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This 8 year old girl is about to change the world of heavy metal forever, by bringing some refreshingly new subject matter to the scene-household pets.
Watch as Juliet gets hardcore singing about how much she loves her goldfish, and her dog, don’t even think about messing with her dog, or she’ll jump off the trampoline and stomp you out! Warning- this video is seriously cute!
–via Geekologie
Hanson as a heavy metal ban? MMMBop to that! In his series DeathPop Club, designer Mark Hall-Patch created a set of logos for pop bands and singers in the style of heavy metal: Link - via Typo Graphical
If you liked the heavy metal version of the Batman theme that Zeon posted earlier, you’ll probably dig this great Harry Potter theme converted to the same rocking genre.
Via Geeks Are Sexy
I known a lot of you guys might not be big fans of heavy metal music, but even if you don’t appreciate the genre, you should at least enjoy the scientific organization of these bands. For those that do like heavy metal, rest assured that it does have some of the most classic bands in the genre including AC/DC, Girlschool, Judas Priest and Ministry.
Link Via Laughing Squid
Roger Tullgren of Hässleholm, Sweden needs to listen to heavy metal music while he works. Mind you, that’s not wants to, but needs to. It’s such an essential part of his life that it’s been classified as a disability, entitling him to special dispensation by employers:
The ageing rocker claims to have attended almost three hundred shows last year, often skipping work in the process.
Eventually his last employer tired of his absences and Tullgren was left jobless and reliant on welfare handouts.
But his sessions with the occupational psychologists led to a solution of sorts: Tullgren signed a piece of paper on which his heavy metal lifestyle was classified as a disability, an assessment that entitles him to a wage supplement from the job centre.
“I signed a form saying: ‘Roger feels compelled to show his heavy metal style. This puts him in a difficult situation on the labour market. Therefore he needs extra financial help’. So now I can turn up at a job interview dressed in my normal clothes and just hand the interviewers this piece of paper,” he said.
The manager at his new workplace allows him to go to concerts as long as he makes up for lost time at a later point. He is also allowed to dress as he likes and listen to heavy metal while washing up.
Link -via Marginal Revolution | Photo (unrelated) by Flickr user AnnieGreenSprings used under Creative Commons license
Don't Wake Me Lucifer! / 83" x 95" / 2010 Hand-made Quilt, Heavy Metal T-Shirts, Fabric, Batting, Thread
Ben Venom might be handy with a sewing machine and embroidery floss, but that doesn’t mean he’s not capital-H Hardcore. Venom’s quilts are made from vintage metal band shirts. Why? Because it’s brutaaaaal. The artist’s statement on Venom’s site describes his work as a “collision of Iron Maiden Metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne.” Check out more of his work on his site, or at the BAN6: Visual Arts Exhibition,” Group Show, Jul 9 – Sep 25 at the YBCA Gallery in San Francisco. Link
via ANIMAL
Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that, to an extent, originated in Norway. It’s gaining increasing popularity across the world and is an emerging symbol of Norwegian culture. So to ensure that Norway’s official representatives can speak intelligently about it, the government is training diplomats on the subject:
Kjersti Sommerset, the head of Norway’s foreign ministry’s centre of excellence, told Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv: “We now have 106 foreign service missions and they get many enquiries from people who want information about Norwegian black metal as a phenomenon. In the training program, we have a large cultural program in order to give the trainees a good understanding of Norwegian culture and the cultural industry. Black metal is clearly a part of this ‘global awakening.’”
Link -via Nerdcore | Photo by Flickr user Robert Bejil Photography used under Creative Commons license
Austrian Death Machine is an Arnold Schwarzenegger themed side project band of heavy metal musician Tim Lambesis (of the group As I Lay Dying). Lambesis has released two concept albums with Austrian Death Machine; Total Brutal and Double Brutal. Each of the songs such as “Get to the Choppa” and “I Need Your Cloths, Your Boots and Your Motorcycle” references classic Schwarzenegger movies. I wonder if now they will come out with a song titled “The Impregnator?” Check out their website with music video at the link.
Everything old is new again. Maya Hansen’s heavy metal themed corsets are a far cry from the strait-laced undergarments of the Victorian era. Featuring ‘Kiss’, ‘Slayer’, ‘Misfits’, ‘Iron Maiden’ and ‘Metallica’ these corsets are definitely not your grandmother’s underwear.
Link – Via Cakehead Loves Evil
Claudia Friedlander, a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, is a professional vocal instructor in New York City. She was recently asked to evaluate the talents of five famous heavy metal singers. Here’s what she had to say about the late Ronnie James Dio of Black Sabbath:
Like the first singer, he performs with perfect legato, clear diction, and a consistent, organic vibrancy. He arranges his resonance space to create a shallow snarl without setting up any resistance for his breath. You can tell how healthy his delivery is from the way he moves in and out of brief moments of harmony with the other tracks with impeccable intonation.
Friedlander also evaluated Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, King Diamond of Mercyful Fate, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and Ozzy Osborne. She thinks especially highly of Halford.
Link via Ace of Spades HQ | Photo: Scrape TV
Illustration: Derek Riggs
Gunaxin has a comprehensive roundup of all things Eddie, the long-standing mascot of Britain’s heavy metal kings, Iron Maiden. About the only thing missing is this illustration of the song “2 Minutes to Midnight.” Check out all aspects of Rock n’ Roll’s most recognized character, but beware… he’s a scary figure.
A 2008 study published in The British Medical Journal suggests a causal link between the headbanging movements of heavy metal fans and head injuries:
Young people at heavy metal concerts often report being dazed and confused, possible symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury. Little formal injury research has been conducted on the world wide phenomenon of head banging, even though case reports indicate the inherent risks in this activity, especially in head and neck injury. Head banging is a violent activity associated with hard rock and various subgenres of heavy metal.[...]
Though exposure to head banging is enormous, opportunities are present to control this risk—for example, encouraging bands such as AC/DC to play songs like “Moon River” as a substitute for “Highway to Hell”; public awareness campaigns with influential and youth focused musicians, such as Sir Cliff Richard; labelling of music packaging with anti-head banging warnings, like the strategies used with cigarettes; training; and personal protective equipment.
Link via Nerdcore | Photo by flickr user Jesse Bikman used under Creative Commons license
Kid’s entertainment in Finland is a little different. Hevisaurus is a metal band composed of dinosaurs! Here they perform the song “Jee Hevisaurus.” -via Metafilter
In the country where “Jedi” appears as a category on the census (and there are 390,000 adherents), heavy metal music might likewise become a recognized religion. British fans have mounted a political campaign for official status:
Rock magazine Metal Hammer launched its campaign last week and has already attracted nearly 10,000 followers to a Facebook group.
It has even gained the backing of a metal figurehead, Saxon frontman Biff Byford, whom the magazine says will become the proposed faith’s ”world metal peace ambassador” if the campaign proves successful.
Link | Photo: PA
I had to find out who sells that pacifier. You can get one at Perpetual Kid. Video via Unique Daily.
