This past Friday night (September 7), the fourth annual Metal Masters clinic took place at The Gramercy in NYC. Featured “metal masters” included Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Down’s (ex-Pantera) Philip Anselmo, Mr. Big bassist Billy Sheehan and Exodus’ Gary Holt. The night lacked any “surprise [...]
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
It’s only been about four months since the last Metal Masters Clinic took place in Hollywood. And yesterday, it was revealed that the fourth edition will bring the series back to New York on September 7. Metal Masters 4 will see the return of Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, as well as Anthrax’s Charlie [...]
Monday, May 21, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Previously, we’ve shared our top 5 metal themed movies. However, Vulture.com published a piece recently called “When Rock Stars Cameo As Themselves in Movies,” which listed the top 10 cameos from rock stars playing themselves. Their list was [...]
Friday, April 13, 2012
Yesterday, rumors started to spread that Philip Anselmo and Geezer Butler would be joining Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Megadeth’s David Ellefson, and Adrenaline Mob’s Mike Portnoy for the third Metal Masters Clinic. And sure enough, the Pantera/Down frontman and Black Sabbath bassist indeed hopped onstage last night. [...]
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Tonight (April 12), Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Megadeth’s David Ellefson, and Adrenaline Mob’s Mike Portnoy will be taking part in the third Metal Masters Clinic at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA. However, rumors have started to gain steam that none other than Philip Anselmo and Geezer [...]
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Back in September, Slayer’s Kerry King, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Megadeth’s David Ellefson, and Mike Portnoy took part in the second Metal Masters Clinic in NYC. The free clinic was full of surprises, including appearances from Philip Anselmo and Scott Ian. And now fans can look forward to round three of the Metal [...]
Friday, February 17, 2012
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. This week, the nominations for the 4th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards were announced. And as usual, the announcement has garnered a mix response. [...]
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Last night (February 8), Charlie Benante and Frank Bello rejoined Anthrax onstage at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. The show marked the first time they’ve been onstage since the passing of Benante’s mother (and Bello’s grandmother). However, it would appear Benante, rightfully so, will be taking a little more time off from [...]
Monday, February 6, 2012
Last week, drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello announced that they would be dropping off of Anthrax’s current tour to spend time with Benante’s terminally ill mother. Today, we’re sad to report that Benante’s mother (who was also Bello’s grandmother) this past Saturday, February 4. Benante revealed the unfortunate news via a very touching [...]
Thursday, February 2, 2012
As you probably know by now, Anthrax were forced to perform this past weekend without guitarist Scott Ian and drummer Charlie Benante. While Ian has since returned to the stage, Gene Hoglan is still filling in on drums while Benante is with his terminally ill mother. And now it turns out that bassist Frank Bello [...]
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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