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, January 29, 2013
Last month, Soundgarden revealed that they hired none other than Dave Grohl to direct a music video for the song “By Crooked Steps.” Now the video has premiered online. And as photos from the filming already indicated, the video takes inspiration from biker gang shows like Sons Of Anarchy…with one exception. Rather than riding big [...]
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Philly was definitely the place to be for live weekend. Not only did Decibel host their 100th issue concert spectacular on Saturday featuring Converge, Pig Destroyer, Municipal Waste and more, but, the following night, half of Baroness opened for Neurosis. And if your rock tastes run a little more mainstream than the Decibel show, you might [...]
Friday, January 18, 2013
Chris Cornell has previously played at campaign fundraisers for President Barack Obama. Now the singer and Soundgarden will be performing at the president’s second inauguration. According to SPIN and The Washington Post, Soundgarden will be among the musical acts performing at the official inaugural ball being held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in [...]
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The first single on Soundgarden’s new album King Animal is called ‘Been Away Too Long,” which is apt, given the band’s 15-year hiatus from the public eye. But when the quartet took the stage and launched into Ultramega OK‘s ”Incessant Mace” in front of a sold-out crowd at NYC’s comparatively tiny 1,100-capacity Irving Plaza yesterday (13), it was [...]
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Last night, Soundgarden stopped by The Late Show With David Letterman to perform “Been Away Too Long,” the first single from King Animal, which is in stores today. Good to see that Chris Cornell can still hit his signature high notes. When even Dave says “it’s about time,” you know you have been away for too long. [...]
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Soundgarden left everyone wanting more when they teased the muscular riff that opens “Live to Rise,” the first all-new song from the band in 15 years. Now the full song is online, courtesy of hometown rock station KISW/Seattle. After said riff, the song settles into a mid-tempo verse that calls to mind Audioslave, but the [...]
Friday, February 17, 2012
Believe us when we say that we’ve been trying to stay away from covering Whitney Houston’s death. However, we thought it was worth mentioning that Chris Cornell paid tribute to the late pop singer by performing an acoustic rendition of “I Will Always Love You.” The tribute took place during a benefit show for President [...]
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. After a few slow weeks leading up to Christmas, we’ve got two hard rock debuts cracking the top 20. This week’s big debut comes from Korn’s highly buzzed album The Path Of Totality with [...]
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. If you thought last week was a slow one for metal on the charts, then this week will leave you even more disappointed. This week serves as a reminder of how things start to [...]
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.
German power metal group Powerwolf has released the track “Amen & Attack” from their fourth album Preachers of the Night. The album will be released on July 19th. You can listen to the song here.
Infera Bruo has revealed the release date and cover artwork for their new album, Desolate Unknown, to be released on July 1.
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