Phil Demmel of Machine Head The first band that I was in was called On Parole and we were… It was the early 80’s so there’s a lot of Iron Maiden influence and, kind of like, Van Halen, Riot. A lot of those rock – they were probably known as “metal” back then – but [...]
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Last year (in addition to releasing another spectacular Dethklok album), Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small unleashed his solo-project, Brendon Small’s Galaktikon. And on March 3, Brendon Small’s Galaktikon will make its live debut by headlining WesFest 8: A Concert to Benefit the Wes Wehmiller Endowed Scholarship at Berklee College Of Music at The Roxy in Los Angeles. [...]
Friday, February 1, 2013
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. The nominees for the 5th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards were announced earlier this week. And keeping with tradition, the nominations are so-so. While [...]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Brendon Small is the living the ultimate dream of a heavy metal fan and a comedy nerd. He is a creator, an executive producer, a writer, an everything-er of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse and the vocalist/lead guitarist of the show’s real life live entity Dethklok. His show features legends from music, comedy, and film like Ace [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
We’ve been waiting to find out more about the new Dethklok album. And though we may not get to see them live before the end of this Summer, we now know exactly when we’ll get to hear Dethalbum III. It’s been confirmed that Dethalbum III will be released on October 16 via Williams Street Records. [...]
Monday, July 16, 2012
Word had spread pretty fast last Friday (July 13) afternoon that Dethklok would be playing a free show that night aboard the USS Midway Battleship in San Diego as part of this year’s Comic-Con. And sure enough, the live version of the animated Metalocalypse group performed their first show of 2012 with new animations AND [...]
Friday, June 8, 2012
While we knew that it’s been in the works, there’s finally some more news on the long-awaited third album from Dethklok. Drummer Gene Hoglan tweeted that the drums are done for the album. With Brendon Small already having the album, or at least parts of it, ready, we’d assume they’re in the home stretch. Hoglan [...]
Monday, May 14, 2012
In addition to working on Metalocalypse’s fourth season, co-creator Brendon Small self-released his first solo project Galaktikon last month. However, Small has still (somehow) found time to work on Dethklok’s third album. And while he previously said that he hoped to have Dethalbum III out this year, a new tweet and picture confirms that we [...]
Friday, May 11, 2012
Though Resolution came out back in January, Lamb Of God have done little touring in the U.S. in support of their latest release (besides a mini-six date East Coast tour). Well it looks like that’s about to change, as Lamb Of God have some major plans for a North America tour this August and September. [...]
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While this week only finds three new metal or hard rock releases hitting the charts, the top debut comes from the onetime king of shock rock. It’s been three years since Marilyn Manson released [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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