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I don’t go to weddings coz I don’t have any friends and the friends I do have don’t get married and I don’t get married either but recently in my old age I’ve wondered what it would be like to have a heavy metal themed wedding. Then I remembered I don’t have friends and I don’t get married. So then I wondered what it would be like to just have a massive heavy metal party and pretend I had enough friends to come to such an event, but then I realised I could instead pretend I were getting married and had friends and then again I wondered what a metal wedding would be like. So I googled around and all of the heavy metal wedding pics looked lame so I then wondered why the image in my head looked so much better, then I remembered it was all pretend. I guess there’s no real point to this except for the fact that heavy metal themed weddings must be pretty lame to those looking in, but would be totally fun if you were on the inside doing the partying, as long as the playlist was solid and full of all the killer metal tracks, but then that would spark all sorts of discussions amongst guests about which metal band has the better tracks for weddings and right now I’m exhausted thinking about it, so I’ve just decided to stop thinking about it all together and go to bed. Lesson here is: metal weddings are more than likely a very bad idea. Unless you get married in the church of Satan… now there’s something to pretend about.
In other news
Korn will release their new album The Nothing on Friday September 13.
Opeth will release their new album In Cauda Venenum in both English and Swedish versions on Friday September 27.
DragonForce will release their new album Extreme Power Metal on Friday September 27.
Combichrist with special guests Darkcell will play the Corner Hotel on Friday October 4.
Metallica, with Slipknot as support, will be at Marvel Stadium on Tuesday October 22, which is now sold out. A second show has been announced for Thursday October 24.
Alcest will release their new album Spiritual Instinct on Friday October 25.
Mayhem will release their new album Daemon on Friday October 25.
Cradle Of Filth will release their remastered Cruelty And the Beast album on Friday November 1.
Bart Krysiuk’s Batushka will play the Croxton Bandroom on Saturday November 2.
Wolves In The Throne Room will be at The Corner on Saturday November 30.
Good Things festival featuring Trivium, Karnivool, Parkway Drive, Enter Shikari, Thy Art Is Murder any many more will be held at Flemington Racecourse on Friday December 6.
Opeth will play the Palais Theatre on Friday December 13.
Geoff Tate and his band will play Operation Mindcrime in its entirety, plus more, at Melbourne’s Croxton Bandroom on Saturday February 1.
Blacken Open Air festival will be held over Easter weekend, 2020. Easter Sunday will be April 12. Handy to know if you’re looking for cheap flights to NT well in advance.
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Written by Paul Taylor
