Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. 31 years ago today, one of metal’s most gifted and promising guitarists was killed in a plane crash. Randy Rhoads was only 25 years old when he passed, but having played in Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band as well as Quiet [...]
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Chew on this: While Slash has kept himself extremely busy after leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, it took him until 2010 to release his first solo album. That’s almost as much time as it took for Axl and friends to record Chinese Democracy, which came out in 2008. The man legally known as Saul [...]
Thursday, May 24, 2012
While Black Sabbath performed their first show with drummer Tommy Clufetos last weekend (amidst continuing drama), “Ozzy Osbourne & Friends” also made its world premiere. In place of the absent Sabbath, Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Zakk Wylde and his solo band (including Clufetos) took the stage last night (May 23) in Helsinki, Finland. And it didn’t [...]
Friday, May 11, 2012
As you all know by now, Black Sabbath canceled most of their European tour dates (minus the Download Fest, Lollapalooza and the one-off hometown show) in light of Tony Iommi’s battle with lymphoma. Filling in for the absent Sabbath during those European shows and festivals will be Ozzy Osbourne himself, along with a few famous [...]
Monday, May 7, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Metal fans always try to focus on the incredible, awe-inspiring albums that legendary bands have given us. However, the truth is that almost every great band has at least one rotten egg in their otherwise rich catalog. Whether it be an [...]
Friday, February 3, 2012
Chances are you know guitarist Gus G. best for his recent work with Ozzy Osbourne. However, fans know that the Greek shredder has also been making a name for himself with his own power metal group Firewind even before joining Ozzy’s band. And now, with their new album Few Against Many ready for release, Firewind [...]
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
It’s been almost two years since Gus G. officially became Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist, and about a year since his first album with Ozzy, Scream, came out. And even though the two appeared on Ozzfest together last Summer, Gus hadn’t met his predecessor Zakk Wylde…until now. The two met for the first time on June 13 when [...]
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
As most of you probably know, the UK’s Metal Hammer Magazine has been hosting their own Golden Gods metal award show across the pond for a couple of years now (way before Revolver Magazine started to hold their own in the States). We didn’t compare and contrast the nominees of this year’s Revolver and Metal [...]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Firewind will be hitting the road this coming Fall with Arsis, White Wizzard And Nightrage. Tweet
Friday, February 25, 2011
Headbanger’s Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach 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. Yesterday, the nominees for the 3rd annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show were announced. In the past, the show’s [...]
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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