Earlier this month (June 2 to be exact), the nine annual Drum Fight competition and expo took place at Revolution (formerly Ollie’s Point) in Amityville, New York. One of the highlights from the event came when judges Mike Portnoy and Bill Rymer faced off in a “drum battle.” And now fan filmed footage of the [...]
Friday, June 15, 2012
Back in January when New & Noteworthy writer Chris Colgan wrote his list of the most anticipated albums of 2012, we only had an inkling of what to expect from the new release calendar this year. Of course there are gems, some surprises, and some flops, but with the first half of the year all [...]
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Last Saturday night (April 14), Fates Warning opened for Queensryche in São Paulo, Brazil. However, since Bobby Jarzombek had previous commitments, the prog metal group once again used the services of Mike Portnoy. Of course, it didn’t take long for fan filmed footage of the Adrenaline Mob/ ex-Dream Theater drummer performing with Fates Warning to [...]
Friday, April 13, 2012
Yesterday, rumors started to spread that Philip Anselmo and Geezer Butler would be joining Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Megadeth’s David Ellefson, and Adrenaline Mob’s Mike Portnoy for the third Metal Masters Clinic. And sure enough, the Pantera/Down frontman and Black Sabbath bassist indeed hopped onstage last night. [...]
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Tonight (April 12), Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Megadeth’s David Ellefson, and Adrenaline Mob’s Mike Portnoy will be taking part in the third Metal Masters Clinic at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA. However, rumors have started to gain steam that none other than Philip Anselmo and Geezer [...]
Thursday, April 5, 2012
It was announced today that Adrenaline Mob will be touring the U.S. with Kill Devil Hill this coming 5/. Adrenaline Mob will then head over to Europe following their mini-tour with Kill Devil Hill, which will kick off on May 10 in Cleveland, OH. If you think about it, this is actually one hell of [...]
Thursday, March 29, 2012
This Saturday, March 31, That Metal Show kicks off its tenth season on VH1 Classic. Featuring appearances from members of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Disturbed, Motörhead, Pantera, Machine Head and many others, we thought it would be nice to have co-host Don Jamieson once again give us a preview of a few episodes. My sideburns and [...]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
As the most recognizable face of Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy was synonymous with the band for a quarter century. When he left, many wondered what he would do to pass the time. He quickly answered that by playing with Avenged Sevenfold for an album (Nightmare) and tour before leaving them as well. As to what [...]
Friday, March 23, 2012
With Metal By Numbers, we normally try to report weekly on the top metal sellers and debuts that appear on the Top 200 and Top New Artist Albums/ Heatseekers charts. However, for numerous reasons, we are unable to provide a full analysis on this week’s top sellers. But considering how many big titles came out [...]
Friday, March 16, 2012
Filming for the 10th season of VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show kicked off this past week. This season features appearances from Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith, Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, and many others. However, thanks to a little tweet, Disturbed’s David Draiman has us buzzing about his guest spot. Shortly after filming his interview [...]
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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