METALHEAD (Part 26)

This week wasn’t that fruitful:) Only, it was good to rediscover Annihilator…

album of the week

Remains

~ Annihilator

erkan’s best of- song 029

Bénabar (live at Nantes) Quatre murs et un toit

older stuff

Jesu
by Jesu

special interest

Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays
by Empyrium

tribute to the ancestors

Knocked Out Loaded
~ Bob Dylan

Down In The Groove
~ Bob Dylan

“Love and Theft”
~ Bob Dylan

Infidels
~ Bob Dylan

From the Cradle
by Eric Clapton

news roundup:

“Satanist” turned heavy metal minister

from Boing Boing by David Pescovitz

Twelve years ago, Jayme “Dusty” Murphy, then 17, thought satan told him to torch a church near Williamstown, Kentucky. So he and some friends tried to do just that. After serving 39 months of a 5-year jail sentence, Murphy, aka “Reverend Dred,” is now the lead singer of a Christian heavy metal band called Datum Point. He’s also an ordained Pentecostal minister. Here’s the kicker, from a profile in the Cincinnati Enquirer:

“Big 4” To Play One U.S. Show

from About.com Heavy Metal

Instead of a tour,  the “Big 4” of thrash metal will play just one U.S. show.   From the Metallica official site: “You’ve probably heard us all say it . . . the vibe was just so incredible at last year’s Big 4 shows that we can’t stop now!! So we’re finally bringing the love to our home turf on April 23, 2011 with ‘Tallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax in Indio, CA at the Empire Polo Club (yes, the more observant of you will note that this is the same spot where the Coachella Festival takes place the weekend before).”