I bet you’re all going to think I rigged this since you all know this dude lets me write kewl stuff for him all the time….but yes, the winner of Panty Raid of the Year is none other that SERGEANT D!!!!!, who claimed just over 20% of the votes. I guess he’s not as “hated” as we all thought.
Anyway…no, he doesn’t win anything, but I’m sure your kind words will be enough. And be sure to check out his stuff on Stuff You Will Hate, Metalsucks, etc.
Congrats, Sarge!
P.S. Almost all of you voted to keep the Panty Raid going, so send something in goddamnit: reigninblonde@gmail.com
Ahhh, Christmas: that magical time of year when we celebrate the birth of Jesus by arguing over whether or not Wal-Mart greeters should be allowed to say Happy Holidays. Now if, like me, you’ve got metalheads in your family—filthy, vile creatures—and you want to make sure you do right by them this Yule-tide season. So here am I—America’s greatest living music journalist—with a Holiday Gift Guide for the headbangers you’ve got to buy something for since they’re obligated to get you something.
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Let’ s be honest: metal fans are a bunch of elitist pricks who hate, hate, HATE anything and everything mainstream – even more so when something that’ s ostensibly “ metal” goes mainstream. Halloween used to be cool. Ghosts and Satan and horror and shit like that – Halloween used to sport a veneer of things that were “ metal” .. While kids today seem hell-bent on aping the wipe-clean candy-obsessed shit spiral Halloweens they’ ve learnt to expect from American television, for the generation here in Britain cruising through their mid 20’ s, Halloween was all about being wet and cold and getting eggs thrown at you by gangs of local feral children. Halloween – in the UK at least – was always a load of shit.
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I’m Jayson, some of you have heard of me. I’m the guy that did the logo here. I’m also one half of To Eleven. The good half.
Anyway, it’s October and that means Halloween. That means it is time for my Halloween mixtape. Years ago I was trapped in a car with some hippie friends listening to their ‘Halloween mixtape’ which was some 290 minute long song about someone’s cat dying and the frequency of love. It was a long drive and obviously I am still not over it.
I don’t think that metal does a really good job with Halloween though. Sure there are a shitload of gory songs, evil songs and what have you, but despite being the most ‘metal’ holiday, metal just isn’t Halloweeny. So there’s not much metal on there, but it’s like… metal-related or something.
This is my Halloween mixtape. I picked these songs because they’re either spooky sounding, about something spooky or because I needed to pad out this list:
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Since the beginning of our adorable little “Panty Raid” series, I’ve been badgered month after month by you kiddies for a spot. But for whatever reason, no one has come forth for October yet. What the dilly, guys? I thought this was everyone’s favorite month!
Since we’re getting down to the wire here, the first person to send me something (original!) that they’ve written, along with a picture of themselves, will DEFINITELY get it. It can be about whatever you want, but I’d prefer something to go along with October…like Halloween, football or baseball.
If no one sends me something, Mr. October will probably have to be me, and MAN am I handsome! So send it in, fools: reigninblonde@gmail.com
UPDATE: Mr. October = found. Thanks for playing, folks.
-Elise
[Editor’s note: Pauly D & The Situation were busy this month, so we got these guys instead.]
Prax: G’day from Down Under* cue didgeridoo music My name is Prax and me and my bro Slith have a blog called metalistits. Above is a pic of us taken at our local metal nite club. That is me on the left being super-hardcore…
Slith: …and that is me on the right bustin’ sum nu metal moves on the floor to Korn. Today we will give you an imaginary, metal tour of Oz, visiting each significant city as we go. Take it away Prax…
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So what’s up ladies & gentlemen of RIB? This is Sam. The guy that’s notorious for disagreeing with what’s considered good metal on this blog. (Just kidding) Anyway, I asked the lovely ladies of RIB if I could have the month of August to discuss some up & coming bands that I like and bands that I believe people here would enjoy. They kindly obliged and I’m very grateful for that. I’m keeping this short and to the point because the majority of bands that are up & coming in today’s world are shit anyway. Sad but true. The bands that I’ll be showcasing will of course be under the genre of Extreme Metal. I’ll try to fit everything within the Thrash, Death, Black, Doom categories. Anyway, without further ado…..
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