Something different indeed. Those of you who know me a bit better know that besides metal, I have another great passion, which is cars and racing. I was out during the weekend, and I had good reason to! Namely, I went to the “Pinkster Races” at the Zandvoort race track in the Netherlands. And I’ve got some nice pics to show for it. Top class of the day was the Dutch GT4 Championship of which you can see some Beemers, Porsches, Corvettes, etc. But the cherry on top was the fact that I got to ride shotgun on a BMW 325i Drift racer!

Thanks to Maris for making most of the pictures and letting me use her camera for the rest!

I remember something like ten years ago System of a Down was stuff played on commercial radio and I listened to the stuff. (It was before I got into Death Metal.) Toxicity will probably be known to all of you. Jonas found two cool covers of the song. First one is on the piano (it’s a keyboard really but fuck it). Second is by three chicks playing electric violin and drums.

Thanks Jonas!

I’m gonna go ahead and just say it. This is a bit weird. It’s also quite astonishing. Germany’s Van Canto makes metal with five singers and a drummer. The end result sounds surprisingly much like an actual metal band.

Thanking Kebabhasse!

Polish technical Death Metal band Lost Soul has just released its new studio album Immerse in Infininty in 2009. Instead of just playing a track off that album I’ll do something different for a change. The band made a great report video of their recording period, in which they show us that best metal is created using large quantities of beer, Whiskey and garlic.

Kudos for finding this to Luke!

I’ll bet you’ll be sure to hear guitars in this track. You’re wrong! There’s only two types of instruments you hear: drums and cellos. Four of them. And still it’s unambiguously metal. Listen to a beautiful piece of music called Somewhere Around Nothing.