With the interactive portion of the 27th annual SXSW festival kicking off today, downtown Austin is transforming into a shitshow of epic proportions. Literally thousands of bands, hundreds of vendors, countless other companies, and a four-story tall Doritos vending machine are transforming the usually semi-sedate streets of Austin into nine days of marketing, branding and music [...]
Monday, May 14, 2012
Since March, the All Stars Tour slowly started to reveal the lineup to this year’s edition. And this past weekend, dates for the Summer tour were officially announced. As it turns out, headliners Suicide Silence will not appear on the August tour’s first three dates. In addition, it was confirmed that Dance Gavin Dance will [...]
Friday, April 27, 2012
With the official announcement of the Trespass America Festival this past week, this Summer has gotten even more crowded with touring festivals. It’s a Summer that will find Mayhem Fest, Summer Slaughter, All Stars Tour and others duking it out for the consumers’ money. But which Summer touring festival is giving the most bang for [...]
Monday, March 26, 2012
An official announcement regarding the lineup to this year’s All Stars Tour was supposed to be made earlier this month. Instead, the tour has been revealing confirmed bands sporadically. And as of this morning, we have a better idea of which “all stars” will be touring together this Summer. This past weekend, Attila and Winds [...]
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While the top metal/hard rock debut actually comes from post-hardcore band Thrice, it would be unfair to not put the spotlight on Opeth. The Swedish prog metal band’s tenth studio album Heritage not only [...]
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
It’s not often that a list as short as today’s evokes a great deal of insight from me. But today, I’m reminded of three vital facts about metal and metal fans when I look at today’s release schedule. First of all, for all the crap that metal fans can sometimes get about being open-minded and [...]
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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