Metal Mayhem and Chibisodes

As most of you probably know by now, today was the day that the lineup for Rockstar Metal Mayhem 2014 was to be released. Well, I was just a tad too impatient to wait until after work to see what it looked like. And... O.K. I'll level with you, I'm not overly thrilled about the lineup this year like I have been in past years...

If you want to watch the video for it, it's here, but quite frankly I'm disappointed. I'll still go and everything but I'm definitely not going to be paying nearly as much attention to it as I normally would. For one, I don't particularly like most of these bands or I've never even heard of them. Second, seriously... Ice-T has a rap-metal band that's going to be performing? *points gun to head* O.K. I may or may not have mentioned this before, but with the exception of maybe three songs in all of recent history, I HATE RAP! I hate the way it sounds, I hate the complete assault on the ear drums that passes for its beats, I hate the mangling of the English language that is used for lyrics, I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT! I know I preach the "don't knock it til you try it" perspective, but in this instance, I had better be fucking blown away to even get within 100 feet of whatever stage gets stuck with that act and I'm not expecting to even have my ears perk up to it. Just the guy's stage name alone is enough to make me roll my eyes... Oh well, at least I have Cannibal Corpse, Suicide Silence, and Korn to salvage this music experience...

And now for something a little more uplifting... CHIBISODE!

Song(s) of the Day : "Brains" and "Goodnight Demon Slayer"

O.K. so today I'm doing a double song of the day because both of these songs keep getting stuck in my head today. I blame this partially on my phone because it's been playing both on random and because Voltaire is awesome. But the downside now is that because of "Brains" I want to watch the Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Now I'm here to spread the addiction!

P.S. If I ever have kids, I'm so singing "Goodnight Demon Slayer" to them. Screw lullabies...

Eye Jewelry and Sick People

O.K., I'm definitely not one to knock body modifications. I currently have 11 tattoos and 7 piercings (you guess where), so the level of hypocrisy that I would be swimming in if I were would be astounding. But there is a certain point where you just have to stop and say "Fuck no!" Now I've gone through the Achilles Piercings and the Bagelheads and I'm not even going to get into the tattooed eyeball craze, but this is where I definitely draw the line.

Eye jewelry...

They quite literally take a pair of scissors to your eyeball and insert the jewelry into it. No fucking thank you... What I find the most stupid about all of this is the woman saying "It's going to set me apart." Seriously?... you couldn't set yourself apart just by getting tattooed with something custom-designed? Keep in mind this is not FDA approved and it cost this woman $3000 to get it done. I'm sorry, unless you're putting in a 64 karat diamond and giving me Lasik at the same time, I'm not shelling out that kind of money for a puny little heart that looks like a shiny parasite in my eye.

End Goth rant... begin Foamy Rant

Foamy Finds the Past

This is one of those "Age Check" episodes for Foamy...

Metalheads in Highschool

A while ago I did a little post about how a sweet little innocent-looking girl grew up to be a badass punk rocker. And if you remember it, you'll remember that it was none other than Taylor Momsen. Well, she's not the only one who has a past that was pre-underground. Once more I need to thank Facebook for this wonderful little find.

Feast your eyes my little gothlings! The ultimate blackmail you could have on a metalhead and here you have a veritable blackboardof information on your favorite rockers. I mean, granted you really can't get anything weirder than Steven Tyler no matter what age you catch him at, but just look at Marilyn Manson and Corey Taylor! See, now there's no need to be embarrassed about your pre-undergrounder days... Well maybe there is, it all depends on how bad the photographer was on picture day...