gitarista Phil Fasciana sa stal priamym účastníkom lúpeže v obchode a hoci naňho lupič vystrelil štyri strely, nakoniec sa mu podarilo zločinca zneškodniť (zastreliť dvoma ranami do hlavy!!!).
Phil Fasciana:
"I went in this little store on my way home to get a chocolate milk, of all things, and little did I know, I was walking into a life-or-death situation," he says. "When I walked into the store, I did not notice anyone else in the store until someone started screaming at me and pointed a gun at me. I nearly shit myself, because the dude looked wacked out of his mind and fired four shots directly at me and I went down to the ground because I thought I was surely shot. After about 30 seconds, I realized I was not hit at all and the shooter thought I was dead or injured and started attacking the store worker when I snuck up behind the burglar and talked [to] him and took the gun out of his hands and told him to get out of the store. He then reached in his sock and pulled another gun out and pointed it at me and that"s when I fired two shots into his head, killing him instantly!
"Never in my life has anything so twisted happened to me before and I would like to forget it ever happened, but I had no other choice. Lucky for me, the stupid crackhead burglar had the worst aim in the world and missed me with all four shots from about 10 feet away! Needless to say, all charges have been dropped and the store owner has offered me a lifetime of chocolate milk! Ha Ha!
"I have been in some scary situations before, but having someone shoot out you from that close and miss is a fucking miracle and I have no remorse for killing the assailant who tried to take my life and the store owner"s.
"I gotta move out of this town!! I have enough problems as it is!!
"I am very lucky and could easily be dead at this moment, but I"m not and I"m gearing up for our Mexican, South American and European headlining tour which start at the end of July.
"I would like to put this behind me and not talk about it anymore. It was the most fucked up thing I have ever been involved with, besides my ex-girlfriend!!"
NOVA CHARISMA - Metropolitan
Tento projekt táhne především charakteristický vokál Donovana Melero z HAIL THE SUN, což ve spojení se Sergio Medinou z ROYAL CODA znamená ono emotivně bolavé ukřičené post hardcore inferno, které odkazuje k domovským skupinám obou zmíněných hudebníků.
MONUMENT OF MISANTHROPY - Vile Postmortem Irrumatio
Rakouská brutální parta si za tematickou oblast své tvorby vybrala sériové vrahy. Je tedy asi logické, že těžiště i jejich třetího alba je deathgrindový nářez. A je to slušná porce třeba pro příznivce belgických ABORTED.
REVOLTING - Night Of The Horrid
Klasický "Rogga" Johansson a jeho user-friendly death metal. Letos sice nemá oslnivou formu (viz slabší PAGANIZER), ale stále je to se ctí. Minulá deska byla lepší, ale i tady si skalní fanoušek najde to své. Hned po prvním poslechu vidíte všechny karty.
50M ZNAK - Nadechnout se
Trochu emařiny, trochu punkrocku a špetka indie melancholie. KOVADLINA řiznutá CARCIO RADIO. Ve výsledku celkem pozitivní vibe. Nová kapela se staronovými tvářemi a Banánem u mikrofonu. Hardcorovější MŇÁGA? Možná.
HIDDEN MOTHERS - Erosion / Avulsion
Tahle britská parta si prostě musí vybrat co chce. Koncept, ve kterém střídáte mělký emotivní rock a temnou post metalovou vlnu šilhající po blackaze v konečném důsledku působí jako zmatlaný dort od Pejska a Kočičky.
DEVIN TOWNSEND - PowerNerd
Nesúhlasím úplne s kolegom Shnoffom, že „PowerNerd“ je „ezo“. Devinovej potrhlosti je v textoch síce dosť, no v prvom rade ide o priamočiary prog’n'roll, ktorý strhne a baví od začiatku až do konca. Ad koniec: na „Ruby Quaker“ sa už so Shnoffom zhodneme.
DEVIN TOWNSEND - PowerNerd
Devinovu sólovou tvorbu buď milujete nebo je vám lhostejná. Nenávidět Devina nějak nelze. PowerNerd je asi očekávatelný, vrstevnatý ezo prog opus, který potěšil, ale nijak mě na lopatky nepoložil. Kromě songu "Ruby Quaker" ovšem. To je šleha jako kráva.