The Phoenix Network:
 
 
About  |  Advertise
Adult  |  Moonsigns  |  Band Guide  |  Blogs  |  In Pictures
 
Nominate-best-2010

Show me your metal face


1. The good news: the above gentlemen are playing a free show at Avalon Axis next month. The bad news: it's one of those contest-winner-only deals. Click for details on a bunch of Half.com's back-to-school gigs in Boston, September 9+ 10: Dashboard Confessional + Tegan & Sara, DangerDoom + RJD2, Phantom Planet + Damone, and more.

2. Blender's "Hot 100" list this month says Avenged Sevenfold is "the best band ever to have a bassist named Johnny Christ." And we were like what? Oh, right, bassist. That was pretty close, though: thought we were gonna have to fight that dude.

3. Or at least get babygirl to hurl eggs and bottle caps and ice at him, then have wifey go call the bitch a prick. Because that's how you do metal beef these days. (Shit's turned into a soap opera, if you feel like reading the whole story.)

4. The 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Photos of All Time.

5. Son Of the 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Photos of All Time.

Which suggests a musical question:

6. LISTEN: "Do They Know It's Halloween?" (stream).


"An epic journey into the pulsating heart of fear." Beck, Sum 41, Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sloan, Peaches, Feist, Devendra Banhart, Wolf Parade, Postal Service, Buck 65, David Cross, Malcolm McLaren, Elvira, Roky Erikson, Sparks, and many more team up to expose the Halloween season for what it is: a godless holiday responsible for the damnation of millions of souls. In stores October 11.
  • Share:
  • Share this entry with Facebook
  • Share this entry with Digg
  • Share this entry with Delicious
  • Email this article to a friend
  • Print this article

Leave a Comment

Login | Not a member yet? Click here to Join
Follow the Phoenix
  • newsletter
  • twitter
  • facebook
  • youtube
  • rss
All Blogs
more by webteam
MP3 of the Week: Conservative Man, "The Heist" | January 08, 2010
Cocaine, corpse desecration, and mysterious spoon deaths: Why Sherlock Holmes still excites | December 27, 2009
To Dark Stars by Hard Ways: Alien screenwriter Dan O'Bannon dead at 63 | December 19, 2009
MP3 of the Week: Jesse Dee, "Underneath the Christmas Tree" | December 18, 2009
The Twelve Frights of Christmas: A Dozen Deadly Holiday Horror Films | December 12, 2009

 See all articles by: webteam

ADVERTISEMENT
Latest Video
OTD Categories
Out
VIDEO: Arctic Monkeys at the House of Blues
Rare Frequencies
Rare Frequencies: Trouble and treble
Playlists
Lady Lee's Lion's Den Playlist
MP3 of the Week
HOMEWORK: Assignment #2: D-Tension
Hot Tix
Ticket On-Sale Alert: Muse, Mariah Carey, Black Eyed...
Latest Comments
VIDEO: Justin Timberlake brings Jessica Biel, collects Hasty Pudding Award at Cambridge's Oberon theater - Dior shoes for women are typically made of the finest leather. When it comes to quality, there is no...

By Gucci Sneakers on 02-07-2010 in On The Download

The Touching Tale Of Labor And Scott Brown - Blocking nominations is a time honored tradition that both parties partake in, most recently by Barry...

By Fake Name on 02-06-2010 in Talking Politics

MP3 of the Week: Vikesh Kapoor, "Newspress Scare" - stream the 7" here: vikeshkapoor.bandcamp.com/.../newspress-scare-7-2 tickets to the show here:...

By hootenanny on 02-05-2010 in On The Download

Dear Rush Limbaugh: Please Drop Dead. Love, Twitter - Shows the kind of exemplary trash that festers under the banner of the Democrat party. Wishing ANYONE...

By pirogue on 02-05-2010 in Phlog

The Touching Tale Of Labor And Scott Brown - Want a real conversation about the Massachusetts gubernatorial race? Watch Basic Black live TONIGHT ...

By saltzmas on 02-04-2010 in Talking Politics

Latest Comments from On The Download
Most Viewed
MP3 of the Week: Conservative Man, "The Heist"
Together at last: Amanda Palmer and Kay Hanley duet at Lizard Lounge [video]
Photos and Video: Julian Casablancas at the Paradise Rock Club, and live on WFNX
Ticket On-Sale Alert: The Thermals, Trey Anastasio, Spoon, Jay-Z, Xiu Xiu, and more
Andrew Fenlon speaks! Former Eli Reed trombonist on what you didn't see in his American Idol performance
Gen. Larry Platt's "Pants on the Ground" spawns instant remixes, Facebook group, YouTube covers
New M.I.A. video: "Space Odyssey"
Most Viewed from On The Download
Search Blogs
 
Links
Bradley’s Almanac - Lower Allston blogging and bootlegging since 2001
Band in Boston -
Basstown -
Wayne&Wax -
Aurgasm -
Onward Charles -
Compound 440r -
Anti-Gravity Bunny -
Clicky Clicky -
Soul Clap -
Lemmingtrail -
WMBR -
WFNX -
Beginning To See the Light -
Jump the Turnstyle -
Heads Up Boston -
Loaded Gun -
Enough Cowbell -
Vanyaland -
On The Download Archives
Sunday, February 07, 2010  |  Sign In  |  Register
 
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
thePhoenix.com
Phoenix Media/Communications Group
Copyright © 2010 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group