Rumors about who would be playing this year’s edition of the Summer Slaughter Tour have been circulating for a few months now. Today, though, we have confirmation on the first batch of bands appearing on the touring metal festival. The big name confirmed for the tour is The Dillinger Escape Plan, while also set to [...]
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
While we wait for Mayhem Fest to announce this year’s lineup, there’s another metal touring festival getting ready for another summer. And while an official announcement has yet to be made, we can now take a few strong guesses at who will be playing this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour. “So Cattle Decapitation hasn’t been on [...]
Friday, December 21, 2012
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been celebrating the best albums that came out in 2012. However, while the past year was packed with great music, 2012 also had its fair share of unbelievable moments. Some were joyous surprises, while others were downright horrifying. All in all, though, each moment resonated throughout the metal community. [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Trying to find a new metal album on the charts at this time of year is like trying to find a store that isn’t playing Christmas music: there’s at least one, but not whole [...]
Thursday, November 8, 2012
By now everyone has heard that Cattle Decapitation has dropped off their tour with Six Feet Under following a supposed altercation between singers Chris Barnes and Travis Ryan. And while Ryan has been very vocal about the matter (claiming he was sucker punched by the Six Feet Under singer), Barnes has been telling a slightly [...]
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Six Feet Under and Cattle Decapitation seemed like a perfect touring couple. As it turns out, though, singers Chris Barnes and Travis Ryan haven’t been getting along. In fact, an physical altercation between the two death metal frontmen has led to Cattle Decapitation dropping off said tour. Ryan took to his personal Facebook page to [...]
Monday, October 15, 2012
Both YouTube and Vimeo rejected Cattle Decapitation’s video for “Forced Gender Reassignment.” After a look at it, it’s pretty easy to see why. The Mitch Massie-directed video is instead streaming on horror site Bloody Disgusting, and true to the site’s name, the video is both very bloody and completely disgusting. There’s plenty of nudity, drills, [...]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Wish you could see Six Feet Under and Cattle Decapitation perform together at Metal Blade’s Scion Label Showcase this weekend? Well as it turns out, you won’t miss out if you’re not in LA for that show. That’s because the two death metal juggernauts will be touring together as part of The Autumn Apocalypse Tour. To [...]
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A few weeks ago, Relapse Records released Results, the full length debut from deathgrind band Murder Construct. A supergroup of sorts, MC features Cattle Decapitation’s Travis Ryan, former Exhumed and Intronaut and Impaled guitarist Leon del Muerte, and Intronaut’s Danny Walker, among others. While they released an EP a few years back, this is their proper [...]
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Scion A/V Metal have continued to show love for metal labels via their Scion Label Showcase. Labels like Nuclear Blast, Prosthetic and Relapse are a few of the heaver imprints to throw a free showcase with the arguably most metal car company. And now you can add Metal Blade Records to that list. Metal Blade’s Scion Label [...]
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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