Metal and video games go together like, well, metal and video games. And in the spirit of games like Brutal Legend and Earache: Extreme Metal Racing comes Death Goat, a came coming out for Xbox Live Indie Games. The game features music from Between the Buried and Me, Holy Grail, God Forbid, and even more underground bands, [...]
Friday, March 1, 2013
Everything has to start somewhere, and this fact is no different for our metal heroes. Over that past few years I have been asking some of my favorite artists the question “What was your first band called and what did it sound like?” and here are their answers. Devin Townsend Well, I guess I was [...]
Friday, December 7, 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. This next list comes courtesy of Metal Insider contributor Chris Colgan. We’re also including a Spotify playlists with a song from each album, if available. We’ll also be sprinkling [...]
Monday, December 3, 2012
With the year in music just about over, Metal Insider‘s staff are taking a look back and naming their top ten albums of 2012. We’ll be naming ours over the next few days, starting with today’s list, Metal Insider contributor Zach Shaw. We’re also including Spotify playlists with a song from each album. We’ll also [...]
Monday, November 12, 2012
Once again, there’s been an accident involving a touring band, thankfully, this one without any serious injuries. Glass Cloud, currently on the AP Tour, suffered an accident on Saturday, November 10, following the tour’s Seattle stop. While they haven’t clarified, it looks like snowy/icy conditions were to blame. They were slated to play Salt Lake [...]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Fire From The Sky became much more than an album title for Boston-based Shadows Fall last night who are currently on their “To The Apocalypse 2012″ tour with God Forbid, Thy Will Be Done and Trumpet The Harlot. Their tour bus, which they share with God Forbid, reportedly caught fire near today’s destination. The band [...]
Monday, October 1, 2012
It’s now officially October, which means that Halloween, horror movies, haunted houses, and other scary stuff is just around the corner. In fact, this Sunday (October 7), as part of the opening weekend of long-running NYC haunted attraction Blood Manor, God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle will be roaming the halls of the manor as a [...]
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Thought this Fall couldn’t get any better in regards to metal tours? Well Shadows Fall have come along to prove you wrong, as they’re about to embark on a tour with a killer lineup. Rumors of the tour started to spread last week. However, Metal Sucks have officially announced the Party To The Apocalypse 2012 [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
We believe in a thing called sales. And for this week, those sales involve The Darkness, having returned after a five-year break-up, with their new album Hot Cakes. Anyone who forgot about the band was reminded of its existence this past Super Bowl. And over 9,000 were reminded this past week, with Hot Cakes. Also [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
By now, most people have likely read Tom Morello’s Rolling Stone op-ed regarding Republican Vice Presidential hopeful Paul Ryan. In case you didn’t, the guitarist responded to Ryan citing Rage Against The Machine as one of his favorite bands (yeah, we were surprised to hear that as well). And to say the least, he wasn’t [...]
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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