Last week, Guns N’ Roses surprised many when announcing an appearance at this year’s Governer’s Ball. Well as it turns out, that wasn’t the only festival performance in the works as Axl Rose and his new gunners have also been confirmed for this year’s Rocklahoma. Taking place on May 24, 25 and 26 at “Catch [...]
Monday, January 28, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Crazy to think how within a few hours, we suddenly had TWO Black Flag reunions to choose from. Hell, even one version of the punk icons plan to record a new album. But the circumstances of the multiple Black Flags [...]
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
It’s a nice start for As I Lay Dying’s sixth album, although it’s their first album since 2005 to not debut in the top ten. In other news, with Mumford and Sons selling 600,000 copies of their sophomore album this week to have this year’s biggest debut, you might want to think about dusting off [...]
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
American metal has proven itself to be boundless with the passage of time. Every genre has been explored by at least one band that has gained prominence, and many newer genres that have come to the forefront of worldwide notice actually originated in America within the past decade and a half. Metalcore, deathcore, djent (to [...]
Monday, July 9, 2012
One golf cart: $4,000. Two traffic cones: $80. Being drunk enough to pull this off: Probably at least $100. Bail: Another $4,000. This story altogether: Priceless. Last night, Ted Nugent was playing a show in Bangor, ME that was part of the Waterfront Concert series. The band was paired up with Styx and REO Speedwagon, [...]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. We love a good old fashioned cover song, especially when the artist is able to make said song completely their own. However, we recently saw video of a half-naked Ukrainian folk band called Los Colorados covering Rammstein’s “Du Hast” [...]
Thursday, March 29, 2012
This Saturday, March 31, That Metal Show kicks off its tenth season on VH1 Classic. Featuring appearances from members of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Disturbed, Motörhead, Pantera, Machine Head and many others, we thought it would be nice to have co-host Don Jamieson once again give us a preview of a few episodes. My sideburns and [...]
Monday, March 26, 2012
Towards the end of 2011, Ratt were once again showing signs of tension. However, singer Stephen Pearcy reassured everyone that the reformed 80’s metal group would release a follow up to 2010’s Infestation sometime this year. But if that does happen, it looks like the next Ratt album will be without bassist Robbie Crane. During [...]
Friday, December 16, 2011
Disappointed that guitarist George Lynch and bassist Jeff Pilson are no longer in Dokken? Well it looks like the two are back for the attack with Dokken drummer Mick Brown, as it’s been announced that the three are forming a new group. The band, called Tooth And Nail, is supposedly in the studio aiming to [...]
Monday, November 7, 2011
Metal Insider’s sister comedy site The Laugh Button recently got an opportunity to interview the legendary Steel Panther. TLB’s Blake Garris caught up with guitarist Satchel (second from left) about why they’re the greatest band in the world, groupies, Justin Bieber and Snooki. The band’s third record (second as Steel Panther) Balls Out was just released via Universal [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
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.
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