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#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ► HOME PAGE Artist search ► NEWS ► NEW RELEASES VARIOUS ARTISTS - CONTEST “Metal Retardation” DVD ► TOUR DATES Bil Zebub Productions 2009 ► REVIEWS ► INTERVIEWS Active contests: 1 ► SHOW REVIEWS Bill Zebub is not your Enter A Tribute to CARCASS "Gods ► PROMOTIONS average heavy metal of Guts" Giveaway for a chance to win ► DOWNLOADS journalist. His magazine new CD. “The Grimoire of Exalted ► GALLERY Deeds” contains interviews one will never see in the BECOME ONE OF US ► FORUM typical metal mag because ► GIVEAWAYS / CONTESTS he asks atypical, often humorous questions. His We're looking for an online ► ABOUT US line of questioning journalist/writer from all over the ► LINKS sometimes engages the world. For more details click here. subject to do something silly or provide an answer to an ► MAILORDER arbitrary question. GALLERY ► eBay Auctions Tracklist: Many times these questions Interviews confuse or piss of the artist TOPLISTS Band Introductions to the point where DARKTHRONE Phone Interview he/she/the band quits the VENOM Phone Interview interview. ► Metal Centre Top Sites ► Ranking Metal Music Centre Band lineup: Originally meant for release FINNTROLL under the title “"The ► Vote for this site! Click here! KING DIAMOND Grimoire of Exalted Deeds TYPE O NEGATIVE Magazine DVD Volume 1,"

DARKTHRONE “Metal Retardation” shows LINK TO US MY DYING BRIDE footage of Mr. Zebub’s most CANDLEMASS hilarious interviews. NEVERMORE VENOM “Metal Retardation”—one of Would you be interested in exchanging links or banners? GWAR Zebub’s 30 DVD releases click here for more info S.O.D. —could not contain a better TYR title. The humor conveyed TURISAS by Bill Zebub and the STATISTICS ENSLAVED reactions elicited through his CANNIBAL CORPSE interview subjects require LEAVES EYES the viewer possess a ARCH ENEMY certain sense of humor, a news: 6882 [eng: 4230 ] ENSIFERUM juvenile sense of humor. reviews: 3758 [eng: 1915 ] interviews: 407 [eng: 213 ] One of the better examples of his funny questioning showreviews: 139 [eng: 84 ] involves CANNIBLE PROMOTIONS pictures: 10396 CORPSE front man George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. Zebub relentlessly pushes DRAGONSCALE Fisher into singing “Mary NEWSLETTER Had a Little Lamb.” He even ARONDIGHT persuades Fisher to rub his JACK DANIELS OVERDRIVE belly and the top of his head (dexterity test) while singing DUALCOMA Join our Mailing List to receive newsletters the song. NEURONIA

read archive | unsubscribe Another part shows Zebub MOTORBREATH ask various Finnish bands such as FINNTROLL and DOWNLOAD MYSPACE TURISAS about words containing “fin,” as if they should know everything relating to that word ZEBRAHEAD Mental Health because they are from (Audio Stream) “Fin”land. EYEHATEGOD Story Of The Eye MetalCentre on Facebook METALLICA Fade to Black (56) Although Bill Zebub DIECAST Fire Damage interviews bands from all STRAPPING YOUNG LAD around the world, the Shitstorm MetalCentre on Facebook interviews with the Finnish YAKUZA Chicago Typewriter bands are the funniest QUEENSRYCHE Take Cover Listening Party (Real Player) Add to Friends because, if you didn’t know, the Finnish like to drink. As SILENTIUM Seducia FINNTROLL continues to MACHINE MEN Scars & Wounds myspace.com/metalcentre drink, they become less and ALMOST Last Call less focused on Zebub’s more... illogical questions. Bill Zebub often uses women to ask his questions, and one sequence depicts one of his interviewers asking FINNTROLL stupid questions at the bar. The band members pay the journalist no mind, only seeming interested in getting in the girl’s pants.

Whether he intended this or not, Zebub’s interviewers are more of a distraction than anything. Many times, these females are in a comfortable position interviewing his subjects, as

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seen with one girl sitting on Pete Steele’s (TYPE O NEGATIVE) lap. He elicits a kiss between another girl and Sharlee D'Angelo (ARCH ENEMY, MERCYFUL FATE).

“Metal Retardation” provides plenty of extra material that would not translate well in text. Just seeing the bands’ facial expressions after hearing an offthewall question is something meant for seeing and not reading about. “Metal Retardation” is not for everyone, some may not get the jokes or even have a dissimilar sense of humor, but if this humorous line of questioning does not appeal to the viewer, he/she can always check out Bill Zebub’s (mostly) serious side on documentaries such as “Pagan Metal: A Documentary” or “Black Metal: The Norwegian Legacy?”

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