Hooray for hearing loss! This week, Rhino released The Heavy Metal Box, a history-of-headbanging-in-70-songs collection that offers vintage tracks from such bands as Black Sabbath (pictured), Slayer, Metallica, and… Helloween. To ensure maximum rockage, EW has created a companion drinking game. (Warning: You must be 21 or older to play. Always imbibe responsibly. On second thought, the Surgeon General of Metal, Dr. Feelgood, urges you not to play this game. Seriously. You could die or something.)
• Any time the lyrics invoke mythological and/or supernatural beasts, make strange, guttural noises and take a drink. If these lyrics are sung in an octave generally reserved for castrati, drink it out of a codpiece.
• Any time the lyrics invoke Satan and/or his place of residence, turn up the heat in your apartment to 666 degrees and take a drink. (Note: This does not apply to Stryper’s "To Hell With The Devil.")
• Any time the lyrics include the word rock, do a shot. If rock is used a verb, make it a double.
• Any time the theme of the lyrics is a variation on "I’m-a-major-bad-ass-and-you-can’t-stop-me!", pound your chest, kick a hole in your wall (steel-toed boots recommended), and take a shot.
• Any time the guitarist unleashes a whammy-bar dive, lean backuntil your head touches the floor and pour the drink into your mouth.
• Any time the guitar solo exceeds 25 seconds, continue to drink foras long as the solo goes past the 25-second limit. (A 40-second soloequals 15 seconds of drinking.)
• Any time the song containsshred-a-riffic dual-guitar interplay, hold drinks in both hands andintertwine your arms—newlyweds-at-the-reception-style—and chug.
• Any time the singer screams for more than five seconds, wince insympathy, apply a warm compress to your neck, and delicately sip hottea with lemon.
What rules would you add?
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Instead of biting the heads off of bats, Ozzy does his “flying chicken dance”. Years later the late Eric Carr, former drummer of Kiss also wore a chicken outfit but realized that no one can top Ozzy.
“Talk Dirty to Me”? As much as I love Poision, I think that there is a line drawn between Aqua Net Metal and Heavy Metal.
RAWK! Every time you can mentally picture the singer taking a breather and tossing his frosty head of fab-oo hair around, take a shot. This IS a dangerous game!
Every time a ballad has a fast-paced hard rock moment stuck in the song.
This is a game that cannot be played for long, as everyone will be passed out within the first two songs ! Sounds fun, though !
Anytime there is a singer who can hit a higher note than Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford,Graham Bonnet, Geoff Tate, Mark Slaughter or Sebastian Bach, take a drink. Though that would be impossible since no one can hit a note that high.
Take a shot everytime the lead singer of the band playing is gay.