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New KMFDM album, titled “WTF?!”, is out now. Get it! This post’s title is taken from the chorus of the first song on the album, “Krank”.

The song “Rebels in Kontrol” was made available on the band’s website in December as a show of support for Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, and was streamed more than 75,000 times in two days. The album’s first single, “Krank”, was released March 8, 2011, and debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard Singles Chart. The song “Panzerfaust” marks the first time the band has written a song with Italian lyrics. and is a remake of “Liebeslied” from the band’s 1990 album Naïve. The song “Death and Burial of C.R.” is lyrically based on the English nursery rhyme “Who Killed Cock Robin”. - Wikipedia

From the Type O Negative Myspace blog:

I am gathering memorial artwork of Peter for a gallery on typeonegative.net. Please send any artwork you’d like to contribute to diana@typeonegative.net. This is only for artwork/imagery (photos of tribute tattoos are fine also). Any works like poetry, or fan photos (live shots or you with the band), can be contributed on the Facebook page or on the forum at typeonegative.net. Thank you!

Mentioned in the comments:
Q: What about Peter cameos in webcomics?
A: As long as the artist sends it in, it’s fine.

In Mourning – Sweden – Progressive Death Metal

• Official In Mourning Site • In Mourning on MySpace •

Good stuff, hope to hear more from this Swedish outfit. Parts are reminiscent of Opeth‘s heavy riffs and vocals, which of course many metal fans can’t get enough of. It sounds as though they have plenty of songwriting skills. They’re signed to Pulverised Records, from Singapore.

Very listenable; tell me you don’t want to hear the rest of this song:

Dagoba – France – Melodic Industrial Death Metal

• Official Dagoba Site • Dagoba on MySpace •

Wall-of-sound production, a drummer that sounds like he studied under Gene Hoglan, and catchy melodies underscored by strong riffs.

Fully Recommend:
Facing the Colossus
(2008)

Also by Dagoba:

What Hell Is About
(2006)

Dagoba (2003)

Release The Fury EP (2001)

Better-than-decent melodic death/thrash metal from Sweden, with enough similarity to Children of Bodom in songwriting, riffs, and sneer(attitude) to make a great first impression.

Their 11-track album Venomized is somewhat of a combination of COB and The Haunted, when each were at their prime (Hate Crew Deathroll and The Haunted Made Me Do It, respectively, in my opinion of course).

Well-produced, the opening drop of album opener Through Vile Black Blood sounds a bit like mid-career In Flames, if they hadn’t quit writing longish riffs by that point. Add a healthy dose of Bodom-esque shout-along choruses, and it becomes very easy listening for any death metal fan.

FULL RECOMMENDATION.

http://www.myspace.com/enemyisus

I heard about them through Screw Deathcore.

Terracorpse – The Prescription For Death

Decent dark electronic/industrial.

Funeral For Yesterday – Score: 3/5

Kittie is finally finding their sound. The songs that grace this album are better written than most anything this band has previously released.

Save Yourself – Score: 1/5

No progression in their sound, just more of the same, but without the hooks that made songs like “I Should Have Bought Flowers” and “Last One For The Money” great.

They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live! – Score: 4/5

Another live album from NOFX, with not one of the same songs that graced 1995′s “I Heard They Suck Live“.

The girl from The Muffs appears to sing her part on “Lori Myers” and sounds just as venomous as she did when she first recorded it.

Sickness And Misery – Score: 2/5

High hopes shattered.