It’s been a tough month for the coworkers, friends and especially family of Relapse Director of Sales Pat Egan, who passed away a few weeks ago due to complications from pneumonia. However, all of those people can take solace in knowing that they’re doing the best they can to cope and banding together to help [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. This coming Sunday, the 85th annual Oscars award show will air live on TV. Typically, movies’ biggest night of the year makes the Grammys look like Ozzfest. However, with the Oscars right around the corner, we got to thinking of [...]
Monday, November 12, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Earlier this morning, we discovered that Def Leppard will be performing a residency at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This comes after fellow 80’s mainstays Motley Crue and Guns N’ Roses’ residencies at the same Las [...]
Monday, November 12, 2012
Both Motley Crue and Guns N’ Roses have been doing it up with residencies at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Now another 80’s hair metal/rock group is following in their footsteps: Def Leppard. According to USA Today, Def Leppard will begin performing at Hard Rock’s The Joint on March 22. “We’re [...]
Friday, October 19, 2012
Whenever a top 10 list is compiled, the same question pops up: “But what about (insert band/song/musician here)?” And this time is no different. Gibson recently conducted an survey of the best guitar riffs from the 1980′s. Today, they announced the top 10 riffs with the AC/DC classic “Back In Black” taking the number one [...]
Friday, September 21, 2012
Meet Bob. He’s half of New Castle Indiana karaoke power couple Bob and Bev. What constitutes a karaoke power couple? Perhaps 208 videos uploaded to YouTube of the two putting their unique vocal slants on songs like Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana,” System of a Down’s “Chop Suey,” and Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” does. [...]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The old joke goes “what did the drummer get on his SAT? Drool.” But hey, it doesn’t matter how smart you are if you’re rich. Chances are your favorite drummer isn’t on this list, but celebritynetworth.com has just published a list of the 30 richest drummers in the world, and there are a handful of rock/metal [...]
Monday, June 4, 2012
To the delight of musical nerds and people that like seeing Alec Baldwin sing, the film adaptation of the smash Broadway show Rock of Ages is coming out next week. You’ve already gotten to see the trailer, and it makes Moulin Rouge look like Rambo. If in case you’re not convinced that this movie is going to [...]
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Lita Ford has been through quite a bit in the last few years: a ‘comeback’ album that she was merely a participant in (2010′s poorly-received Wicked Wonderland), a painful separation from her husband and children, and almost getting hit by a train, then arrested for it (more on that below). However, things are turning around for [...]
Friday, May 4, 2012
Make that three Ronnie James Dio tribute acts featuring former members. Guitarist Vivian Campbell (now of a little band called Def Leppard) has revealed that he is planning to perform shows with his former Dio bandmates, drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboardist Claude Schnell. Campbell revealed the news in a Facebook posting made [...]
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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