For the most part, tour manager/former Bury Your Dead bassist Aaron “Bubble” Patrick has been DevilDriver’s bassist (in place of Jonathan Miller). However, when Patrick fell ill with Streptococcus Pneumonia last year, Bury Your Dead guitarist Chris Towning filled in on bass. Now it looks like the temporary gig has led to something more permanent. [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Last April, Eric Ellis, guitarist for Bury Your Dead from 2004-2008, was put on trial for gang related crimes (supposedly inspired by the TV show Sons of Anarchy). Now he’s officially been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Ellis originally left Bury Your Dead in ’08 due to “medical reasons and personality differences”, which [...]
Monday, April 2, 2012
Eric Ellis played guitar in Bury Your Dead from 2004 to 2008. However, now it looks like he might spend an even longer amount of time in jail if convicted for gang related crimes. According to The Florida Times-Union, Ellis is currently on trial for gang related crimes in Jacksonville, FL. Originally charged with violating [...]
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Last week, it was revealed that DevilDriver bassist Aaron “Bubble” Patrick had been hospitalized with pneumonia. A few days later, Patrick was officially diagnosed with Streptococcus Pneumonia, which has caused damage to his liver, kidneys and bone marrow. Last night, though, frontman Dez Fafara shared some good news via Twitter. According to Fafara, Patrick has been [...]
Monday, March 19, 2012
DevilDriver have always been one of Roadrunner Records’ heavier acts that consistently do well on the charts and have a strong following. According to frontman Dez Fafara, though, that title no longer applies to the band. In an interview with Peek From The Pit prior to their show in New Orleans last Friday (March 16), [...]
Monday, January 9, 2012
Emmure have announced that former Bury Your Dead drummer Mark Castillo has joined the band. Tweet
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While Breaking Up Benjamin have the top rock debut (no, we’re not counting Blue October, who debuted in the top ten), the top metal debut belongs to Chimaira, who sold a respectable 7,400 of [...]
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s top metal debut comes from Florida’s very own Trivium, who have reason to celebrate. Their fifth studio album In Waves sells just under 21,000 copies, cracking the top 20. While it may [...]
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s top heavy metal/hard rock debut came from Japan’s very own Dir En Grey. The experimental metal group’s eighth studio album Dum Spiro Spero cracks the top 120, selling over 3,900 copies. As [...]
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
It’s been a week full of excitement here at Metal Insider. We’ve gotten to hear a new song from Mastodon and a new song from Opeth on the same day, and we managed to fit in a rousing debate on the two as well. On top of that, we also got the cover art 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.
© 2013 Metal Insider
Monday, February 18, 2013
0 Comments