Last month, it was announced that Black Sabbath would make a guest appearance on the season finale of CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Well the episode aired last night, and not only did Sabbath perform the new song “End Of The Beginning,” but Ozzy also makes a little acting cameo via a fake interview (allowing [...]
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Since Ronnie James Dio’s death, numerous all-star Dio tribute groups have come to fruition. The two most notable, though, are Dio Disciples (featuring Tim “Ripper” Owens and Dio’s last lineup) and the more recently formed Last In Line (lead by guitarist Vivian Campbell and his former Dio bandmates). Now those two tributes have something in [...]
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 [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. It’s a safe bet that a majority of metal heads spent the past weekend blasting Slayer nonstop in honor of the late Jeff Hanneman. Pulling out our old Slayer records reminded us of something: that Slayer are among the few [...]
Friday, May 3, 2013
Last night’s Revolver Golden Gods wasn’t just about handing out awards to hard rock bands. The evening was jammed packed with one-time-only special performances and its fair share of memorable moments. While we’ll let you scratch your head over who won what award on your own, let’s recap some of the key highlights from this [...]
Friday, May 3, 2013
Tonight, the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods award show took place in Los Angeles. The night found Anthrax performing with Philip Anselmo and Rex Brown, The Dillinger Escape Plan perform a Depeche Mode cover with Deftones’ Chino Moreno, Halestorm cover Led Zeppelin with David Draiman, Five Finger Death Punch play with Rob Halford and Rob [...]
Thursday, May 2, 2013
At this rate, we might end up hearing Black Sabbath perform all the songs off its new album 13 before its release on June 11. After premiering the bonus track “Methademic” onstage last Monday, Black Sabbath treated fans in Melbourne to yet another new song. This time, they performed the third track off of 13 [...]
Monday, April 29, 2013
We’ve heard the studio version of “God Is Dead?” and live audio of “End Of The Beginning.” And earlier today, Black Sabbath performed yet another new song off their new album 13 in Melbourne. Actually, to be more specific, Sabbath performed a song titled “Methademic” that will appear as a bonus track on 13’s deluxe [...]
Thursday, April 25, 2013
33 years ago today, one of the most important Black Sabbath albums in their career was released. Heaven and Hell was the first album to feature the band’s replacement for Ozzy Osbourne, former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio. In fact, it was essentially an album made by Dio and Tony Iommi, as Bill Ward doesn’t remember [...]
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Earlier this month, Black Sabbath announced four North American dates for this coming summer. Many fans’ first reaction was “Only four?! What?!” Well, have no fear, as Black Sabbath has announced dates for a proper North American summer tour. The tour will now kick off on July 25 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in [...]
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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