I vote today as Black Metal Friday - with videos

"The Sacrilegious Scorn" - Dimmu Borgir

"Empty" - Emperor

"Carving A Giant" - Gorgoroth

"Lost to Apathy" - Dark Tranquility

The bell rings in 1 hour, Round 2 starts

One hour from now my Colorado Avalanche will face off against the Detroit Red Wings in roud 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

DOWN WITH THE REDWINGS!!!!!!!!!!

The laptop will be coming out at work, and I am going to find a way to watch it. I was lucky enough to only miss one game for the first round against the Wild. Now that was a great series. This series is, in all honesty, going to be a hard one for the Avs. As much as I hate them, the Wings have a great team.

GO AVALANCHE

The New Testament

Is this the post where I announce my finding of God? Have I suddenly "got the religion"? Did I stop drinking coffee and coke, and walk around in Jesus jamms?

Not so much.

The New Testament is just that, the new release from the band Testament. The Bay area band just held a listening party for their new upcoming release "The Formation of Damnation" at Fantasy Studio in Berkeley, CA. This release was produced by Andy Sneap who has worked with such bands as Nevermore, Arch Enemy and Machine Head. The release date has been posted as April 29 and it will be on Nuclear Blast Records.

Testament has also been confirmed as a support act with Heaven and Hell, Judas Priest and Motorhead on the Canadian section of the tour.

Testament has put the release up for streaming on the bands MySpace page.

The artwork for the cover can be found here:





Enjoy!

It is almost time for us to "Praise To The War Machine"

You must, I repeat MUST go to:

http://www.myspace.com/warreldane

Warrel is the featured artist for April 11th to the 18th for his new solo release "Praise to the War Machine". For those that do not know, Warrel is the lead singer for my favorite metal band - NEVERMORE!

I have been waiting to hear this since I first heard about it a year ago. After the first listen I have decided that I am going to get this the day it is release (May 13th here in the US and April 28th in Europe). I have been a fan of Warrel's since the release of Refuge Denied by Sanctuary (his first band). I was lucky enough to see Sanctuary twice before they split. I have also been able to catch Nevermore 3 times now, and definately want to see them again. They put on an amazing show. Of the 3 times I have seen them, the show at Studio 7 in Seattle for the release party of the cd "This Godless Endever" was my favorite. Not only did they sound amazing, they had a great time with the audience as well.

Here is a picture of the cover of "Praise to the War Machine"

I have to admit, I was a little hesitant to hear his cover of "Lucritia: My Reflection". The Sisters of Mercy have been my favorite since the mid 80's. I was hooked after my first listen to Warrel cover this song. Amazing!

Listen to the release, then support this artist by buying the CD when it is released.