Metal news from the Supercrank blog. Tributes to the legends we lost, big tour announcements, festival lineups, and stories from the scene going back to 2005.
Fangoria, America’s horror magazine, put out Blood Drive II in 2005. The DVD was hosted by Mistress Juliya, and the outtakes got almost as much buzz as the films. Who is Mistress Juliya? Juliya was best known as a VJ on Fuse TV. She hosted the metal shows Uranium and Slave to the Metal. Metal […]
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Voivod guitarist Denis “Piggy” D’Amour passed away on August 26, 2005, from complications of colon cancer. He died in a Montreal hospital, surrounded by family and friends. He was 45. Why Piggy mattered Voivod came out of Jonquière, Quebec in the early 80s. They started as raw thrash and turned into something nobody else sounded […]
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Dark Funeral guitarist Lord Ahriman posted this update on the band’s plans in May 2005. Monday is the day we’ve all been waiting for! Hell yeah, Monday we will finally enter Dug-Out Studios [in Uppsala, Sweden] with producer Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, In Flames, Behemoth) to begin the work and recording of our […]
In May 2005, Ozzfest.com confirmed Wicked Wisdom as the final mystery act on the second stage. The band was fronted by actress Jada Pinkett Smith. It was one of the most talked about bookings that year. Ozzfest 2005 lineup Main stage Second stage What people remember Ozzfest 2005 had Black Sabbath with Ozzy at the […]
