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148 Grove St.
Worcester, MA
 
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217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
 
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 Rob Halford on a Harley with a skeleton riding behind him
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In this issue, learn about our upcoming shows in Worcester, Salem and NYC, discover Samwell's secret pre-show workout, and read the appalling conclusion to our Worst Metal Lyrics feature...

 A Veritable Sh*t Ton Of Shows
Y'kno, we figured no one else had ever paired "veritable" and "sh*t ton", but a quick Google search showed there were 6,500 other idiots just like us. Anyway, it's true: we've got a slew of epic shows in October. This Friday, 10/1, we're playing with two of our favorite bands, Planetoid and The Force, at one of our favorite clubs, Ralph's in Worcester MA.  

King Hell @ Ralph's - 9pm - 148 Grove St. Worcester MA

To give you some idea as to the level of weird involved here, this is a pic of Planetoid:
 

Planetoid, with a cat in the pic (for some reason)

In case you're wondering, the cat is the front man.Click here for the Facebook invite.
 
If the world is still standing after this Friday, we're then scheduled to make our long awaited return to NYC for our first ever show at Mercury Lounge on Sunday, 10/17,with the mighty PUi. They look like this: 
 

PUi, another costumed band, except they're ripped

We're working out like mad for this show. Hopefully Samwell's chest will have healed by then from his unsuccessful attempt at waxing his chest with hot asphalt.
 
In the unfathomably unlikely event anything in the known universe hasn't been reduced to sub-atomic particles after the above cataclysms, we're returning to Dodge Street club in Salem MA on Saturday 10/23 to play a Halloween show also with Planetoid and The Force.
Guitar Pick 12 Questions with Samwell
Samwell and anvilEver wanted to know what Samwell does to get ready for a show? (Hint: it's not calisthenics.) TheVoices.net sat down for a little Q&A with Earth's foremost superhero, whose picture is really unnecessarily large here.
HornsWorst Metal Lyrics Ever - Part 2
More terribleness. In case you missed Part 1,you can read it here.  
 
Judas Priest - "Turbo Lover"
 

Priest and their terrible "Turbo"-era outfits

Sample lyric:
I'm your Turbo Lover
 Tell me there's no other
I'm your Turbo Lover 
Better run for cover 
 
There are really only two ways to interpret these lyrics. One is to imagine Rob Halford as some sort of leather studded Lothario with a fuel-injected penis, in which case you should definitely run for cover. The other scenario is that he's simply suffering from premature ejaculation, in which case you should at least duck and cover. Either way, this song should have been called 'Tarded Lover. 
 
W.A.S.P. - "Animal (F**k Like A Beast)"
 

Blackie Lawless

Sample lyric:
I got pictures of naked ladies
Lying on their beds
I whiff that smell and sweet convulsion
Starts a-Swelling inside my head
 I'm making artificial lovers for free
I start to howl I'm in heat
I moan and growl and the hunt drives me crazy
I f**k like a Beast
 
A telling song. In the same breath Blackie Lawless brags about his bestial sexual prowess, he admits his "naked ladies" exist only artificially, in pictures... soooo we can assume the song is being sung by his hand to himself, in which case it's very sad that any sort of "hunt" went on. Maybe that's why he wears a codpiece with a saw blade, so his power-tool can play hard-to-get before his hand mounts it like a wild tiger... god damn this is a weird song.
 
Gorgoroth - "Forces Of Satan Storms"
 

Gorgoroth, looking silly in corpse paint

We'd love to bring you totally accurate lyrics to this grammatically tangled title by Gorgoroth (whose name sounds like how normal words come out when you have the mumps) but the band not only refuses to publish their lyrics, they send cease and desist letters to anyone who transcribes them. We're gonna do it anyway though, because we're pretty sure that guy's knife is plastic. Here are the words we can make out:
 
I love you
You love me
We're a happy family
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you
Wont you say you love me too!
 
Well... that explains the secretiveness. They lifted the lyrics to the Barney theme. 
 
Def Leppard - "Make Love Like A Man"
 

Joe Elliot of Def Leppard, looking not so manly

 Sample lyric:
Don't call me Gigolo
Don't call me Casanova
Just call me on the phone
And baby come on over
 
Ok, stop. That lyric makes us angrier than most war crimes. Not only is it terrible and lazy, it would only rhyme if Joe Elliot had a thick Boston accent, which he does not. Let's continue:
 
I got it - I'm Mr. Fun
You need it - I'm Captain Cool
 
Do you want to know why Def Leppard's career nose-dived? Because your Dad started writing lyrics for them. And then there's the chorus:
 
Make love like a man
I'm a man
That's what I am
 
And now we're reading Dr. Seuss. Let's do it better:
 
I am Sam 
I'm a man
 Make love with
Green eggs and ham
 
That's actually an improvement.
Many thanks for reading, King-Hellions. See ya in this month!
 
Metal regards,
The bastards in King Hell!