I liked Exciter better than Metallica

Exciter's Violence and Force blew away after I came to know that the band was three-piece. Exciter is a thrash metal band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Sample this video:

Read an interview of Slayer's Kerry King

Wrong choice!

Swedish baby can't be named Metallica

I don't know how many people really remember Exciter, Canadian thrash metal pioneers. I still like listening to their 'Violence and Force' (1984) album that has great speed metal stuff all over it. The line-up then was Dan Beehler (Drums and vocals), John Ricci (lead guitar) and Allan James Johnson (bass).



The forthcoming album from Exciter is titled "Thrash Speed Burn".. Blabbermouth says the band has added "Kenny "Metal Mouth" Winter" to the band and was blown away by the "...three-and-a-half-octave range, delivered with tremendous intensity and conviction."

To watch a video clip of their new song, click here.

Exciter currently is Kenny Winter (vocals) John Ricci (guitars), Rob Cohen (bass),
Rick Charron (drums).

Watch Rain of Terror

Mastodon makes metal loud enough

Mastodon's metal is described as progressive rock with wall-punching rhythms, blasting riffs and shrieking guitar leads. They belong to the pre-Hair Metal era of fantasy-ridden lyrics and cult themes. Mastodon hail from Atlanta.

The Grammy-nominated "Blood Mountain" 'Blood Mountain' is about a quest to climb a mountain made of blood to capture a crystal skull (The nomination was for the single "Colony Of Birchmen" in the "Best Metal Performance" category).



The previous 'Leviathan' album was inspired by Herman Melville's classic 'Moby Dick'.

Watch The Wolf Is Loose

Note: Mastodons are elephant-like animals with large teeth and tusks. They became extinct more than 13,000 years ago.

Sepultura might tour India

It's great time for Indian metal fans. Brazilian thrash metallers Sepultura is set to rock India on April 2. The concert is still unconfirmed, but I request metal fans to message the band so that they don't press the cancel button in the end.



Dante XXI released on March has the followinf line-up
Andreas Kisser - Guitars
Derrick Green - Vocals
Igor Cavalera - Drums
Paulo Jr. - Bass

Buy your tickets before it's too late.

Boing Boing.net, one of the highly ranked blogs, reports an error by media giant New York Times, when a Slayer concert photo mistakenly appeared on their news page.

The corrected page is here
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/17/washington/17cong.html?ex=1329368400&en=02547a4472292d2c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

The Slayer concert review is here.