Even though they’re a car company, Scion just keeps releasing great music. Most recently, Scion A/V partnered with Earache Records for a showcase that featured Philadelphia band Vektor, along with Oceano, Bonded By Blood and White Wizzard. The result of the showcase is a two-track, 15 minute EP that Scion A/V is making available as [...]
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Tonight (7), Earache rock band Rival Sons will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The band’s new album, Head Down, will be released on March 19. Tweet
Monday, February 4, 2013
Originally hailing from Tempe, AZ, Vektor describe themselves as “prog-thrash from space.” And it’s evident after one listen that the band’s music is thematically influenced by science fiction. So who better to determine the most metal sci-fi films than a member of Vektor? With that in mind, bassist Frank Chin [center right in the picture [...]
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
It’s been announced today that Century Media Records is partnering with Earache Records for a new licensing agreement. The three year deal will see Century Media handling all of Earache’s physical product distribution in the U.S. Earache previously partnered with Caroline Distribution/EMI for distribution. Earache’s U.S. label boss Al Dawson had the following to say [...]
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Looking to make the perfect metal playlist, but don’t want to go to all the work of compiling it? Earache Records is here to help. They’ve launched a free app for Spotify called Earache Metalizer. Essentially, it’s a deck that looks like an EQ, except there are four categories, “metal,” “death,” “thrash” and “grind.” You’ll [...]
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Earache Records has been making an impact in metal now for almost three decades. And to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Nottingham, England-based label is teaming up with Scion A/V to hold their own Scion Label Showcase at the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA on January 12. Set to perform at the label’s showcase is Oceano, [...]
Monday, April 2, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Combining metal and video games is the most peanut butter/chocolate combinations ever. Both relatively appeal to younger males (and cool females, just sayin’). It’s also a way to brand a game as edgier than, say, Pokemon. While the inclusion of [...]
Thursday, March 22, 2012
How does an Australian wind up running the American arm of influential UK metal label Earache? It’s kind of a long story, but Al Dawson was more than happy to oblige. Starting out as a tape trader in the ’80s (he was thanked on a 1984 compilation by Pushead), he eventually visited the UK, where [...]
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Cerebral Bore have been announced as the winners to the Summer Slaughter Tour’s opening slot contest. Tweet
Friday, December 23, 2011
Earache Records posted on their Facebook page earlier this morning that blackened doom band Woods of Ypres founder David Gold died in a car accident last night. The guitarist and vocalist was 31. We’ve just heard that David Gold of Woods of Ypres passed away last night in an accident near Barrie, ON, Canada. From all [...]
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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