MUNICIPAL WASTE frontman TONY FORESTA loves tearing up stages around the world with his bandmates, but apparently the singer has another passion which you may not know about - art.
In the video below, watch as FORESTA takes you around his apartment in Virginia, showing you his favorite pieces of art that he’s bought and collected over the years.
Experimental drone doom act Sunn 0))) have announced a Midwest tour in support of their seventh studio full-length, Monoliths & Dimensions.
Sunn 0))) is Attila Csihar - Invocations; Steve Moore - trombone, keys; Stephen O’Malley - Guitar; Greg Anderson - Bass.
Joining Sunn 0))) on these live dates will be one of Southern Lord’s latest signings, Eagle Twin. West coast dates for Sunn 0))) in August and east coast dates for September are in the planning stages and will be announced soon.
Here’s a clip from one of Sunn 0)))’s recent shows in a massive church in Leuven, Belgium at this location:
Sunn 0))) w/ special guests: Eagle Twin
7/02/2009 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
7/05/2009 Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
7/06/2009 Sokol Auditorium / Underground - Omaha, NE
7/07/2009 The Riot Room - Kansas City, MO
7/08/2009 The Firebird - St. Louis, MO
7/10/2009 House Cafe - Dekalb, IL
7/11/2009 Eagle Theater - Pontiac, MI
7/12/2009 Southgate House - Newport, KY
On May 15, 2009, the Melvins rolled into New York City to play Webster Hall on their 25th Anniversary Tour, which featured a performance of their classic album Houdini as well as a set of tracks from their 1983 Mangled Demos.
After our last gear walkthrough with Buzz Osborne, we knew we wanted to catch up with the guitarist for some more video goodness. Much to our surprise, Buzz invited us to come out to Mr. Bungle/Fantomas/sometimes Melvins bassist Trevor Dunn’s Brooklyn digs (where he was crashing) and film him as he showed off his new Electrical guitar and broke down some of the tastiest riffs from Houdini, including “Honey Bucket,” “Hooch” and “Copache.”
On July 8, 2007, Atlanta’s prog metal giants Mastodon ended more than thirteen months of nonstop touring in support of their 2006 album, Blood Mountain, with a show opening for Metallica at London’s Wembley Stadium. [Click here to view a video of the band performing “Blood and Thunder” from that 2007 European tour.]
Mastodon were excited to finish the tour in such grand style, but the boys were also ready to head back home for a much-needed break before they began writing what would become Crack the Skye, their fifth full-length album and second for Warner Brothers/Reprise Records. But, as fate would have it, this wasn’t to be the case.
Instead, in September of that year the Foo Fighters invited Mastodon to come down to Las Vegas and perform at MTV’s Video Music Awards. Never ones to miss a show (or a party for that matter), the Mastos accepted, and delivered a characteristically enthusiastic performance. However, the evening took a near-tragic turn when guitarist Brent Hinds got into an intoxicated post-show altercation with another attendee of the VMAs, later reportedly identified as singer-songwriter William Hudson. This altercation would leave Hinds in a coma for almost a week with a life-threatening brain hemorrhage.
In the aftermath of this incident, Hinds was afflicted with severe vertigo and brain trauma that left the songwriter bedridden for a month. But while he convalesced, Hinds took advantage of the situation. He spent his days playing with his dogs, Geisha and Melvin, carving large tiki statues, and most importantly, playing a shit-ton of guitar. It was during these weeks of recuperation that Hinds’ wrote the bulk of the songs that would eventually make their way onto Crack the Skye.
Not only did the event serve as an unexpectedly inspiring one for Hinds, but it seemed to encourage the rest of his bandmates—vocalist/bassist Troy Sanders, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor—to dig deep for their own contributions (lyricist Dailor was finally able to address the death of his sister, Skye, who is the inspiration behind the album’s title). So the following year, on May 26, when Mastodon entered Southern Tracks studio to begin recording with producer Brendon O’Brian, the band had more than enough songs written.
Mastodon began recording on June 19, and MetalKult’s Jimmy Hubbard—also the photo editor at Guitar World and Revolver magazines—was invited by the band to travel to Atlanta to film and document the recording of Crack The Skye. Hubbard then cut this footage into a DVD that will be released with deluxe versions of Crack The Skye [Click here to purchase Crack The Skye plus the DVD]. As a preview for that DVD, Hubbard put together a 10-part behind-the-scenes web series documenting the recording of Crack the Skye.
You might have seen one or two of these clips floating around, but below you’ll find all 10 episodes just as Hubbard envisioned them. Enjoy! (more…)
With an unfuckwithable pedigree that includes time spent playing in St. Vitus, the Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, the Hidden Hand and Shrinebuilder, guitarist Scott “Wino” Weinrich has helped define the modern stoner doom metal sound.
To celebrate Wino’s first ever solo record, Punctuated Equilibrium (Southern Lord Recordings), we brought the underground legend into our NY headquarters for an in-depth Q&A. Check out the following clips where Wino talks about the high points of his 25-year-and-counting career: (more…)
When Sweden’s Amon Amarth came to NY on October 20, 2008, to play The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza, we sat down for an in-depth question-and-answer interview with singer Johan Hegg, guitarist Johan Söderberg and bassist Ted Lundström at our New York headquarters.
After our work was over, it was time to lighten the mood. And how do you lighten the mood in a room full of Viking metallers? You break out some mead, that’s how. In the following video, watch as mead connoisseurs Hegg, Söderberg and Lundström demonstrate how to make their favorite brew out of everyday items such as empty water jugs, honey, raisins, oranges, yeast and balloons.
So, if you’re over the legal drinking limit where you live and have a hankering for some sweet, Viking alcohol, check out the video below. (more…)
In the following interview, filmed at our NY studios, singer Johan Hegg, guitarist Johan Söderberg and bassist Ted Lundström speak about a range of topics including Amon Amarth’s move away from traditional death metal, Sweden’s pagan history, Norse mythology and the themes behind their new album, Twilight of the Thunder God (Metal Blade).
For the final installment in our coverage of the October 8, 2008, Watain, Withered, Krallice show at the Knitting Factory, we’re pleased to present to you four brutal songs from Seattle black metal group Book of Black Earth.
Book of Black Earth were touring behind their 2008 release, Horoskopus (Prosthetic Records).
Below, check out the crew as they play “2160” into “May Your God Deny You” and “Death of the Sun,” “Total Control” and “Clamor Beneath.” (more…)
On October 8, 2008, we went down to NY’s Knitting Factory to catch up with Sweden’s Watain. Before the black metallers hit the stage, we were treated to a good crop of opening bands, including extreme virtuosos, Krallice, Seattle heavies Book of Black Earth and Atlanta, GA, black metal crew Withered.
Below, check out Withered as they play “Drawn Black Drapes” into “Reveal the Essence of Suffering” and “Clamor Beneath” from their 2008 release Folie Circulaire (Prosthetic Records). (more…)
