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Sport the war
A lot of hay has been made this week about the 10-year-old guitarist shredding some Slayer. And while I don’t think Kerry King should give up his search for a new co-guitarist, Audrey’s skills are pretty formidable.
But that’s just burying the lede. Pay attention to her 6-year-old sister Kate, doing a Shatneresque interpretive screamfest all the while.
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Anda bisa bicara bahasa metal?
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
This is a bit of a bummer: TesseracT just announced that their current vocalist, the excellent Ashe O’Hara, is leaving the band. In his place will be their old also-excellent Daniel Tompkins, sure, but I felt like Ashe brought more to the table in terms of musicality and range (based as much on the two albums as on their live performances).
Happy anniversary, Meshuggah!
Last night, I went to see Meshuggah live, on their minitour celebrating 25 years of music (with Between The Buried And Me as support). The bands were both in fine form, but it was an odd night, insofar as the band’s conceit of playing a set of material largely in chronological order led to pacing issues.
Die, Allied schweinehund
Bethesda Games is on the verge of releasing Wolfenstein: The New Order; it’s already out for PC, but I’m a Mac and Xbox 360 kind of guy, so I have to wait.
And while I wait, here’s a track from the game’s soundtrack… by Fredrik Thordendal. Achtung!