Earlier this week, Dream Theater announced that they’d re-signed with Roadrunner Records. While they’ve had a successful run with the label over the last five years, recent staff shakeups at Roadrunner had the potential to make them look elsewhere. In an exclusive interview, guitarist John Petrucci discussed what led them to stay with Roadrunner, how [...]
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
New York’s Moscot Eyewear designers gained some major metal cred this year with their ad campaign featuring some of metal’s big names. And last night (August 13), Moscot strengthened their bond with the genre by inviting Trivium frontman Matt Heafy to perform an intimate acoustic set in their NYC gallery. Space was limited for the show, [...]
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Two weeks ago, Periphery not only let the release date to their new album slip, but also guest appearances (including Dream Theater’s John Petrucci, The Faceless’ Wes Hauch and The Aristocrats’ Guthrie Govan). And late last night, the djent metal group revealed more details regarding their sophomore album. Simply titled Periphery II, Periphery officially revealed [...]
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
This past weekend, a print ad that appears in Revolver Magazine let it slip that Periphery’s new album will be released on July 3 and will feature a guest guitar solo from Dream Theater’s John Petrucci. Well earlier this morning, Guitar World was able to confirm more than just a release date. In addition to [...]
Monday, May 14, 2012
An interesting magazine advertisement has recently popped up. As seen off to the side, this ad (which appears in either Revolver and/or Guitar World Magazine) proclaims that not only will Periphery’s new album come out on July 3, but will also feature a guest guitar solo from Dream Theater’s John Petrucci. However, it would appear [...]
Thursday, February 9, 2012
It’s been roughly five years since Dan Spitz left Anthrax following the brief Among The Living-lineup reunion. And while the guitarist’s former band went through many ups and downs in the public eye, Spitz went through his own struggles while creating new music privately. Finally, after three years in the making, Spitz’s new band Red [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
It was revealed earlier this month that Dream Theater would be touring with special guests Trivium. Today, though, a handful of dates for the Fall trek have been announced. Though they’ve been playing the European circuit all Summer, this tour will mark Dream Theater’s first North American performances with new drummer Mike Mangini. The tour [...]
Monday, March 21, 2011
Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci has provided another update from the studio regarding the band’s new album, yet still remains mum on who drummer Mike Portnoy’s replacement is. Tweet
Friday, February 25, 2011
Mike Portnoy intensifies the drama between him and his former band Dream Theater once again. Back in December, Portnoy claimed that after reaching out to rejoin the band, DT told him no. Now it appears that they won’t even talked to their former drummer. When asked by fan via his official fan forum what will [...]
Friday, January 14, 2011
Ever since Mike Portnoy’s departure, fans have been highly speculating who Dream Theater will choose as their new drummer. Guitarist John Petrucci has confirmed that the band has found Portnoy’s replacement and that the band is in the studio recording, but hasn’t revealed any names. Since then, rumors have pointed to German drummer Marco Minnemann [...]
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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