Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Before anyone starts to freak out about the imagine seen off to the side: no, we ARE NOT reporting about My Chemical Romance’s demise. However, the news of the break up got us to thinking about other bands whose disbandment [...]
Monday, March 18, 2013
Last week, bassist Rex Brown released his memoir Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera via Da Capo Press. In the 320 page book, Brown gives a revealing inside look into his time in Pantera, highlighting the group’s rise and demise. Now we’re giving one lucky fan the chance to win a signed [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
It took a while for Down to confirm that Rex Brown had parted ways with the group. And even after the bassist left, the exact reasoning behind the split seemed to differ depending on who you asked. However, Down proved that there was no bad blood Tuesday night (September 19) in Dallas when they invited [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week Seriously, what kind of world is this when we have a soundtrack for a book full of BDSM porn for 40 year old women – that began as Twilight fan fiction – on the [...]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. If you’re one of the people who for some reason still cares about Matchbox 20, then you probably didn’t notice that it’s been a slow week in terms chart debuts for metal. Propaghandi is [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
We believe in a thing called sales. And for this week, those sales involve The Darkness, having returned after a five-year break-up, with their new album Hot Cakes. Anyone who forgot about the band was reminded of its existence this past Super Bowl. And over 9,000 were reminded this past week, with Hot Cakes. Also [...]
Friday, August 24, 2012
Kill Devil Hill, whose rhythm section consists of Rex Brown (Down/Pantera) and Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven and Hell), will be playing Looney Tunes in West Babylon NY this Monday (27). Tweet
Friday, June 22, 2012
The Syndicate, Metal Insider’s parent company, is a promotion and marketing company that has championed the metal scene for almost 15 years. In our weekly Radio Spotlight, we’ll offer a look behind the scenes of metal radio from some of the stations and outlets playing metal that the Syndicate works with to spotlight the newest underground music [...]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Five years ago, the last Rush album, Snakes & Arrows, sold 93,000 copies. That’s why it’s even more impressive that in 2012, their new album has sold over 100,000 copies, matching the #2 peak that they reached back in 1993 with Counterparts. Is rock alive? Did their cameo in I Love You Man help out? Was it their [...]
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I’m pretty sure this is the first and last time we’ll be writing about the Rock of Ages soundtrack here on Metal By Numbers. It did have a pretty solid debut, but basically, this bullshit [...]
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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