Music Video Of The Week: Violence by Obituary

One of the biggest false conceptions about music videos is that it always has to be a video of the band performing their track live in a concert setting or in a dark and scary area. That is why it is always cool to see a band do something completely different than what other bands are doing because after all you want to emphasize what you are singing about in your track through visuals. That is exactly what legendary death metal act Obituary did for their track Violence which is off of their current record Inked In Blood and it’s our music video of the week. The band went all out creating an animated video that is very fun and gory at the same time as the video was directed by Hungarian animator Balász Gróf. The video is hilarious as the band goes through different situations in their van as they set off for their tour. The band deals with zombies, Godzilla, and driving through areas as they try to get to their show on time at the Hard Club. Check out the video below and check out the band’s Facebook page for more stuff like tour info, etc.

The 4TH Annual Monster Entertainment Awards- Voting Begins

Alright, the time is now for all of you to get those fingers working so that you can participate and vote for your favorites in the 4TH Annual Monster Entertainment Awards. We have all sorts of different categories in music and movies like Album Of The Year, Superhero Film Of The Year, and even Cameo Of The Year makes it’s return. So, I want to remind you that voting is officially open, but the voting process is going to end on February 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM ET. So, you have until then to let your voices be heard and remember let’s have some fun.

The Movie Side

The Music Side

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The 4TH Annual Monster Entertainment Awards

The fourth annual Monster Entertainment Awards are here to celebrate all the best of music and movies in 2014. As usual, I will lay out who is competing in what category and you will have the chance to vote for who you believe deserves to win. We are once again working together with #FriskyFridaytop5.wordpress.com  to give you the #FriskyFriday babe of the year and Snapchat Account Of The Year and we are also working with MRXPunchout.wordpress.com for wrestler of the year and Diva of the year. This is one of my favorite things to do on this blog besides the Pedal To The Metal March Madness Tournament. I am going to set up the voting and then you’ll have until February 1ST to vote. After that, I will reveal the winners. Let’s look at the categories and the nominees:

Movies

Movie Of The Year

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy

2. Interstellar

3, The Judge

4. Fury

5. Exodus: Gods & Kings

6. Gone Girl

Bad Ass Movie Of The Year

1. Fury

2. The Expendables III

3. 300: Rise Of An Empire

4. John Wick

5. Godzilla

6. The Equalizer

Superhero Movie Of The Year

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy

2. X-Men: Days Of Future Past

3. Captain America: Winter Soldier

4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (They Started Out As A Comic Book)

5. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Horror Movie Of The Year

1. As Above So Below

2. Annabelle

3. Ouija

4. The Purge: Anarchy

5. Deliver Us From Evil

6. Leprechaun: Origins

Remake Of The Year

1. Leprechaun: Origins

2. Robocop

3. Annie

4. About Last Night

5. Godzilla

6. The Equalizer

Comedy Of The Year

1. Neighbors

2. 22 Jump Street

3. A Million Ways To Die In The West

4. The Interview

5. Tammy

6. Horrible Bosses 2

Stand Up Special Of The Year

1. Jim Jefferies Bare

2. Bill Burr- I’m Sorry You Feel That Way

3. Nick Offerman- American Ham

4. Sebastian Maniscalco- Aren’t You Embarrassed?

5. The Skylar Brothers- What Are We Talking About?

6. Chelsea Peretti- One Of The Greats

Animated Film Of The Year

1. Big Hero 6

2. The Lego Movie

3. Mr. Peabody And Sherman

4. The Nut Job

5. Penguins Of Madagascar

6. Rio 2

 Music

Album Of The Year

1. AM by Arctic Monkeys

2. Girl by Pharrell Williams

3. Night Visions by Imagine Dragons

4.The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem

5. Ghost Stories by Coldplay

6. Ultraviolence by Lana Del Ray

Hip Hop/Rap Album Of The Year

1. The Pinkprint by Nicki Minaj

2. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem

3. 2014 Forrest Hills Drive by J. Cole

4. Hood Billionaire by Rick Ross

5. The New Classic by Iggy Azalea

6. A Better Tomorrow by Wu-Tang Clan

Rock Album Of The Year

1. Sonic Highways by Foo Fighters

2. Rock Or Bust by AC/DC

3. All You Can Eat by Steel Panther

4. AM by Arctic Monkeys

5. 1000HP by Godsmack

6. ††† by †††

Metal Album Of The Year

1. Catacombs Of The Black Vatican- Black Label Society

2. Redeemer Of Souls by Judas Priest

3.  Blood For Blood by Hellyeah

4. Do You Wanna Start A War by Fozzy

5. White Devil Armory by Overkill

6. .5: The Gray Chapter by Slipknot

Heavy Ass Metal Album Of The Year

1.  The Satanist by Behemoth

2. Sun Eater by Job For A Cowboy

3. War Eternal by Arch Enemy

4. You Can’t Stop Me by Suicide Silence

5. Our Endless War by Whitechapel

6. Inked In Blood by Obituary

In association with mrxpunchout.wordpress.com Wrestler Of The Year Award

1. Kevin Steen

2. Seth Rollins

3. Dean Ambrose

4. Roman Reigns

5. Bobby Lashley

6. Bobby Roode

7.  Sami Zayn

8. Daniel Bryan

Diva/Knock Out Of The Year

1. Paige

2. AJ Lee

3. Nikki Bella

4. Velvet Sky

5. Maria Kanellis

6. Kimberly from WXW (World Xtreme Wrestling)

In association with friskyfridaytop5.wordpress.com #FriskyFriday Babe Of The Year Award

1. Khloë Terae

2. Stephy C

3. Cristal Catalina

4. Ashley Alexiss

5. Stefanie Knight

6. Natalie Gauvreau

7. Ashley Heinrichs

8. Lauren Li

#FriskyFriday Snapchat Account Of The Year

1. Tits McGee

2. Jacqui Ryland

3. Destiny Quinn

4. Bex Robertson

Congratulations To Job For A Cowboy

A couple of weeks ago, I congratulated Obituary for hitting number 75 on the Billboard Top 200 charts on the debut week of their new release Inked In Blood. Now, we are going to congratulate Deathcore giants Job For A Cowboy for cracking the Top 200 when their fourth album Sun Eater made it to number 91 on The Billboard Top 200 charts. It seems as if Metal is starting to regain some lost ground and it makes me very happy to hear that. One magazine called Decibel had this to say about it after they conceded, “Fuck it, I can admit when I’m wrong… Turns out that, while I was busy pointedly not paying attention to them, these deathcore progenitors actually became a pretty damn good band.” After giving the album 4.5 stars out of five, Alternative Press said that, “they’ve become a full-on progressive death metal band…the songs have progressive sweep and epic power, at times recalling Opeth’s heavier work…Sun Eater is one of 2014’s best metal albums, period.” With all this going around, I am going to have to check out the record considering I loved some of the other Deathcore records that have come out this year from Whitechapel and Suicide Silence. But for right now, I just want to  say congratulations to Job For A Cowboy and let’s see if we can keep this going for real metal that will come out in the future. Check out Sun of Nihility below:

Congrats To Obituary For Cracking Top 100

It’s not really rare when a commercial metal or rock band breaks the top 100 of the billboard charts, but for a true metal band with no commercial radio play, it’s a huge thing. Death Metal legends Obituary released their latest offering Inked In Blood back on October 27TH and the album has debuted at number 75 on the Billboard Top 100 which is the band’s highest charted album to date. The band also sold five times as many records as their last album 2009’s Darkest Day and this album was their debut release for Relapse Records. The band commented on the success saying “We could not be more excited about the first week of sales and Inked In Blood‘s chart position. We knew this was a monster record that the fans were dying to get their hands on, and everybody seems to really be digging it. Now it’s time to put the hammer down and focus on the second week of sales. We knew Obituary fans were some of the most devoted fans on the planet and we are looking forward to watching as they help us blow this thing out of the water.” To celebrate the success, the band will be hard at work touring through North American and Europe fro the rest of 2014 and 2015. So, I want to personally congratulate the band that is already three decades in, this is a huge accomplishment for Death Metal and the band. Here are the tour dates for North America:

OBITUARY Tour Dates with Carcass, Exhumed and Noisem:

Nov 06                Asheville, NC                 The Orange Peel

Nov 07                Nashville, TN                 Exit/In

Nov 08                Louisville, KY                Diamond Pub & Billiards

Nov 09                Cincinnati, OH               The Madison Theater

Nov 11                Fort Worth, TX              The Rail Club w/ Massacre and Rivers of Nihil

Nov 13                Las Vegas, NV               LVCS w/ Massacre and Rivers of Nihil

***All Dates Nov 14 – Dec 07 w/ Death DTA, Massacre, Rivers of Nihil***

Nov 14                 Los Angeles, CA           Club Nokia

Nov 15                 Ramona, CA                 Ramona Mainstage

Nov 16                 San Francisco, CA        DNA Lounge

Nov 18                 Seattle, WA                   Studio Seven

Nov 19                 Vancouver, BC              The Rickshaw Theatre w/ Untimely Demise

Nov 21                 Calgary, AB                   MacEwan Ballroom w/ Untimely Demise

Nov 22                 Regina, SK                    Riddell Centre w/ Untimely Demise

Nov 23                 Winnipeg, MB               Park Theatre w/ Untimely Demise

Nov 24                 Minneapolis, MN          Amsterdam Bar & Hall w/ Untimely Demise

Nov 25                 Chicago, IL                    Metro

Nov 26                 Cleveland, OH               Agora Theatre and Ballroom

Nov 27                 Toronto, ON                  Phoenix Concert Hall

Nov 28                 Montreal, QC                 Le National

Nov 29                 Boston, MA                   Brighton Music Hall

Nov 30                 New York, NY               Best Buy Theatre

Dec 03                 Springfield, VA              Empire

Dec 04                 Charlotte, NC                 Tremont Music Hall

Dec 05                 Atlanta, GA                    The Masquerade

Dec 06                 Tampa, FL                      Orpheum

Dec 07                 Miami, FL                      Grand Central