Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. As you start to look at the charts this week, you’ll notice two things: 1) There were a shit ton of albums that debuted this week, and 2) HIM is our top debut. Alright, [...]
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
As promised, this week is full of melodic death metal albums, and the list is being led off by a gothic metal giant from Finland. While HIM may not necessarily be a metal band in the strictest sense, they’re still one of the most popular rock acts in the world, and we’re always happy to [...]
Friday, April 26, 2013
On Tuesday, sludgy stoner doom band Howl unleash their sophomore album, Bloodlines on Relapse Records. We’ve had a chance to digest it, and it’s growing on us with pretty much every listen. They’ve stepped it up, with stellar production from Chris “Zeuss” Harris, a different lineup and the sound that only two additional years of confidence [...]
Friday, March 22, 2013
Rumors about who would be playing this year’s edition of the Summer Slaughter Tour have been circulating for a few months now. Today, though, we have confirmation on the first batch of bands appearing on the touring metal festival. The big name confirmed for the tour is The Dillinger Escape Plan, while also set to [...]
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
6. Howl MetalSucks presents South By South Death at the Dirty Dog Prior to this performance I was only casually acquainted with the band’s fifth full length Full of Hell, which is quite solid. Since then, Vincent Hausman dropped the guitar to focus fully on vocals which seems to have been beneficial for the band. his performance [...]
Friday, March 8, 2013
With the interactive portion of the 27th annual SXSW festival kicking off today, downtown Austin is transforming into a shitshow of epic proportions. Literally thousands of bands, hundreds of vendors, countless other companies, and a four-story tall Doritos vending machine are transforming the usually semi-sedate streets of Austin into nine days of marketing, branding and music [...]
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The lineup to the inaugural Metal Suckfest was already looking pretty sweet, with Municipal Waste headlining the first night and Cynic headlining the second night (oh, and did we mention the pre-game show featuring Mayhem?). Yet when our buds at Metal Sucks revealed more of the lineup, they also promised that there were still four [...]
Friday, September 9, 2011
Earlier this week, Metal Sucks revealed more bands that were set to appear on the inaugural Metal Suckfest. Two days of a crap load of metal? How can you beat that? Well guess what: they’ve added a pre-game show on November 3 to kick off the festivities! That’s right, THREE days of metal at the [...]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Last month, our buds at Metal Sucks announced that they were doing something extremely crazy: putting together a two day festival. At the time, the only thing we knew about Metal Suckfest’s lineup was that Municipal Waste and Cynic were headlining each day respectively. But now we know more bands slated to appear on the [...]
Thursday, March 24, 2011
We’re not sure where Mojoes is in Chicago, but apparently it’s on the wrong side of the tracks. According to a press release from eOne, this Sunday’s Metalliance Tour show at that venue is no longer happening due to a gang shooting. The city has apparently put a seven day hold on the venue’s operation [...]
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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