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Not quite as interesting as the brouhaha that unfolded betwixt Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman and Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan last year, but chuckle-inducing nonetheless: Digital Music News reports that a funny tiff involving pizza-stealing and beer-splashing unfolded between P2P application company Limewire and Dovecote Records (whose metal offshot Deathcote records has such MetalSucks-approved [...]

Honorable mentions (because they came out in late 07 and I didn't get into them until 08): Pelican - City of Angels Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice 10. Testament - The Formation of Damnation Alex Scolnick is back doing metal. Chuck Billy didn't die. All is right with the metal world. I have loved them since Practice What You Preach . So good to hear from them... and have them sound GOOD. 9. Russian [...]

This year has seen some fun stuff, like BuzzNet buying every music blog in the world, iTunes almost shutting down and Mexicans fighting the emos . Is that how far we've come? Yes it is. This year moshed my face; so glad to have some slick new stuff from Motorhead and Testament. And the newer stuff wasn't half bad either. Bravo to all the distortion pedals and skinny jeans - it's been a good year. 10. Celestine - At the Borders of Arcadia 9. [...]

Here's a fucking fresh new band for ya'll to check out. Despite their puzzling name, Don the Reader are the explosive result of what happens when you mix the dissonant, raw energy of The Dillinger Escape Plan with the aggression and riffage of the Deftones and the post-punk melodic sensibility of Helmet or Quicksand. The [...]

• Don the Reader - Teethgrinder » donthereader-teethgrinder.mp3