It’s about 1pm on a sunny Saturday afternoon. It’s a time when most metal heads would probably still be passed out from the prior evening’s debauchery. Yet Erik Danielsson, the frontman for one of the most wild black metal groups Watain, is up and at Duff’s Brooklyn bar with members of metal press and friends. [...]
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. By now, you’ve hopefully recovered from St. Patrick’s Day, or, as I like to call it, Every One Is Suddenly A Dropkick Murphys Fan Day. You also might have done something stupid this past [...]
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. No, I’m not going to go into some kind of rant about illegal downloading as the title might suggest. It just happened to fit nicely with the top debut and album of the week, [...]
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Well okay, the charts aren’t actually ruined (except for the fact that the soundtrack to Twilight is on it). There have been various boosts to certain albums this week and we’ve got some debuts from [...]
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s been approximately…never since my last confession. Actually, I don’t think anyone here at Metal Insider has ever made a confession that wasn’t preceded by downing a bottle of whiskey beforehand. Just kidding. We [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
As promised, today we have a battle for supremacy between some mainstream rock acts trying to maintain their fame, and a few extremely heavy metal groups with established followings that could force the public to recognize them with a good sales showing. Let’s not even bother discussing it, because we have a lot to cover. [...]
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The lineup for the 2013 Rock on the Range festival has been announced for May 17-19. While it’s taking place again in Columbus OH, you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s taking place in the Pacific Northwest in the ’90s, as Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are among the headliners. Other ’90s-era bands playing [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
On October 31, a gala was held by the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund at the Avalon nightclub in L.A. Eric Blair of “The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show” was there to interview some of the attendees, including a recent addition to the Century Media family: Buckcherry. In the video interview, [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Yesterday, Century Media Records announced the signing of Swedish black metallers Watain. This comes a few weeks after the label’s signing of Buckcherry became public [...]
Monday, October 29, 2012
Since making a comeback with 2006’s 15, Buckcherry has been signed to Eleven Seven Music. And though that label will continue to distribute them internationally, the rock group has just signed a new U.S. deal with Century Media Records. Century Media Records officially announced today that they will distribute Buckcherry’s next album Confessions in early [...]
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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