Cowboys From...High School?

These kids ranging from ages 12 to 16 are a part of a music instruction class run by Aaron O'Keefe in Ohio. O'Keefe has quite a bit of love for Phil Anselmo for his students are only instructed to play music he is a part of, specifically songs from Pantera and Down.

Despite the high pitched pre-pubescent vocals, these kids nail it! Holy shit I am impressed and fucking jealous... Thanks for making me feel like an incompetent piece of shit on the bass at 24 years old...

Brutal Truth @ The Blvd

On January 20th, 2011 one of my favorite Grindcore acts, Brutal Truth, will be at The Blvd. in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles for a night of extreme music. Last time I saw Brutal Truth was when they came to the Knitting Factory back in 2007 with Pig Destroyer and Anal Cunt and they did not disappoint in the least! Cant wait for this show!

Other acts are Despise You, Lack of Interest, Bastard Noise, Fetus Eaters and Terrorism.

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Maryland Deathfest IX

Tickets are already on sale for The 2011 Maryland Deathfest taking place May 27th to 29th in Baltimore Maryland.

Last year brought an immense amount of talent (Autopsy, Gorguts, Possessed, Incantation, Pestilence, Sinister, Rompeprop, Asphyx, and Entomed to name a few) and I doing everything in my power to make sure I go this year.

The three day pass is $139 and here is who has been asked to play this year. As of October 20th, only Nuclear Assault, Death Breath, Doom, Oak, and Visceral Disgorge have confirmed. (bold = Bands I am stoked as shit to see)

Acid Witch
Aura Noir
Avulsed
Bad Acid Trip
Cianide
Citizens Arrest
Coroner
Corrosion of Conformity
Creative Waste
Cretin
Cripple Bastards
Dead Congregation
Death Breath
Defeated Sanity
Devourment
Doom
Dropdead
Exhorder
Exhumed
Flesh Parade
Funebrarum
Goatsnake
Gravehill
Hail of Bullets
Hatred Surge
Hooded Menace
Impaled Nazarene
Innumerable forms
Inquisition
The Kill
Kylesa
Last Days of Humanity
Lock up
Machetazo
Malignant Tumour
Mammoth Grinder
Marduk
Miasmal
Nails
Neurosis
Nightbringer
Nocturnal
Noisear
Nokturnel
Nuclear Assault
Oak
Orange Goblin
Pulling Teeth
Regurgitate
Repugnant
Shitstorm
Visceral Disgorge
Wormed

Im going to be checking on the Maryland Deathfest homepage every fucking day to get the scoop on this festival because I am already looking into plane tickets and hotels. Start saving NOW!!!!

You can buy your tickets and check up on the festival HERE!

Black Skys Call For Black Metal

Today I woke up, and looked outside and it was dark, foggy, drizzling, and alittle chilly. Here in Southern California, we dont get these days too often and its a damn shame because I would trade this weather for the sun, any day of the week. Driving to work, I started planning what music would best accompany this day, much like how food enthusiasts will match a good wine to a particular meal. What type of music would best accompany a wet, dark, foggy, and rainy day? Black Metal.

Which type? Well, I tend to lean more towards depressive/suicidal or atmospheric/shoegazey black metal where the lyrical content is based around sorrow, despair, longing, trees, nature and suicide as opposed to black metal where the lyrical content is basically anti-christian and satanic. But not always.

So this post is a bit random and out of the norm for the regular scheme of things, but I just wanted to share some music that I think is very fitting for days like today.

The Crown - Doomsday King (2010)

Melodic Death Metal
Sweden

1. Doomsday King 04:06
2. Angel Of Death 1839 03:47
3. Age Of Iron 03:12
4. The Tempter And The Bible Black 04:40
5. Soul Slasher 03:21
6. Blood O.D 04:08
7. Through Eyes Of Oblivion 03:48
8. Desolation Domain 04:51
9. From The Ashes I Shall Return 06:08
10. He Who Rises In Might- From Darkness to Light 06:06
Total playing time 44:07

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