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Arsonists Get All The Girls Working On New LP

Posted by Chris Harris on December 17, 2010 in New Records, News

Someone must be happy about this. Say, the members of the band, maybe. I can’t think of anyone else who would be, but it’s still news that Arsonists Get All The Girls will be working with producer Zack Ohren on their new album, which they will begin tracking in the coming months.


The as-yet untitled effort is expected out sometime in the middle of next year. Vocalist Jared Monnette talked up the new shit in a press release.

“This record is packed with a metric shit-ton of different sounds, directions, styles and grind,” Monnette says. “We’ve really tried to incorporate a new sound while keeping the important elements of AGATG, while letting the past year and half’s experience and stories of tour steer the rest of the album. We’ve been through quite a bit in the recent year, and it’s almost impossible to not incorporate all of our travel tales into the new sound.”
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Is There A New Rage Against The Machine Album In The Works?

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in News

According to this interview, which we ran through various online translators, the answer is “Mayhaps.” You see, Rage Against The Machine reuniting a long time ago, but have remained largely inactive, playing shows here and there when they felt the urge.

Of course, if things are going swell with the band and they’re able to play shows together, what would stop the band from writing together again? Nothing, I say.

This is what the translator I used claims Zack de la Rocha told this non-English publication I have never heard of and hence can not cite as a reliable source: “Very good, we are all bigger and mature and you do not fall into the problems we faced 10 or 15 years. This is different and we project a lot: we are working on a new album due out next year, perhaps for the northern hemisphere summer.”
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Mötley Crüe Booked For Bamboozle Festival

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in News

This is just fucking weird.

The Bamboozle Festival, the annual three-day gathering of kids in tight emo pants and Nikki Sixx hair with girlfriends way too cute for them, has Mötley Crüe playing this year when it takes over the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, April 29, April 30 and May 1.

The Bamboozle always gets “ironic” acts to play the festival. Like 50 Cent. This year, they’ve got Lil Wayne and fucking Mötley Crüe. Because God knows folks under the age of 20 fucking love the Crüe. I was listening to the Crüe before they were making pornos and ice skating and drunk driving. But I’ve got to say, I fucking can’t stand them now. Denise Richards is smoking Nikki’s pole and Vince Neil can do whatever the fuck he wants, like drink and drive and face no ramifications. Fucknuts.
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Still No Real Reason To Attend Warped Tour 2011

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in News

More bands are being announced for this summer’s Warped Tour, and still, I’m feeling like I’d rather go to my own funeral than attend Warped this year. Not that I’ve attended since the fifth one. Yeah, that’s right kids — I was at the first five Warped Tours. And then I stopped. But in my opinion, there’s no real reason to buy a ticket. Yet.

There’s something like 250 bands on Warped each yea, and now, add Winds of Plague to the lineup for the 2011 installment. The Southern California metallers were added to the lineup earlier this week, and I figured I’d wait until we had a slow news day.

Of course, Winds of Plague will be on the bill because they’ll have a new record to plug the fuck out of. The band entered a Los Angeles studio not too long ago with renowned producer Matt Hyde to begin recording its new album for an early 2011 release. Black Veil Brides are also on the bill, but no one is reporting that but me.
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Mike Portnoy And Avenged Sevenfold Are Done

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in Departures, News

Hence the announcement this afternoon from Avenged Sevenfold that they’re no longer playing the upcoming Soundwave festival dates in Australia. “After much effort, the band decided that they could not offer fans the live experience they have come to expect and didn’t want to disappoint them. Avenged Sevenfold will return to Australia soon to headline their own tour.”

Sure, once they find a new drummer. This is fucked, because I thought Mike was going to be in this band for sure, but Mike Portnoy’s Avenged Sevenfold experiment is over.

“Yes, the rumors are true…Sadly my time with Avenged Sevenfold has come to an end…The band has decided to carry on into 2011 without me…I had a great time with them throughout 2010, but it was their choice to end the relationship at the end of 2010 as was always the initial plan…”
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I Didn’t Know The Deftones Could Suck

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in News, Video

Truly. I didn’t think it was at all possible. But add a little Jacoby Shaddix to the mix, and the Deftones actually begin to start to suck. I know…I was shocked by this development, too.

Papa Roach’s frontman joined my beloved Deftones on stage in Paris yesterday, to perform the D-Tones classic “7 Words.” Ask and Deftones fans if they love that song, and they’ll respond, “Shut up, you don’t know me.” For reals.

But, as the following video exhibits, Jacoby Shaddix could join Opeth on stage and his fucking no-talent ass would rub off on Mikael, simply through the process of osmosis. “7 Words?” What? — they couldn’t have had Jacoby up for a cover of “Pink Cellphone?” Why have him sing on a track we all have fucking loved since the first time we heard Adrenaline?
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Revocation Tapped To Headline Rock Your Face Off Fest

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in News, Rad

The Rock Your Face Off Fest — which was originally set for February 19 at Ralph’s Rock Diner in Worcester, Massachusetts, but has now been moved to March 5 — just got a little more awesome. Revocation has been tapped to headline the festival, which Gun Shy Assassin is a proud co-sponsor of.

The second annual Rock Your Face Off Fest will also feature The Breathing Process and Widow Sunday with more bands being announced between now and the festival.

According to our pals at Nefarious Realm, the founders of the fest, RYFO “is a yearly, mixed genre mini-fest in celebration of Nefarious Realm Productions’ anniversary.” Last year’s first annual fest happened on February 27.
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Sharon Osbourne Says Ozzy Rear-Ended A Lawyer

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in News

Chances are, we never would have known about Ozzy Osbourne ramming his Ferrari into a Mercedes Benz in Los Angeles, had the other driver not been a shyster lawyer.

Blabbermouth must DVR Sharon’s show or something because they have a transcript of what Sharon said the other day regarding Ozzy’s road mishap. “Ozzy just recently passed his driving test and you know, every guy’s dream from being a kid to 62, they’ve wanted to have a Ferrari. So he goes and gets himself one. It had 20 miles on the clock, he goes, ‘I’m going driving.’ He goes out, gets lost, doesn’t know where he is and he hits another car.”

The other car was was being operated by an attorney, who insisted on making it a big fucking deal. Mind you, it took Ozzy 19 attempts to actually pass his driver’s test, so the dude isn’t exactly Michael Schumacher.
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Max Cavalera Still Wants Classic Sepultura Reunion

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in News

The current lineup of Sepultura might want Max Cavalera to shut his fucking yapper, but since when does anyone tell Max what to do. Now, in a new video promoting the year-end “Headbangers Ball” episode that’s coming up, Max says — in an interview that was likely done months ago — that he wants to do it for the fans.

The fans. Yes, because the fans have the money. And you can’t do nothing without the money. So, yeah, Max spoke about what he wants, which is in direct conflict with what the current Sepultura wants.

“I’d like to do it; everybody knows that,” he says. “When the classic four was together, it was really powerful. And I tried my best — I convinced Igor to go back; I said, ‘Would you come if I was involved?’ And I talked to Andreas [Kisser, the band’s guitarist]. And Andreas seemed interested at first and then after that, it got weird; lawyers started getting involved and shit like that.”
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Gun Shy Assassin Presents The Worst Of 2010

Posted by Chris Harris on December 16, 2010 in Poop, Rad

Let’s be totally honest: 2010 totally sucked a shit-covered dick. Ronnie James Dio and Peter Steele fucking died, Kirk Hammett kicked a little girl, and a lot of real shitty fucking metal records came out (with exceptions like Black Anvil, Deathspell Omega, Dillinger Escape Plan, Triptykon, and The Deftones). I mean, when Watain’s weakest album to date is — for most people — the year’s strongest effort, you know some bad shit came out. But, 2011 promises to be better, what with all of the solid metal releases planned and in the works. Still, the year’s coming to an end, so it’s time to take a look back.

While our esteemed colleague — and Ipsissimus guitarist — The Goat plugs away on his Top 10 for Gun Shy Assassin (let’s hope it materializes before 2011), I figured I’d come up with a list of the year’s worst LPs. Some are fucking obvious, while others, maybe too fucking obvious. But when you had a year like we did, what’s the point in glorifying the few artists who managed not to totally suck? The biggest challenge to this list was picking the order, and of course, if there’s anyone we forgot, then by all means, let us know in the comments section below. And if you like Hellyeah, use this same area to tell us where to stick it. So here now on your favorite metal site, Gun Shy Assassin, we bring you The Worst of 2010…after the jizz-ump.
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