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BEASTWARS’ debut album is fucking good

Posted by tekhammer at 29 April 2011

Sorry, I’ve been a slack arse about posting in the last few weeks — I’m busy trying to start a game company among other things.

However, the one thing that’s got me off my fat bum is the debut Beastwars album. I’ve just had a listen to it digitally and I’m going to review it properly once I get my physical copy.

Beastwars is a band from my hometown of Wellington, NZ. They play a kind of sludgy stoner doom.

They’ve got an album release tour coming up over May around NZ:

May 7 – Bodega, Wellington (with Razorwyre \m/)
May 15 – Hunter Lounge, Wellington (with Kyuss)
May 20 – Wunderbar, Quakechurch
May 21 – Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers Dunedin
May 27 – Biddy Mulligan’s, Hamiltron
May 28 – Thirsty Dog, Orkland

Get pre-sale tickets at undertheradar.co.nz. The May 7 gig was only $10, but I imagine the one with Kyuss might be more.

I’m sad I can’t be at the May 15 gig because Alestorm will be playing in Auckland that day. But I’ll be at the one on the 7th.

So full review forthcoming, and hopefully I can swing it before the tour starts.

Long live the beast.

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SCOTT COLUMBUS (ex-MANOWAR drummer) has passed away, age 54

Posted by tekhammer at 6 April 2011

Category: News

Tags: Epic, Power Metal

On Monday April 4th 2011, Scott Columbus, former drummer of Manowar passed away aged 54.

Scott Columbus has been with Manowar a long time, starting in 1983 after the departure of Donnie Hamzik, and then taking a break between 1992 and 1995 to look after his sick child. In mid 2008, Columbus left Manowar amicably after disagreements in the direction the band was taking, and was promptly replaced with Hamzik.

Columbus was said to be so hard on his drums that he had to have a custom set made of stainless steel — dubbed the Drums of Doom.

A great warrior is gone. The world will mourn his passing.

Hail and kill.