kehidupan orang buat jaringan televisi kabel Lifetime.
Sesama pencipta "Friends" Marta Kauffman akan mengawasi koleksi lima film pendek yang diberi nama "Project Five", kata jaringan TV tersebut, Selasa (29/3). Itu untuk pertama kali Marta dan Jen ( Jennifer Aniston ) pernah bekerja sama sejak sitkom "Friends" berakhir pada 2004.
Jennifer, Alicia dan Demi Moore masing-masing akan menyutradarai satu film pendek, seperti yang dilakukan Patty Jenkins --yang membuat drama kejahatan 2003 "Monster". Orang yang akan menyutradai film kelima akan dipilih belakangan.
Kauffman mengawasi satu tim penulis yang menyerahkan lima kisah yang berisi humor dan drama guna memperlihatkan dampak kanker payudara pada hubungan perempuan dan cara mereka memandang diri mereka, kata Lifetime Networks.
Koleksi lima film pendek itu --yang dirancang mengudara sekitar tahun ini-- akan diproduksi oleh Sony Picture Television.

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Suicide Silence Perform New Track Live

Get footage of deathcore bruisers, Suicide Silence, blasting out a brand new track called ‘Fuck Everything’ inside! Get tickets to see Suicide Silence and Bleed From Within here!

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Asking Alexandria ‘Someone Somewhere’ Live Video

Asking Alexandria perform for US TV. Get the video inside and we also bring you news of who will be supporting the band alongside Of Mice & Men!
Asking Alexandria will be joined by Hammer faves While She Sleeps in London and Birmingham and plagues in Manchester on their upcoming UK dates. Of Mice & men support on all dates.

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