iTunes is now accepting advance orders for the forthcoming Guns ‘n’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy”. You get the title song now and the rest when the CD is released on November 23rd.
SPIN Magazine’s website has video of Slayer at work on a new album slated for release in 2009. Based on the clip, they haven’t slowed down at all. You can go over there and check it out or you can just watch the same clip we scammed off of YouTube. Also, if …
Here’s the title cut from the new Amon Amarth album “Twilight of the Thunder God”:
Wow. Hell freezes over. Pigs fly. Cats and dogs start living together. Guns ‘n’ Roses actually release “Chinese Democracy”.
UPDATE: Here’s a full preview of the ‘Chinese Democracy’ release:
‘Chinese Democracy’ preview @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE
In an effort to cheer up our managing editor here’s the Amon Amarth “Cry of the Blackbirds” video he requested:
If there’s one thing that we love here at THE SAVAGE SCIENCE it’s Viking Metal. And the current best practitioner of the genre is Sweden’s Amon Amarth. They’ve got a new CD entitled “Twilight of the Thunder God” coming out next Tuesday and they recently uploaded a video for the title track:
Twilight of …
Triple H of WWE fame introducing Motorhead at their concert in NYC:
and we would be remiss to not post their performance of “Ace of Spades” from the show:
We’d like to welcome Todd Hoster to the SAVAGE SCIENCE staff. He’ll be in charge of our heavy metal coverage, and will add his considerable knowledge of other pop culture topics. Check out his review of the long awaited new Metallica album “Death Magnetic” up now at SAVSCI:
Todd Hoster reviews Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” …
Here’s KISS doing “Creatures of the Night” live in Rio in 1983. This was one of the last shows they did before removing their makeup (which they’d put back on in the 1990’s). This version of KISS included Vinnie Vincent on guitar and Eric Carr on drums.
Here’s the unappreciated L.A. metal band Ratt performing “Nobody Rides For Free” from the classic bank robbing surfers film Point Break:
