southernmetalreporter

Click here. I just check for ticket registration and the link for tickets was up. It went down for a bit but looks to be back up now. I put in for mine. Go put in for yours before they are gone. Free Mastodon and Neurosis and High On Fire and Pig Destroyer people!!! Go check and see if that link is still up and get yours now!

Ok, so the best named festival ever has been announced. The Metal Up Your Ass Festival. You read that correctly so no need to ask. Crazy names aside this thing does have a pretty nice lineup so far. A lot of the same bands from the California Metal Fest are hitting this one up as well but this time they will be doing it for all you crazy cats in Ft. Worth Texas at The Ridglea Theatre on March 21st. It will cost you $35 in advance and $40 at the door day of. These bands will be there. Carcass,Suffocation,Samael,Suicide Silence,Arsis,Whitechapel,Psycroptic,Veil of Maya and Decrepit Birth. The more I read that list, the more i realize how much metal you really will have up your ass if you attend. And something else i just noticed, the poster for California Metal Fest and the Poster for this deal both have the same picture. Must be the same people behind it as it also has the same record label sponsors. Whoever is behind it certainly knows how to put on a show. Anyway, there you have it if you want it,Metal Up Your Ass!

I actually thought the guy was maybe a year or 2 older than 54, he is certainly looking older these days, but today is in fact the 54th birthday of the guitar slinging extraordinaire Eddie Van Halen.Van Halen was one of my very first musical interests way back. I was singing along to Jump and trying to play along on a broom way back before i even hit kindergarten and was always fascinated by the little angel smoking a cigarette on the front of the 1984 album when my dad brought it home so Eddie has been filling my ears with rock and roll goodness for about as long as i have been listening to music. While someone may want to send Eddie a package of good personality and people skills for his birthday,you certainly wont have to send him any skills.Even though he has mostly squandered away the last decade or so not putting out music and being a grouchy recluse,Eddie is certainly still one of the finest rock guitarists we have on the planet and it will be a good day when he decides to actually get along with someone besides his brother and son and actually put out some new music. I guess we will just have to deal with what we have been given for the foreseeable future, good thing its good stuff though. Even though you are stingy with your music and don’t get along well with others, on this day i salute you,Happy Birthday EVH.(yeah, like he is going to ever read this!)