Tag Archives: Iceland

Amplified Premiere: Future Figment spiral out, keep going in new video

Posted by on June 2, 2017

In this Very Special Episode of Amplified, we take an exclusive first look at the brand new video for “Dementia” from Icelandic proggers Future Figment. As I’ve no doubt mentioned here before, I’m one of *those* Tool fans, so I’m constantly looking for bands to scratch a similar itch for me. Future Figment is probably […]

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Iceland’s State Alcohol and Tobacco Company Refuses To Sell Motörhead’s Wine

Posted by on February 13, 2012

Who doesn’t love Lemmy and Motörhead? Well, apparently the State Alcohol and Tobacco Company, which has a monopoly in sales of alcohol in Iceland. The company, known as ÁTVR, has refused to sell a Motörhead-themed Shiraz wine. According to IceNews, their reasoning is that the band’s name is a “nod to amphetamine abuse” and that […]

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Best Trailer Of The Week: Fake Guitars Thrown Into A Volcano

Posted by on August 13, 2010

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSOjn6byxpc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Well this is one way to fix Iceland’s volcano problem.  A video where a bunch of fake guitar controllers were dumped into the Eyjafjallajökull volcano has been posted on YouTube recently. The trailer was shot for a new band video game called Power Grip: Rise Of The Six String, which provides the player with an […]

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