Tag Archives: CkY

Latest tour and festival updates: Slipknot, I Prevail, Marilyn Manson, Fallujah, and more

Posted by on March 14, 2024

  01) 2025’s Knotfest Australia to include Slipknot’s 25th Anniversary Set: Slipknot are taking the 25th-anniversary celebration of their 1999 debut self-titled album to the other side of the world in 2025 with Knotfest Australia. Set to headline the event, the lineup includes Pantera, Disturbed, Lamb Of God, Halestorm, The HU, Asking Alexandria, Wage War, […]

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SLAYER resurrected: Legends to headline 2024 Louder Than Life & Riot Fest

Posted by on February 21, 2024

  This is not a drill; Slayer are back! After wrapping up their final world tour in November 2019, these legends featuring Tom Araya (bass/vocals), Kerry King (guitar), Gary Holt (guitar), and Paul Bostaph (drums) have announced their first return to the stage. At least for two festival appearances, for now: Riot Fest in Chicago, […]

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Blue Ridge Rock Fest: Static-X, Dope, Pantera, Vince Neil, and more added to 2023 lineup

Posted by on January 5, 2023

  The 2023 edition of Blue Ridge Rock Festival will take place in Alton, VA from September 7th – 10th. While Metal Insider enjoyed the 2022 run, the 2023 lineup could be the best year yet as Static-X, Pantera, Vince Neil, and many more have been added to the lineup.   Check out the extensive […]

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2018’s Black Friday ‘Record Store Day’ releases include Chris Cornell, Type O Negative, GNR, Judas Priest, and more

Posted by on October 10, 2018

The extensive list of albums that are being exclusively released for this year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day on November 23rd have been revealed. We looked over the entire catalog and made a few selections from metal, hard rock and other classic rock albums. Artists include A Perfect Circle, Type O Negative, Babymetal, Anthrax, […]

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CKY and Slaves announces co-headlining tour w/Royal Thunder & Awaken I Am

Posted by on April 12, 2018

CKY have announced a co-headlining trek with the post-hardcore group Slaves. The group will be promoting their latest effort The Phoenix, which was released last year via eOne and Slaves will bring their new album Beautiful Death.  Royal Thunder and Awaken I Am will be joining in as support. CKY drummer Jess Margera expressed his […]

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Metal By Numbers 6/28: Nickelback feed on sales

Posted by on June 28, 2017

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   I honestly don’t know why everyone hates on Nickelback so much. Well, actually I do: the hate bandwagon. But really, they’re a harmless radio-friendly rock band, and while for some people, that’s […]

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New & Noteworthy, June 16th, 2017: Feed the Releases

Posted by on June 16, 2017

New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new studio releases from Iced Earth, Chon, and Nickelback . If you would like to check out last week’s releases you can do so here. You can also check out last week’s […]

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CKY are back and they brought Brent Hinds with them

Posted by on May 1, 2017

It’s hard to remember, but MTV used to break bands. Even after they stopped playing videos, in the early to mid 2000s, the popularity of Jackass helped put CKY on the map. The Westchester, PA-based group, who initially got popular via skateboarding videos, were more or less the house band of the series, perhaps due to […]

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eOne signs CKY, new album coming this Summer

Posted by on March 30, 2017

Just the mention of the name CKY will probably bring you back to a simpler place, to the days of MTV after they stopped playing actual music videos, but before reality shows like The Hills and Jersey Shore that had no actual basis in reality. The Westchester, PA based group was more or less the house band of Jackass, mainly because […]

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Vans Warped Tour 2017 lineup officially revealed

Posted by on March 23, 2017

Over the weekend, just a few days before the official announcement, this year’s Vans Warped Tour lineup leaked. It was a monstrous leak, surpassing the average 1-3 band rumors and showing that a lot of the bands playing this year were on the heavier side. Festival founder Kevin Lyman didn’t take this news lightly and managed […]

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