The bad blood between Max Cavalera and Andreas Kisser has essentially prevented the “classic” lineup of Sepultura from reuniting. Hell, it even took Max a while to reunite with his brother Igor Cavalera. So old-school Sepultura fans will have to settle for a mini-reunion of the Morbid Visions lineup. While performing in Belo Horizonte, Brazil [...]
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
This past Summer, Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser and Exodus’ Gary Holt performed a handful of Big 4 shows…as fill ins. Kisser stepped in for Scott Ian during Anthrax’s sets throughout the Summer, while Holt has been playing with Slayer while Jeff Hanneman remains sidelined. Both also got to partake in the “Big 4 jams,” and during [...]
Monday, November 14, 2011
Guess it would’ve been too perfect for Sepultura to announce their drummer switch-a-roo on Spinal Tap day (11/11/11). This past weekend, the Brazilian metal group revealed that after five years and two studio albums, they were parting ways with drummer Jean Dolabella (who replaced founding member Igor Cavalera in 2006). Replacing Dolabella in Sepultura will [...]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sepultura is a world-renowned heavy metal institution. Even without acknowledging their pre-1998 back catalog with ex-frontman Max Cavalera, their reputation as a crushing and creative band remains intact. After dabbling in concept albums based on classic literature (Dante’s The Divine Comedy) and post-modern sci-fi (Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange), Sepultura brings it back to center [...]
Monday, July 11, 2011
Last Friday (July 8), Metallica were once again joined onstage by members of Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax for the UK edition of the Sonisphere Festival. While they went back to performing Diamond Head’s “Am I Evil?,” a trend they changed in Germany and Italy, this time around the Big 4 brought in a special guest: [...]
Thursday, July 7, 2011
As proven from the jams in Germany and Sweden, The Big 4 are continuing to change things up by performing different songs with each other. During the Big 4’s date at the Arena Fiera Rho in Milan, Italy last night (July 6), members of Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer joined Metallica onstage during their encore. This [...]
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
On June 20, Anthrax’s second most important release of the year came out: Scott Ian’s first child. Though the birth of Ian and wife Pearl Aday’s son Revel Young Ian came three weeks early, Anthrax have been prepared for the goateed guitarist’s absence from the band’s upcoming European dates since March when announcing that Sepultura’s [...]
Monday, April 11, 2011
Sepultura will be performing with Orquestra Experimental de Repertório (an orchestra conducted by Jamil Maluf) during their appearance at the Virada Cultural festival in São Paulo, Brazil this Saturday (April 16). Video of guitarist Andreas Kisser and Maluf discussing the special performance together has been posted online. Tweet
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Last week, it was revealed that Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser would be filling in for Scott Ian during a bunch of Anthrax’s European dates while the goatee’d guitarist tackled his new role as father. It’s understandable that Ian would want to be present at the birth of his and wife Pearl Aday’s first child. Yet [...]
Thursday, March 10, 2011
As if playing guitar in Anthrax and The Damned Things isn’t enough, Scott Ian has another project in the works: becoming a father. Blabbermouth
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.
Unsigned & Streamed alum Pheroze has released a video for the song “Today I Belong To The Dead.” The song appears on Pheroze’s recently released EP, Ennui.
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