Last week, it was revealed that former guitarist Rick Hunolt would be playing with Exodus during their upcoming touring commitments in place of Gary Holt, who will once again be filling in for Jeff Hanneman in Slayer. As exciting as it is to see Hunolt back onstage with Exodus, some might be bummed about not actually getting to see the Exodus “H-Team” (as Holt and Hunolt have been referred to as) in full effect. Well, fans attending this year’s Graspop Metal Meeting festival are in for a treat.
It’s been confirmed that Gary Holt will be able to join Exodus during their set at the Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Belgium on June 23. Thus, Exodus are planning a special “3 guitar attack” performance, featuring Holt, Hunolt and current guitarist Lee Altus. Unfortunately for fans not going to the Belgium festival, this as of now appears to be the only date the three guitarists will perform at together. Here’s hoping that changes soon, though.
In case you plan on attending this year’s Graspop (or have the sudden urge to book a flight to Belgium), more information about the festival can be seen via its website. Video of Exodus performing “Impaler” with Hunolt, ex-bassist Jeff Andrews and ex-guitarist Kirk Hammett (who now plays in some thrash band called Metallica) at the Bonded By Baloff: A Decade Of Remembrance benefit show last February can be seen after the jump. Read more »
Back in January, rumors started to spread that a multi-day festival was being held this Summer in honor of the legendary CBGB club. A few months later, a newly launched website and Sonicbids page confirmed that the CBGB Festival would indeed take place during July 4 weekend all over New York City. More details are still slowly rolling out. However, we now know that Sick Of It All, Vision Of Disorder, Cro-Mags, Absolution and Sai Nam (a band that consists of members of Breakdown,Skarhead and Trapped Under Ice) will be playing NYC’s Webster Hall as part of the festivities.
Tickets for the July 6 show go on sale tomorrow (May 8 ) via TicketWeb. The festival itself promises a mix of all genres of music, as well as films and industry related workshops. However, it’s only fitting the CBGB festival features a heavy dose of punk and hardcore. And this particular concert is one hell of a showcase for NYC old school hardcore. If they can get Sick Of It All, Cro-Mags and V.O.D. for one show, then it’ll be exciting to see who else they get for the festival.
Keep an eye on the CBGB’s website for more information to come. Tickets for Sick Of It All, Vision Of Disorder, Cro-Mags, Absolution and Sai Nam’s show at Webster Hall in NYC on July 6 will go on sale tomorrow (May 8 ) at 10 am EST via TicketWeb.
The Mayhem Cruise may have an impressive lineup, but Barge To Hell’s bill is getting stronger with each announcement. Case in point: Behemoth are the latest band to be confirmed for the “most extreme” metal themed cruise.
Behemoth’s addition comes just a week after At The Gates were confirmed for the cruise as well. Now fans will have the chance to see those two bands, as well as Sepultura, Sodom, Six Feet Under, Paradise Lost, Soilwork, Enslaved, Sanctuary, and a crap load of other groups all on the same boat. And as if that wasn’t enough, there are still eighteen bands left to still be announced. Not only are we curious to see who else will perform at Barge To Hell, but also to see who else is left for their big brother cruise 70,000 Tons Of Metal to snag for next year.
As previously reported, Barge To Hell will set sail to the Nassau, Bahamas from December 3-7. Public sales are well underway, with more information available via their website. You can check out a rundown of the 18 bands confirmed so far after the jump. Read more »
Both Machine Head’s Robb Flynn and Mayhem Festival founder Kevin Lyman let it slip that a cruise edition of the metal touring festival was going to take place this December. Today, though, the Mayhem Cruise has been officially announced, and more details have been revealed.
In addition to previous announced bands like Lamb Of God, Machine Head, Anthrax and Suicide Silence, the Mayhem Fest cruise will also feature performances from Hatebreed, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Gojira, Periphery, Born Of Osiris, Battlecross, Otherwise, Girl On Fire, Anti Mortem, And Gyspyhawk. As previously reported, Korn’s Jonathan Davis and Slipknot’s Sid Wilson will also be DJing aboard the cruise while Slipknot’s Clown and Fangoria will also be hosting a film festival. Comedian Big Jay Oakerson and The Legions Of Skank featuring Luis J. Gomez and Dave Smith will also be performing. As if all that wasn’t enough, the cruise also promises meet & greets, daily artist panels, neo-burlesque dance shows, and gambling.
Hosted by Jose Mangin of Sirius XM Liquid Metal, the Mayhem Cruise sets sail on December 7, 2012 from the Port of Miami, FL and travels to the Bahamas, returning on December 10th aboard the Carnival Imagination. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, May 3, at noon EST via its official website, with packages starting at $699 and payment plans available. Considering the lineup and everything the cruise has to offer, $699 is a pretty damn good deal, especially if you live anywhere near Miami, where the boat is setting sail from.
So head over to Mayhem Cruise’s website to find out more details about 70,000 Tons Of Metal’s new competition. You can also watch an introduction video, featuring interviews with the bands themselves, after the jump. Read more »
This past weekend, the Metal Insider crew had the chance to catch Rammstein’s Made In Germany North American Tour (Bram saw it in Uniondale, NY while Zach saw the Worcester, MA date). And to say that Rammstein’s two hour plus show blew our minds is an understatement.
Rammstein has been undergoing somewhat of a renaissance in America. After 2009′s Liebe ist fur alle da, the band tested the waters at the end of 2010 by booking their first show in America in almost 10 years at Madison Square Garden. That show sold out in an hour, which led to a handful of North American dates last year (six of those in America). Since those were successful as well, the German sextet is in the midst of a 21-date run that’s the most extensive touring they’ve done in America since 2001. While the majority of the country hasn’t seen them since then, that didn’t stop the band from dramatically changing both the stage show and set lists from the last seven shows the band played in the States.
Similar to their hometown show in Berlin last year, Rammstein started the show by walking through the crowd with torches and flags (the closest we’ve seen to an industrial goth Olympics opening ceremony). Then they crossed a bridge hovered over the crowd from the small stage (where they performed a short set about 2/3rd of the way through the show) to the gigantic, monstrous stage. What followed was nonstop insanity, with pyro and fire coming from every direction you could think of (including from the band members themselves). The German industrial metal group not only transformed their stage as their personal hellish playground, but the entire arena itself.
There were about seven songs switched out from the last tour, most interestingly the addition of “Buck Dich.” Ironically, it was their performance of that song in Worcester that got singer Till Lindemann and keyboardist Christian “Flake” Lorenz” band arrested in 1999. The original performance (which still happens in Germany) consists of simulated rape with a dildo, but their current performance is a bit more tame. And even though all the pyro and set pieces still wow after seeing them multiple times, the band switched things up enough that it was still a nonstop sensory overload. By the end of the night, even if you weren’t covered in foam from singer Till Lindemann’s “love cannon” (used while closing the set with “Pussy”), you still witnessed a show that you likely won’t forget anytime soon.
Originally, Tony Iommi’s battle with lymphoma forced Black Sabbath to limit their reunion plans for 2012 to performances at this year’s Download Fest and Lollapalooza. Earlier this morning, though, the band announced plans to perform a warm up show prior to Download Festival in their hometown.
Black Sabbath will indeed perform at the O2 Academy in Birmingham on May 19. This “intimate” homecoming show will mark Black Sabbath’s first performance in roughly six years. However, it still remains unknown as to who will be performing behind the kit with Sabbath this Summer. While former Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice has denied that he’s been approached, it also doesn’t appear that the band has struck a new deal with Bill Ward yet. It also remains unclear as to whether more “intimate” shows will be added along the way, though we wouldn’t get our hopes up.
In case you just so happen to be in the UK next month, tickets for Black Sabbath’s warm up show go on sale this Friday (May 4). A donation to Help for Heroes will also be made from the proceeds of the show.
Yesterday, At The Gates announced plans to tour Latin America this Summer. While we’re still waiting for their return to the States, the reunited Gothenburg metal legends have added one major event to their upcoming plans: the Barge To Hell Cruise.
“We are almost AT THE GATES of Public Sales for BARGE TO HELL, The World’s Most Extreme Metal Cruise,” the new extreme metal theme cruise revealed via Facebook. At The Gates later confirmed the news via their own posting. This comes almost a week after Belphegor, Kampfar, Soilwork, and Solstafir were added to the bill. Previously confirmed bands include Sepultura, Sodom, Six Feet Under, Paradise Lost, Enslaved, Sanctuary, Rotting Christ and a handful of others.
This Fall/ Winter is already getting packed with metal themed cruises, with Mayhem Fest being the latest to throw their sailors hat into the ring. However, Barge To Hell’s lineup is shaping up really nicely (with the addition of At The Gates a making it even more attractive). And yet 19 out of 40 bands are still left to be announced.
Barge To Hell will set sail to the Nassau, Bahamas from December 3-7. Public Sales will start Friday, April 27 at 12pm EST, with more information available via its website. You can check out a rundown of the 21 bands confirmed so far after the jump. Read more »
As you hopefully know by now, one of our favorite bars in NYC Idle Hands holds a special ‘Metal Night’ on the last Thursday of every month. And on April 26, it’s our turn to play host once again. However, we’ve got something special up our sleeves plans, as the night will also host a special listening party for Marilyn Manson’s new album Born Villain.
That’s right, Idle Hands is giving New York patrons the chance to listen to Manson’s long awaited new album a few days before its release (on May 1). Idle Hands will also be offering complimentary Mansinthe (yeah, that would be Marilyn Manson’s absinthe) while supplies last, while Tripp NYC will have some awesome giveaways as well. Oh, and did we mention that we’ll also be doing some DJing that evening?
So cancel any plans you had on Thursday, April 26 and join us for the Marilyn Manson Born Villain listening party at Idle Hands Bar (located on 25 Avenue B at 3rd Street) starting at 7pm!
While on the “black carpet” of this year’s Revolver Golden Gods, Metal Injection caught up with Machine Head’s Robb Flynn and Dave McClain. During their chat, Flynn revealed that Mayhem Fest will be launching their own cruise festival later this year.
You can watch Metal Injection’s entire interview with them above. However, Flynn and McClain let it slip that Machine Head will be joined by Lamb Of God, Anthrax, and Suicide Silence on Mayhem Fest cruise edition. It should be noted, though, that an official announcement has yet to be made by Mayhem Fest, while Flynn implies that the package had just been confirmed the day of the award show.
It makes sense that Mayhem Fest would try to enter the theme cruise market given the success of 70,000 Tons Of Metal and Shiprocked (hell, even KISS has their own cruise). But Lamb Of God, Machine Head, Anthrax and Suicide Silence all performing on A BOAT?! Where can we RSVP? Chances are that thanks to Flynn’s slip, we’ll find out more soon.
This past Saturday night (April 14), after months of buzz and gossip, Guns N’ Roses were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Of course, we already knew in advance that the reunion everyone hoped for wouldn’t happen, with both Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin making that clear via statements. Despite this, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Steven Adler were still on hand for the ceremony at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland. “I don’t know if it matters who’s here tonight because it’s about the music that band created,” McKagan stated during his acceptance speech.
Not only did the four GN’R members accept the honor, but they also performed a three song set. The four were joined by Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy (who also sings in Slash’s solo band) and former GN’R guitarist Gilby Clarke (who wasn’t inducted with the band). Sorum sat behind the kit for “Mr. Brownstone” while Adler handled drum duties for “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City.” It’s still pretty cool to see some of the original members on the same stage together (especially Steven Adler), and Kennedy sounded an awful lot like Rose. Thus, this proved to be the Hall Of Fame’s best “plan B.” But for those still bummed out that Axl or Izzy were no shows, just be thankful that Green Day performed one of their own songs instead of a GN’R tune.
While the ceremony will air on HBO on May 5, fan filmed footage from the performance has made its way around the web. You can watch the former members of Guns N’ Roses performing “Sweet Child O’ Mine” above, while more clips (and a news report from Artisan News) can be seen after the jump. Read more »
Dates in Amityville, NY and Joliet, IL have been added to this year’s Shockwave Festival, featuring Fear Factory, Voivod and many others.
While NMEis bragging about breaking the news of Limp Bizkit’s new album title, we told you last year that it will be called Stampede of the Disco Elephants. Sorry guys, but Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water is still your stupidest album title.
Lita Ford has premiered a new song called “Branded,” off of her new album Living Like A Runaway, over at Noisecreep.
Hellyeah is streaming the title track of their new album Band Of Brothers, due out on July 17 via Eleven Seven Music, exclusively via Noisecreep.
Six Feet Under have premiered a new song called “Frozen At The Moment Of Death” over at Metal-Hammer.de.
Last week, it was revealed that former guitarist Rick Hunolt would be playing with Exodus during their upcoming touring commitments in place of Gary Holt, who will once again be filling in for Jeff Hanneman in Slayer. As exciting as it is to see Hunolt back onstage with Exodus, some might be bummed about not actually getting to see the Exodus “H-Team” (as Holt and Hunolt have been referred to as) in full effect. Well, fans attending this year’s Graspop Metal Meeting festival are in for a treat.
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