Monthly Archives: October 2011

Headbangers’ Brawl 10/28: Who Do You Think Will Be Playing Mayhem Fest 2012?

Posted by on October 28, 2011

Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Yesterday, dates for Mayhem Fest 2012 were revealed (albeit without mentioning the actual venues). And while the lineup won’t be officially revealed […]

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Machine Head And Trivium Release New Music Videos

Posted by on October 28, 2011

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxjeqCd6Zm0[/youtube] By now, you’ve probably already heard Machine Head’s “Locust” and Trivium’s “Built To Fall,” as well as the albums they appear on. Regardless, the music videos to both songs have made their way to the web. So if you’ve ever wanted to see Machine Head getting eaten by a bunch of killer bugs and […]

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Hello Kittie! J-Pop Metal Band Features Really Young Girls

Posted by on October 28, 2011

Those crazy bastards at Metal Injection have done it again. They’ve uncovered Baby Metal, a Japanese band featuring 12 and 13 year-old girls as singers. When the music first kicks in with a masked and anonymous backing band playing, it sounds a bit like Fear Factory, but as soon as the “Su-Metal,” “Moametal” and “Yuimetal” start […]

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Video: Fans In India Riot After Metallica’s Concert Gets Postponed

Posted by on October 28, 2011

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBslpkuzYu8[/youtube] Metallica was supposed to perform their first show ever in India tonight. However, the show (which was to have taken place in Gurgaon) had to be postponed till the following night. While organizers are blaming “technical issues” for the postponement, many believed it was due to the damage caused by the surge of 20,000 […]

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Get Ready For Terrestrial Radio To Sound Even More Homogenous

Posted by on October 28, 2011

Now more than ever, it’s a tough time to be in the radio business. In between smart phones, satellite radio and the internet, it’s easier than ever for music fans to get their fix elsewhere. And while the majority of people still listen to radio more than any other medium, there’s been a lot of […]

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Video: GWAR Bring Chaos To ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ For The Second Time

Posted by on October 28, 2011

Oderus and the gang must have really gotten along with Jimmy Fallon, because a year after their first appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, GWAR came back for more. The band performed “Hail, Genocide!” last night (October 27) on the NBC late night talk show. And unlike their performance last year, GWAR included more […]

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The Ocean Need YOUR Help In Booking East Coast Dates

Posted by on October 28, 2011

The Ocean found themselves in a pickle in early September. They were supposed open on a major tour that was going to run in October and November. However, those plans fell through and left the European band (who already booked their flights to the U.S.) with limited options. Luckily, though, they were able to hop […]

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Chimaira’s Mark Hunter Arrested For Marijuana, Misses Show In San Antonio

Posted by on October 28, 2011

The last time Chimaira keyboardist/sampler (and singer of Daath) Sean Zatorsky took over vocal duties onstage, it was because frontman Mark Hunter fell ill. Last night, though, Hunter was absent from the stage due to a little problem with the law. Last night (October 27), Hunter was forced to miss Chimaira’s show in San Antonio, […]

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Video: Watch Rush Evolve Through Time

Posted by on October 27, 2011

Fans who got to see Rush on their 2010-2011 Time Machine tour, where they performed 1981’s Moving Pictures in its entirety, will recall a humorous skit that was shown before the band ripped into “Tom Sawyer.” The filmed skit shows each member of the Canadian prog rock trio portraying a goofy character on the set […]

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Beavis & Butt-Head Less Metal In New Incarnation?

Posted by on October 27, 2011

Tonight marks the end of a long wait: new episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head on TV. We’ve enjoyed the teaser clips we’ve seen so far, and were pleased to hear creator Mike Judge say that the show will still feature a few hard rock videos. In a new interview with Time Out New York, though, […]

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