Last year, Deftones’ frontman Chino Moreno announced plans form a new project with Isis alumni Aaron Harris (drums), Clifford Meyer (guitar/ keyboards) and Jeff Caxide (bass/ keyboards) called Palms. And today, we finally get our first taste of Palms self-titled debut, out on June 25 via Ipecac Recordings. Right now, Pitchfork is streaming a song [...]
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Being that today is Election Day, I must lead off this week by being yet another person to remind you all of your civic duty. If you are of voting age, please make sure you go out and vote today. I do not care who you vote for, because that is a decision for you [...]
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The rumbles began this morning, after Metal Sucks rumored that influential post-hardcore label Hydra Head Records was rumored to be closing. Sadly, it was confirmed earlier today by a post on Hydra Head’s blog – after December, the label will exist only to fulfill orders of its impressive back catalog. Founded by Isis frontman Aaron [...]
Friday, August 3, 2012
It’s been a few years since post-metal band Isis released Wavering Radiant, toured behind it, and then faded into semi-oblivion, saying they’d “done everything they wanted to do.” And while they’re done releasing new music, nothing’s stopping them from putting together a collection of outtakes, demos, unreleased tracks and videos. And that’s where Temporal comes in. The compilation, [...]
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Have you heard of Twilight? No, not the movies about sparkly celibate vampires, the black metal supergroup. Already featuring members of Nachtmystium, Isis and The Atlas Moth, they’ve now gotten even more cred, as former Sonic Youth guitarist and vocalist Thurston Moore has joined the band. Twilight, which includes Nachtmystium’s Blake Judd, producer Sanford Parker, [...]
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
It’s pretty much like the late ’90s are coming home to roost. Today, we not only get another song from Fear Factory’s forthcoming album, The Industrialist (which is out this coming Tuesday), but also the first new music in eight years from sludgy supergroup of sorts Old Man Gloom. We’ll start with them first. Since 2004′s [...]
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Yesterday, Hydra Head Records teased everyone about a new album from Old Man Gloom, featuring Aaron Turner (Isis), Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders), Caleb Scofield (Cave In), and Santos Montano (Zozobra). Earlier today, though, Turner (who also owns Hydra Head) confirmed that the sludge supergroup will indeed release a new album. Titled NO, Old Man Gloom [...]
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Chino Moreno is busy enough as it is. He’s been performing with his side project Crosses †††as of late, and soon he’ll be hitting the studio and the road with his the Deftones. And now comes word that Moreno is teaming up with former members of Isis in a new group called Palms. In addition [...]
Monday, February 27, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. In case you missed it, Pantera’s seminal album Vulgar Display Of Power turned 20 years old on Saturday (February 25). While 1990′s Cowboys From Hell was the first of the band’s albums to be released nationally, Vulgar Display Of Power was far and away [...]
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Isis may have disbanded last year, but that apparently won’t stop them from releasing material from the grave. The band announced at the beginning of the week that they will release a series of five live albums/EPs that span their 13 year career. The first will be Isis Live I 9.23.03, a four song set [...]
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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