Instrumental Rock and Progressive Metal Reviews http://www.metaltheater.com http://www.metaltheater.com/mtsmall.jpg http://www.metaltheater.com http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=507 For the past couple of months my guitar has sounded dodgy, and it seems like I've always had a broken lead. Then I finally twigged... maybe it's my input jack? So I opened up my guitar and had a look... and found out it was rusted and stuffed! The one on the top is the old one. You can see how it's all oxidised, and there's a big mark where the lead normally connects. The one on the bottom is the new input jack, which I bought from Jaycar for $2! Soldered it up, try to fit the thing back into my guitar... and the stupid thing doesn't fit! So I went to the guitar store, found the proper Dimarzio one, which is practically the same, except it's $10. BOOOOO! But at least it fits. So I soldered it up: et voila! Awesome. http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=507 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=506 Update - And also this guy and these guys too. My new friend. (sorry... what a boring post). And maybe this guy too. http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=506 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=505 Apparently my website is worth $2.39 a day. Cool! How do I get the money? http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=505 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=504 Forth update - forums. People dig this video on forums: yakyak.org, RuneVillage Third Update - this time in french, which appeared after it was posted on smn news. And another in Greek. Update... another review of the video and band... in Russian! Original Post I'm sure you all remember the "...but mostly metal" video . Last week I emailed metalsucks.net telling them about the youtube vid - looks like they've posted it - suddenly my views went up by 2000 on that day. Cool. Then the next day it appears on a German site. Cool. If you speak german. Which I don't. But according to google translate it says: "TOEHIDER from Australia just do what they want. For me, a very innovative fresh wind from overseas, which moves between alternative rock and classical, sometimes even epic metal. In any case, once the video aund listen to The Most Metal Song reinziehen In The World. Here the video ...". Makes sense. I guess. What's funny is on the frontpage of metalmachine.de, the four latest posts are about bands that have such horrific titles. "SEVERE TORTURE", "ENTRAILS OUT!", "WHITE WIZZARD", "KILLSWITCH ENGAGE", "ATTACK OF THE MAD AXEMAN". I mean, honestly guys... c'mon. Entrails out? That gotta be a joke! "Hey man, what's the name of your band?" "Entrails Out". "Cool". I know, I know, the band that I'm in are called Toehider. But at least it's not ToeDestroyer or ToeCutter or ToenailTorturer. In an ideal world the video that we did would be huge in metal circles. I wonder how you kick that off. Maybe a press release? I've always wondered how you do them. http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=504 http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=502 First post for metaltheater.com in 2010! How exciting! So what am I going to write about? My favourite topic - North Korea. Some of you might know a bit about North Korea, but probably not a lot. I want to change that, as I'm starting to realise that it's really the forgotten tragedy of our generation. If you don't know the first thing about North Korea, the easiest way to describe the place is 1984. If you haven't read the book, here's how I'd describe the place: * The majority of the population have no food * People must worship the leader, Kim Jong Il. He lives in his multitude of palaces while the population starves. Think Hitler. * The country has numerous death camps - approximately 150,000 people ! Unbelievable. * Communities are kept in isolation, they have no radio's, TV's, internet, phones * Stricly communist - no business's are allowed to exist. * Only a few very number of tourists are admitted each year, and they are kept under lock and key 24 hours a day. Tomorrow I'll introduce you to their new agency. It's unintentionally funny. Please caption the photo on the right. My attempt: "This way to room 101?" http://www.metaltheater.com/code/article.asp?id=502