Randy is free. The court just returned their verdict in the manslaughter trial against Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe, with the singer being acquitted of all charges. “Randy is finally free,” a statement on Lamb of God’s Twitter read. It linked to an article from Novinky.cz, a Czech news agency, proclaiming “The court acquitted metal [...]
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Although currently on the road with In Flames for their “Another Year Another Tour” tour, I had the opportunity to catch Battlecross, All Shall Perish, and Demon Hunter on an off-date in Nashville, TN at the Exit/In. Being the capital of Country music, I was skeptical as to how the turnout would be. I knew [...]
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The lineup for the 2013 Rock on the Range festival has been announced for May 17-19. While it’s taking place again in Columbus OH, you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s taking place in the Pacific Northwest in the ’90s, as Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are among the headliners. Other ’90s-era bands playing [...]
Monday, December 10, 2012
This past Saturday, December 8th, marked 8 years since Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebagg Darrell was killed onstage. Last night in Kansas City, MO, Vinnie Paul took a moment during Hellyeah’s set to remember his brother and then called the members of Lamb Of God, In Flames, and Sylosis onstage to share a drink in [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
In Flames is nearing the end of their national tour with Lamb Of God. But that’s not slowing them down, as the Swedish metal group has announced plans for yet another tour. This time, though, they’re hitting the road in 2013 with Demon Hunter, All Shall Perish, AND Battlecross. Aptly titled Another Year Another Tour, [...]
Friday, September 14, 2012
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. To say that we were bummed about the Lamb Of God/Dethklok/Gojira tour getting canceled as a result of Randy Blythe’s detainment is a complete understatement. [...]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Now that singer Randy Blythe has been uncaged, Lamb of God have finally confirmed a Fall tour. In Flames will be direct support, with Sylosis opening all dates. Hatebreed will be playing from October 30th – November 19, with HELLYEAH playing for the remainder of the tour. One of these bands doesn’t make that much [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
Last week provided a truly unique experience for Trivium fans. As we mentioned previously, we had the chance to see frontman Matt Heafy perform an intimate acoustic set in Moscot Eyewear’s NYC gallery (which Metal Injection filmed great footage of). Six days later, we witnessed Trivium performing to an arena crowd during the Trespass America [...]
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Adam Poch, Big Brother 13′s “Heavy Metal Teddy Bear” and known metalhead, will be recapping the week in Big Brother 14′s current season for as long as former Kittie bassist Jenn Arroyo remains on the show. As long as Jenn’s in the game, Adam will weigh in. You can also follow him on Twitter at @heavymetalteddy. *** [...]
Thursday, July 26, 2012
While Lamb of God will (obviously) not be performing at the HeavyMTL and HeavyTO tours on August 11th and 12th, thankfully they’ve found a solid replacement, as In Flames will fill in for them. Tweet
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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