The Metal Review podcast 002 - The Halloween Edition

TheMetalReviewPodcast002.mp3

Intro
Early Man – Sinking the Blade

AC/DC Defends Wal-Mart Deal
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson recently spoke to Reuters about the band's decision to sell its newest album, "Black Ice", exclusively via Wal-Mart when it drops in record stores on Oct. 20.

"Maybe I'm just being old-fashioned, but this iTunes, God bless 'em, it's going to kill music if they're not careful," Johnson, 61, told Reuters. "It's a...monster, this thing," he said. "It just worries me. And I'm sure they're just doing it all in the interest of making as much...cash as possible. Let's put it this way, it's certainly not for the...love, let's get that out of the way, right away," he said.

Johnson also pointed out that Wal-Mart has been very loyal to AC/DC over the years, so the band had no problem giving the retailer an exclusive. "A lot of people were saying 'Ah man, you're going to the big Wal-Mart, you're selling out,'" Johnson said. "Wal-Mart were the only big store to stock all of our albums, every single one of them, and they've never deviated. And they sold AC/DC shirts and pajamas for kids, which we thought was really cool."
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN0930346920081013?sp=true

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told The Pulse of Radio that he doesn't understand the controversy that has broken out in recent weeks over the audio quality of the band's new album, "Death Magnetic". Some fans and publications have accused the group and producer Rick Rubin of mixing the album at such a loud volume that the music is distorted and difficult to listen to. But Ulrich said that he's more than happy with the way it turned out. "I listen to this record, and I listen to it every couple of days," he said. "And when I hear it, it puts a smile on my face and it blows me away, and I don't understand what people are talking about. Somebody told me the other day that there were 12,000 people that had signed a petition to remix the record. We've sold two and a half million copies of 'Death Magnetic'. You do the math yourself."
"Death Magnetic" has sold more than a million copies in the U.S. alone since coming out on September 12.
A number of fans said online that they prefer the versions of the CD's tracks prepared for the Guitar Hero video game, which are mixed differently.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106843


Let There Be Blood' available
San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS have posted two songs from the re-recording of their classic 1985 debut album, "Bonded by Blood", on their MySpace page. "A Lesson in Violence" and "Metal Command" will be streaming online for a limited time, allowing fans a chance to officially test-drive the controversial release", titled "Let There Be Blood", which hits streets this October 28 through Zaentz Records.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106868

IN FLAMES Named 'International Act' Of Year At Russia's RAMP Awards
Swedish metallers IN FLAMES were honored in the "International Act" category at the RAMP (Rock Alternative Music Prize) awards, which took place on October 11, 2008 at The B1 Maximum Club in Moscow, Russia.
The nominees in the "International Act" category were as follows:
APOCALYPTICA
FOO FIGHTERS
HIM
IN FLAMES
OFFSPRING
PANIC! AT THE DISCO
PAPA ROACH
RADIOHEAD
SERJ TANKIAN
THE KILLERS

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107002


Type O Negative – Halloween in Heaven
Cradle of Filth – Midnight Shadows Crawl to Darken

SLAYER In The Studio Working On New Album
n a Southern California recording studio earlier this month, recording three new songs for a brand new album expected out summer 2009. new songs, "Psychopathy Red"
http://spin.com/articles/exclusive-video-slayer-studio



AMON AMARTH Frontman Comments On 'Thunder God' Billboard Chart Debut
Earlier in the month, AMON AMARTH's seventh full-length album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", sold more than 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart.
"I think we were all actually kind of surprised we'd reached that high," frontman Johan Hegg told MTV News last week. "We're happy we did, and I think one of the key elements that contributed to [the high debut], obviously, is building a fanbase. That's what we've been doing all these years as we've steadily grown as a band. The fact that we've had a couple of successful tours in the U.S. has helped, and the fact that this record actually is really good didn't hurt."
Devin Townsend – Vampoka/Vampira
Dark Moor – Halloween(Helloween cover)