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Today In Metal History
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 On this day in 2008, wow did Yngwie Malmsteen look fat. |
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By Nostradamus
From the sniffling snouts of swine
Comes the plague, H1N1
Soon to afflict all humanity!
...Not me though. I got the vaccine, because I do prognosticating for Goldman Sachs. |
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In this issue, learn about our music industry showcase Monday and witness the Worst Metal Album Covers Part 2... |
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Surprise Industry Showcase In NYC This Monday (11/16) |
Surprised to see were playing? We are! This event came together super last minute, but, lordee lordee, is it gonna kick ass. We're playing a music industry showcase with our good buds Diablo Royale and a smokin', band from Texas called Scorpion Child. The show is again at Santo's Party House--and this time it's gonna happen! The place is gonna be hopping with record label scouts so please come in droves, make buttloads of noise and help us look like ultra rock stars! When we land our multi-million dollar record deal the next day we'll make you all our roadies and you can tell your bosses to stick their TPS Reports where the sun don't shine! Doors are at 7pm, and the show is 18+. Here are the set times:
King Hell: 9:30
Scorpion Child: 8:30
Diablo Royale: 7:30
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Worst Metal Album Covers - Part 2 |
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Thanks for all your emails about part 1 of this feature! And to Stryper's remaining fan who wrote to tell us we look even sillier than them we say A) maybe we do, and B) dude, you have a Stryper tattoo. Even Stryper wouldn't get Stryper tattoos. Good luck getting laid, even if you get married. Now, on to part 2...
#5 - Black Sabbath: Born Again

True story: The artist behind this cover was trying to get out of the job for a more lucrative gig with Sabbath's ex-singer Ozzy. So, he dashed off what he assumed was a sure-to-be-rejected, should-have-been-aborted cover. Unfortunately, some of the remaining members of Sabbath were so epically high on cocaine--the "great idea!" drug--that they green-lit the design. The Anton LaWarhol cover is matched by the record's equally coke-skewed production value, which is so bassy it would make even the Wu-Tang Clan lose control of their bowels.
#4 - ???: Battles In The North

We don't know who these guys are because we refuse to try and decipher their crazy-straw logo, but they look like sad mimes into bondage. Also, while the ground under them is intended to be snow, it looks more like goose down. Combined with the gently washed out grey lettering, it gives the cover a Victoria's Secret kinda vibe--except instead of hot women in lingerie this catalogue features male virgins in Kiss make-up. How sorry is this band? They could only get two guys to join.
#3 Pantera: Projects In The Jungle

The follow-up to the dreadfully decorated Metal Magic, the art for Projects in the Jungle is somehow more terrible. Like traveling backwards in time, this  sort of regression shouldn't be scientifically possible--but here you have it. On its face, the cover looks like a children's album drawn by a horribly untalented child. (And who gives their kid a present of watercolor markers and a heavy metal demo?) Then one notices the subtle, insidious elements. For instance, the band is actually playing on Lucifer's palms. Also, the singer, who's wearing leg warmers and bikini briefs (which would make even Rob Halford giggle) appears to be trying to give himself a colonic with a palm tree (which would make even Rob Halford wonder in awe). This is the kind of drawing that gets you sent to the guidance counselor.
#2 - Raven: The Pack Is Back

A warning to all you former football jocks who got off on stuffing dweebs in lockers: They're all grown up, they're coming for you, and they're completely deranged. We've seen homeless nuts who look more coherent than Raven. The two on the left and right are so far gone they put their Fruit Of The Loom and banana hammock undies on over their tights. And center stage we have Space Admiral Barney. We're betting the pack were shortly back in a locked ward.
#1 - Warrior: The Battle Has Begun
Yes, this is a real record, and we'd bet our collective testicles if we hadn't busted them all laughing that "Great for the whole family!" has never before graced the side of an electric guitar. Not surprisingly, Warrior are Christian, but we wonder whether they've ever set foot in a Wal-Mart, where the girls look less like this...

And more like this...

But God bless 'em! If muffin-tops and hot pants over gramma panties is their idea of a heavenly sight Wal-Mart must seem like the Garden of Eden. |
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Many thanks for reading, King-Hellions. We'll see you at Santo's on Monday!
Metal regards, The bastards in King Hell! |
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