Metal musicians covering popular songs is nothing new, but that doesn’t make them any less unexpected (or sometimes unnecessary). In this case, former Cerebral Bore vocalist Simone “Som” Pluijmers gave the (unbearable) 1997 hit “Barbie Girl” by Aqua a whirl. To clarify, this isn’t a full band cover or anything. This is Pluijmers growling the lyrics [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
One of the high points of the excellent Summer Slaughter tour we got to see earlier this month was Periphery’s rock solid set. It was great to hear songs from Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal played live, and while they’re more or less the gods of the djent movement, this proved that they could hang [...]
Thursday, July 12, 2012
And bassist Nick Schendzielos is out of Job For a Cowboy. But hold your horses, it’s only temporary, and Job For A Cowboy is still going to play the Summer Slaughter tour with Cannibal Corpse, Between The Buried And Me, The Faceless, Periphery, Veil Of Maya, Goatwhore, Exhumed, and Cerebral Bore. The lineup change was [...]
Friday, April 27, 2012
With the official announcement of the Trespass America Festival this past week, this Summer has gotten even more crowded with touring festivals. It’s a Summer that will find Mayhem Fest, Summer Slaughter, All Stars Tour and others duking it out for the consumers’ money. But which Summer touring festival is giving the most bang for [...]
Monday, April 23, 2012
Over the past few months, the Summer Slaughter Tour has been revealing this year’s lineup one by one (for the most part at least). And today, the tour will be announcing its full itinerary of dates. However, as multiple sites have already noticed, a good chunk of the dates have already slipped out. As you [...]
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Cerebral Bore have been announced as the winners to the Summer Slaughter Tour’s opening slot contest. Tweet
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Did someone put out a memo saying that June 8th was the date when every record label…wait a minute, today’s date is June 7th. And that sentence seems familiar…from exactly one year ago, in fact! Today, we celebrate one year of New & Noteworthy, and what a year it has been! We’ve seen amazing new [...]
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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