Some footage from Artisan News Service/Youtube has been released which shows some of the drum off between Danny and Brann from Mastodon with backing band VOLTO! at the recent Guitar Centre Drum Off: Anyone who has some better footage/lengthier of this event should let me know! Â Thanks to Brian for the tip!
Many of the Puscifer East Coast shows are now on sale at various locations. Check out Pucifer.com for details. Maynard has the following to say: Having taken this show on the road in the Fall, we now know what it will take to pull these multiple themed performances off. The last run was expensive. Keep in mind this is not really so much a band as it is a troupe… Read More »Puscifer Gigs On Sale Now!
Meshuggah will be playing a could of Sidewaves when in the country for the Soundwave festival. Also featured on the bill are It Dies Today and Whitechapel. Sydney and Melbourne only from what I see: Monday 22 February – Manning Bar, Sydney (18+) Thursday 25 February – Billboard The Venue, Melbourne (18+) Tickets go on sale on the 15th of January…
I stumbled across an article on Mix today by Sylvia Massy (producer of Undertow) in which she talks about the challenges associated with recording Maynard’s voice on the album. Well worth reading, especially for tech heads: Tool’s Undertow album is filled with blood-vessel-popping screams, like on the song “Crawl Away.†I had heard them in rehearsals, I heard them onstage. But in the studio, Maynard’s screams were lackluster, even with… Read More »Gear Stories With Sylvia Massy
It’s that time of the year again, where I bore you with the highlights of 2009, based on my shitty taste in things in general! Disagree with me? Did I miss something I really shouldn’t have? Let me know! Eventually we’ll have a survey so that we can all vote on this kind of stuff. Music The year was probably a reasonably quiet year for music I thought. According to… Read More »Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!
Danny’s website seems to be back online today, with the new redesign that has been promised for a while now. It’s quite Flash intensive, and features some cool sections. Amongst other things it has an extremely tasty video section… Thanks to all of you who emailed me last night about this: I was too busy celebrating the arrival of 2010 to put this up! I them meantime, stay tuned for… Read More »dannycarey.org Back in Business…
Fans of industrial metal band Ministry will be happy to hear that there’s a new documentary about the band being released next year. Here’s the trailer: In case you didn’t watch/notice – Maynard features in the movie…
Turns out there was a Toolarmy Gingerbread House making competition, and the winner happens to be R Stump from Hollywood! Obviously no relation to Rynne! Good news for her (and us) is that part of her prize is “getting to sit in on a writing/arranging session with the band members in the new yearâ€. Happy Holidays from Fourtheye (and Tool)!
Blair has released the December 2009 Newsletter. It really just says Merry Xmas from the band. Read into that what you will! Thanks to nxrm for the tip! Also, Meshuggah have released an official trailer to the coming Live DVD Alive: The DVD can be ordered from a range of places, but packages from Nuclear Blast USA can be had with a poster, and either shirt or hoodie.
A new Blood Into Wine trailer was released last week when I was away and I never quite got around to sharing it with you guys: Well worth checking out if you haven’t yet done so, as it seems like this may quite an interesting movie. The movie itself will premiere at the W Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona on the 19th of February 2010. Head over to the Blood Into… Read More »Blood Into Wine Trailer & Premiere