Phil Demmel of Machine Head The first band that I was in was called On Parole and we were… It was the early 80’s so there’s a lot of Iron Maiden influence and, kind of like, Van Halen, Riot. A lot of those rock – they were probably known as “metal” back then – but [...]
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Last year (in addition to releasing another spectacular Dethklok album), Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small unleashed his solo-project, Brendon Small’s Galaktikon. And on March 3, Brendon Small’s Galaktikon will make its live debut by headlining WesFest 8: A Concert to Benefit the Wes Wehmiller Endowed Scholarship at Berklee College Of Music at The Roxy in Los Angeles. [...]
Friday, February 1, 2013
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 [...]
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. [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Last Friday night (December 14), Dethklok’s tour with Machine Head, All That Remains and The Black Dahlia Murder came to an end at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The show was supposed to be back in November, but Hurricane Sandy had different plans. However, the wait was worth it, as the night proved [...]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
With the year in music just about over, Metal Insider‘s staff and contributors are taking a look back and naming their top ten albums of 2012.Today’s list comes courtesy of Metal Insider intern/contributor Matt Brown. We’re also including Spotify playlists with a song from each album. We’ll also be sprinkling in other lists from artists [...]
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Brendon Small is the living the ultimate dream of a heavy metal fan and a comedy nerd. He is a creator, an executive producer, a writer, an everything-er of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse and the vocalist/lead guitarist of the show’s real life live entity Dethklok. His show features legends from music, comedy, and film like Ace [...]
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Machine Head have already been forced to sit out the December 4 show with Dethklok, All that Remains and The Black Dahlia Murder due to Disney’s corporate policy. Now it looks like that’s not the only show on the tour they won’t be playing. While Roadrunner had no comment when we reached out to them, Blabbermouth [...]
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Now that the election is over, we can now be bombarded by Christmas stuff instead of political stuff. And on the East Coast, that bombardment apparently includes snow. In addition to the fact that [...]
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Machine Head has announced that they will not be joining tourmates Dethklok, All That Remains, and The Black Dahlia Murder at the House Of Blues in Orlando, FL on December 4. Why? Well as it turns out, Machine Head are still banned by Walt Disney from performing on their venue properties (including the House Of [...]
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.
Unsigned & Streamed alum Pheroze has released a video for the song “Today I Belong To The Dead.” The song appears on Pheroze’s recently released EP, Ennui.
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