June 2010
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KEWL METAL TRENDZ: FEMALE-FRONTED METAL ALBUM...
I’ve noticed something lately. A lot of album covers for female-fronted bands that have come out semi-recently seem to do this whole “innocent creature in an evil environment” sort of thing. It’s like they really want us to “awwwww” them or something…? Whatever. Above is In This Moment’s A Star-Crossed Wasteland. See more below:
We Are the Fallen...
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GWAR: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Last week, I saw my 5th GWAR show at non other than my local spot, The Westcott in Syracuse. Nowadays, it seems like every show I go to brings a new idea to my mind, a theory I’ve never thought of, or some kind of question to ponder. This time the question was: Can a show be both good AND bad?
The Good: I’ve never had so much fun in a pit. And this was the first...
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BARACK OBAMA IS BLACK.....METAL
I found this little guy over at Heavy Street, and at first I just saw it as some cute little thing someone made to be like LOOK! THE PRESIDENT IN CORPSE PAINT! HARDY HAR HAR! But homeboy ‘Sat’ sees it as some sort of political statement.
We all know black metal supterstar Varg Vikernes is a bit of a douche. He hates the Jews (ahem!), hates the gays, and definitely hates blax. So is...
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'THANK GOD' FOR NEW BANDS I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT
Whoa, severe lack of postage this week. My apologies. I’m usually such a good girl. I had some stuff going on the past few days. But don’t worry, I got the key to the city now. I’m good to go.
So what do we got today? Well, I’m grumpy. Why? I’ve become *that* girl. The one that wants to shake her first at every single stupid band everyone seems to care about these...
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SI SE PUEDE? EN MI MUSICA DE METAL?
I was getting a new music fix listening to the debut from Diabulus in Musica… it’s kinda like a Spanish (Tarja-era) Nightwish with a little less “umph.” Anyway, I’m listening along when all of a sudden I hear a very familiar voice- is that you, Barack Obama?
There are two kinda weird things here, first that a band from Spain is sampling the voice of a US...
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A FLUTIST IN THE DARK
One day about two weeks ago or so, I came home late from a show, and found my two roommates “jammin” in the living room to “Sweet Home Alabama.” One was playing the acoustic guitar, one was playing a Casio keyboard, and at one point they busted out one of those stupid recorder/flute things. They asked me to chime in with some “funny lyrics.” I promptly rushed to...
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EYEHATEGOD MAKES THEIR WAY ONTO THE KUMA'S MENU
This one’s for you, Grim Kim. My favorite place in Chicago has livened up their already awesome menu and added an EYEHATEGOD burger (this weekend only?) in honor of their two-night stint at the Empty Bottle. So what’s makes an EYEHATEGOD burger?
Beef on a pretzel roll
Polish mustard
A savory pecan crumble
Bacon wrapped, bleu cheese stuffed...
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SHOULD METAL JUST BE HEARD AND NOT SEEN?
I’m gonna go ahead and say that music videos are dead. Artists and bands still make em all the same, but who really cares cause the only time you’re gonna see em is on the internet or at 4:30am. They’re a bigger deal for pop stars who do all the choreography and everything, but I can’t remember the last time I really thought that a metal music video was really awesome....
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ON A SCALE FROM 1-10, HOW COOL ARE YOUR FAVORITE...
Someone linked me to this ‘Metalliblog’ guy recently, pointing out what an asshole he was. Homeboy did a big long ass post on how nice/mean some people from bands were when he first met them. He has a rating system 1-10, and then gives some notes. At first I thought this was kind of douchey, as if he was expecting every single person from every single band to kiss his ass. But then as...
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JESUS SAVES, BUT HE SURE IS FLAMMABLE
(photo via Geekologie)
Just north of Cincinnati, Ohio was once a monument known as the “King of Kings” in front of some church. Well, as of this week the King is DEAD. And Norwegian Black Metal musicians and enthusiasts rejoice.
A bolt of lightning hit the gigantic statue this past Monday, and it consequentially burst into flames. This has nothing to do with metal really, but when...
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WILL FAILURE RETURN TO OUR 'FANTASTIC PLANET?'
Recently The PRP reported that Failure were going to be re-releasing their album Fantastic Planet on vinyl. And since no one ever seems to care about the bands I like, can I get a show of hands: do any of you know/care about Failure. …….::crickets::….. Yeah, I didn’t think so. Well, I sure care about Failure, and you might care about them too if I told you bands like Cave...
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KEWL METAL TRENDZ: DANDRUFF VIDEOS
War of Ages - “Collapse”
Dirge Within = “Forever the Martyr” There’s got to be more. -Elise
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"METAL IS COMPLETELY STUPID AND GAY AND...
I will stress this point just as Spinelanguage did: I do not promote trolling children on the internet. I am posting this only to point out how sad it is.
No surprise here, a little Christian boy takes a stance against metal. But I gotta say, I think this kid likes that “Iron Man” riff a lot more than he’s letting on. And I’m not going to totally disagree with his...
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THIS IS WHY I DON'T DO VERY MANY INTERVIEWS
I’m really pretty selective about who I do interviews with on this site. Simply because interviews can often just turn into long, boring conversations. And why would I wanna put up with that? There are so many blogs nowadays, and certain bands will be interviewed by every single stupid one of them. There’s only so much that can be said after a while. As my buddy Jayson Shenk points...
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HAPPY (PREMATURE) FATHER'S DAY!
I know it’s not for another week, but I didn’t want to let this one go. Courtesy of our brohans at The Number of the Blog, watch this little diddy. Predictable, but adorable. Wait for it during the last five seconds.
For all you metal dads out there, and those who aren’t (shout to my Luther Vandross/Aaron Neville lovin’ padre, Steve!) Happy father’s day!
-Julia
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REIGN IN BLONDE'S BEST OF 2010 SO FAR
Well y’all, 2010 is half over, and we gals figured, why wait until the end of the year to make a list that you can all rip us apart on? So we all got together and made our own lists of top 3 albums that we’ve been diggin’ so far in 2010. Not surprisingly, we all chose different stuff. Think you know what we like? Check ‘em out below, and then proceed to tell us how...
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METAL'S GOT A HANDLE ON THEIR SCANDAL (EXCEPT FOR...
(Note: WHAT A RHYME. I should’ve been a rapper… anyway, read on)
As always, Hollywood is full of “scandalous” news involving sex tapes and private pictures that were purposely leaked never meant to hit the internet. HOW DEVASTATING. It tends to be celebrities that you don’t expect it as much from, and when Paramore’s lead wench Hayley Williams had some...
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THE ELISE-APPROVED SUMMER TOUR SCHEDULE
To echo Miss Gossowski, a vast portion of this year’s Summer tours are nothing to rave about. I don’t plan on going to any of them. (Maybe Ozzfest, if someone wanted to trek out there with me… ::shrug::) I’m not even going to some of the bigger arena events people might expect me to want to go to (i.e. Slayer, Iron Maiden, Rush) for no other reason than I don’t want...
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WUSSY WEDNESDAY - 6/9/10
In a world of “why?”s, I bring you a “why not?”. For a reason unbeknownst to me, and probably because I spend a lot of my time in the world of alt/new rock radio, this 90’s one hit wonder has been especially pleasing to my ears as of late. I really just like to sing along mimicking the vocals and saying “I don’t mind stealing bread.” Bread is...
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HOW LONG DO YOU GIVE AN ALBUM BEFORE YOU DECIDE IT...
Well, folks, we’re nearing the mid-point of 2010. And as I look over my list of music that I’ve grown quite fond of so far this year, I’ve began to notice that I barely have much of a list at all. I can honestly say I’ve been listening to/sampling as many things as humanly possible. I’m willing to give anything a shot. But for the most part, I haven’t been...
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STRAIGHT OUTTA DETWAT: SEX AND THE CITY...FAR LESS...
It’s the first week of June here in the suburbs of De-twat, yet it feels like late fucking July. My air conditioning is running, there’s sweat between my boobs, and bugs are slowly making their way into my bedroom via some godforsaken hole I’ll never be able to find. I wish this shit would have held off a couple more months. But it hasn’t. And neither has my utter disdain for this Summers metal...
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GO SEE JUCIFER IN JUNECIFER!
I didn’t really think it would ever happen, but I think I’ve finally begun to see the light on Jucifer. For the longest time, I don’t think I ever quite *got* them. A lot of their songs would just sort of draaag, or they’d have this catchy up-tempo grunge sort of feel to them. But a few months ago, the band put out Throned in Blood, and it’s definitely a more...
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THE LEAST METAL THING I'VE POSTED IN A WHILE
There was once a time where I LIVED for hilarious YouTube videos (my personal recommendation for those who haven’t seen it, Drinking Out of Cups). I haven’t come across a new one in a while, but this one ain’t bad. Unlike a lot of my metal comrades, I don’t have any tattoos… but I imagine that it’s really not as bad as this mess makes it out to be. Chick...
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PORTAL DON'T SCURRRR ME
Last week I caught a rather loaded lineup at the Knitting Factory here in Brooklyn: Bloody Panda, Krallice, Portal & Gorguts. Definitely not the best show I’ve seen all year, but it sure was one of the smelliest.
The band on mostly everyone’s mind that evening seemed to be Aussie doom & gloom-ers, Portal. I had never really listened to them before, but I had heard that...
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PANTY RAID! MR. JUNE IS...'MYSTERIOUS GUY...
I’m So Over Mysterious Guy Hardcore Or Fuck You Mark McCoy (the unspoken rule of Mysterious Guy Hardcore is to never wear a shirt…ever) So when I was asked to contribute to the Panty Raid here at Reign In Blonde, I felt like I had to bring forward something I loved dearly and you might not be familiar with. That’s why I chose, of course, the most wondrous genre that is Mysterious Guy...
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FROM A GREAT LAKE COMES A GREAT BASS
A bass made out of driftwood from Lake Superior, at a craft fair in New Paltz, NY. Not something you see everyday, just disappointed that there wasn’t a matching drum kit made from the trash found in Lake Superior…
-Julia
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TR00 LIFE: SAUDI ARABIA SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON THE...
True Life - MTV Shows
Last week, MTV aired a special episode of their documentary series True Life called Resist the Power: Saudi Arabia. I opted out of doing a post on it, figuring one of those “news”-ier type metal sites would cover it, but uhhh….no one did. Yes, for once MTV aired a show about something besides rich bitches and Jersey skanks (which I love, but most of you...