A headlining show at New York City’s Highline Ballroom by ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted’s new solo project (Newsted) turned tense for a moment Tuesday evening. Newsted’s band was halfway through a rendition of Metallica’s “Whiplash” when a fan leapt onstage, appeared to attempt a stage dive into the middle of the audience and instead ran [...]
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
It’s hard to find words to describe how intense and awesome Lamb of God, Decapitated, and Anciients were as they made their way into the Bible Belt to crush Nashville, playing at Marathon Music Works. I’m not certain if the show fully sold out but the venue was definitely packed to the gills with metalheads [...]
Monday, May 20, 2013
It’s been just a little over six months since Suicide Silence vocalist Mitch Lucker perished in a motorcycle accident. Just before Christmas, the band played a star-studded memorial show to benefit Lucker’s daugher, Kenadee with various vocalists subbing for Lucker. Since then, the remaining members of the band have laid low, despite rumors of others [...]
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
10 months after being arrested for manslaughter and accused of causing the death of a fan during a show two years prior in Prague, Randy Blythe was officially acquitted of all charges in March. Since then, the Lamb Of God frontman kept his comments about the matter on the shorter side, including one post recalling the [...]
Monday, May 13, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. It’s safe to say that the first thought on everyone’s mind when hearing that Tim Lambesis been arrested for hiring a hitman to kill his estranged wife was “Wait, what did he get arrested for?!” Even as details continue to [...]
Thursday, May 9, 2013
What’s cooler than a song featuring Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe and Corrosion Of Conformity’s Mike Dean and Reed Mullin? How about that same song but also with Dave Grohl? Well as it turns out, such a track is in the works now, as all four musicians will appear on a newly recorded track for [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
Mick Mars turned 62 on Tuesday, and should have enjoyed his birthday by playing a show in Saskatchewan with the rest of Motley Crue. Instead, he was tackled by a “fan,” and had to be helped up and offstage. If the guy that jumped up onstage was anywhere near a Crue fan, he’d have known [...]
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Over the past several days, rumors that former Suffokate vocalist Ricky Hoover was joining Suicide Silence had reached a fever pitch. According to this message board, a member of Evergreen Terrace sparked the rumor of the possibility while speaking at a show this past weekend. Before long, “Ricky Hoover Suicide Silence” was one of the [...]
Monday, April 8, 2013
For over eleven years, Terror has served as a standout example of hardcore music. And on April 9, Terror continues the tradition with its fifth full-length album, Live By The Code. Frontman Scott Vogel, a vocal supporter of the underground music scene, took the time to speak with Metal Insider prior to kicking off Terror’s [...]
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
It’s hard to imagine stage-diving in a foreign country in a post-Randy Blythe world. However, that doesn’t apply to Anaal Nathrakh, apparently. We were sent a video of the band’s performance this past Saturday (23) in Moscow. First of all, who knew that the UK band had such a following in Russia? Secondly, who knew [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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