Thrash Like an Athlete

Megadeth, Testament, and Exodus are touring together!!! Incredible!!

With the American Carnage tour on hold (Slayer, Megadeth, Testament) due to Slayer's Tom Araya needing back surgery, Megadeth has booked a filler tour that will bring the old schooler out in you. Not only are these three thrash legends touring together, they have some suprises. Megadeth are going to perform their masterpiece Rust in Peace from front to back along with some other Megadeth classics. Testament served notice and said that they are going to play their debut album The Legacy. I expect Exodus to add to the mix by performing Bonded by Blood completely. If you are a fan of thrash, these are exciting times. The downside is that there are not any Wisconsin dates for either of these tours. I would love to see this at the Riverside. Head walking, stage diving, and all out thrashing would be in effect! Somebody make this happen!!


cd pick of the day--Napalm Death--Time Waits for No Slave. The fact that they've been doing this for 20 plus years and still can lay down political death metal with a groove speaks for itself. Grind!!!!!!

It's the weekend!!!

I'll be working all weekend, per the usual, but here are a couple of things to look forward to:

Over the Edge Saturday night 10-midnight. New metal from Shadows Fall, Freya, The Resurrection Sorrow, and Mutiny Within. All things metal!!!


The Local Edge Sunday night at 7. Special in studio guests Seed and 5 Man. Seed is even going to perform acoustically. Local, live, and loud

Did I hear that Borna has a concert announcement Monday at 5? I really want to spill the beans, but you'll have to wait until Monday!

cd pick of the day--The Resurrection Sorrow--Hour of the Wolf. Down/C.O.C./sludgy, dirty, angry music. It's like free therapy!!!

Over the Edge Saturday night!!

Saturday night at 10, join me for the loudest, fastest, heaviest show in the area, Over the Edge. Two hours, all things metal. We will have new metal from Fear Factory, Six Feet Under, and Brainstorm. Also, the latest from 2 Cents, Volbeat, and AM Conspiracy. Prepare to have thy head banged!!


Check out some of the other metal headed your way in 2010:

Abominable Iron Sloth (Blackmarket Activities)
Abysmal Dawn (Relapse Records)
Aeternam, Disciples Of The Unseen (Metal Blade)
Armageddon, Embrace The Mystery & Three (Century Media)
Barn Burner, Bangers (Metal Blade)
Black Anvil (Relapse Records)
Brian Posehn (Relapse Records)
Dark Fortress, Ylem (Century Media)
Dark Funeral (Regain Records)
Dark Tranquillity, Where Death Is Most Alive (Century Media)
Dream Evil, In The Night (Century Media)
Evile, Infected Nations - Redux Edition (Earache Records)
Faster Pussycat, Front Row For The Donkey Show (Full Effect)
First Blood, Silence Is Betrayal (Trustkill)
Genghis Tron (Relapse Records)
Great American Beast, Domestic Blood (Trustkill)
Hero Destroyed (Relapse Records)
Holy Grail, Crisis In Utopia (Prosthetic Records)
Howl (Relapse Records)
Kid Liberty (Trustkill)
Kingdom of Sorrow (Relapse Records)
Landmine Marathon, Sovereign Descent (Prosthetic Records)
Living Sacrifice, The Infinite Order (Solid State)
Mantric (Prosthetic Records)
Misery Index (Relapse Records)
Most Precious Blood, Do Not Resuscitate (Trustkill)
Orphaned Land, The Never Ending Way Of ORWarriOR (Century Media)
Pig Destroyer (Relapse Records)
Priestess (Tee Pee Records)
Sweet Cobra (Blackmarket Activities)
Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Skepsis (Prosthetic Records)
Toxic Holocaust (Relapse Records)
Trap Them (Prosthetic Records)
Unearthly Trance (Relapse Records)
White Wizzard (Earache)

2010 is going to be metal!!! (then again, so is every year)

cd pick of the day--Barn Burner--Bangers. I got the advance on this and I am loving it. Super heavy Sabbath/Fu Manchu/The Sword grooves. Excellent!

Time to Change It Up

I love my mp3 player. It is amazing to have that much music all in one place. I almost always have mine on shuffle, unless I feel like listening to all the songs from one particular artist. Sometimes it seems like it doesn't shuffle very well. A lot of the same songs will come up and it does get stagnant. I decided to try something different. I took the shuffle off and challenged myself to listen to all of the songs in my library in alphabetical order. It was awesome. I kept trying to guess what might come next (and usually failed). I kept track of how many songs in a row were from the same artist. Suicidal Tendencies were the kings with 5 in a row. Slayer had 4 in a row twice. I have three songs named Heaven and Hell, all done by different people (Black Sabbath, Circus of Power, and Madball). I have a couple of songs on twice that I didn't know about. I'm hoping that now that I played all of the songs, they will all shuffle in. If not, I'll do it again.

I had a blast at the Gamblers game last Friday. The Gamblers defeated Team USA. Thanks to everyone who came out to Man night!!!


cd pick of the day--Five Finger Death Punch--War is the Answer
Is it as good as The Way of the Fist? Not sure. Are some of the lyrics weak? Yes. Does it still bring the heavy? Yes. War is the Answer!!!!!!