National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) 2013 Show Report

NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) 2013 has now concluded, and many new and innovative products were featured on the massive lot at the Anaheim Convention Center.  Many of these products pertain to musicians in the Metal scene, and some of the products are just plain cool.

The turnout was crazy as usual – some were there to do business, while others were there to be seen.  Metal remains one of the best represented genres of music, as members of SLAYER, ANTHRAX, CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL, NILE, MONSTROSITY, MEGADETH, and more were checking out the latest and greatest gear as well. Without further ado, let’s get started with what APESHIT thought were the best products NAMM had to offer for our metal fans out there.
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Video of the Day: GHOST B.C.’s “Secular Haze”

Sweden’s GHOST B.C. (formerly known as “GHOST“) recently released their first promo video for the song, “Secular Haze.”  While the video is a performance on a stage from a 70′s variety tv show, the song itself is pretty psychedelic.  Let’s see if their upcoming sophomore album can follow up their excellent debut, Opus Eponymous.

Video of the Day: INTRONAUT’s Sacha Dunable Joins MESHUGGAH on Stage

Today’s video of the day comes fresh from the current U.S. tour with MESHUGGAH, INTRONAUT, and ANIMALS AS LEADERS.  As a special treat, INTRONAUT frontman, Sacha Dunable, joined MESHUGGAH on lead vocals for a performance of the MESHUGGAH classic, “New Millenium Cyanide Christ” this past Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia.

What an awesome performance.  The APESHIT goons are insanely proud of Sacha!

Song of the Day: Pre-MERCYFUL FATE Band, BRATS with Pre-”Curse of the Pharaohs”

Before there was MERCYFUL FATE, there was BLACK ROSE and BRATS.  Today, we take a listen to BRATS, which featured MERCYFUL FATE guitarists Hank Shermann and vocalist KING DIAMOND.

Let’s check out their song, “Night Riders,” which later got reworked to become the classic MERCYFUL FATE song, “Curse of the Pharaohs.”

Video of the Day: What Do You Get When You Combine CONVERGE and ENTOMBED?

Heavy music fans were given a special treat at CONVERGE‘s show in Stockholm, Sweden last December.  ENTOMBED‘s LG Petrov came out to sing the ENTOMBED classic, “Wolverine Blues,” with the band.  CONVERGE have never made it a secret that one of their favorite and biggest inspirations have been these Swedish death metal gods.  Check out the footage: