What happens when the creative director of an ad agency wonders what Beth’s side of the story was from KISS’ 1976 ballad “Beth” was? The end result is a 4:30 short film, also titled Beth, that was the brainchild of Bob Winter of Crispin Porter + Bogusky. In the hysterical, and completely not based on fact film, [...]
Monday, April 22, 2013
In the ’70s, KISS raised the bar for self-promotion and merchandising. They also wrote some pretty good songs too. But this isn’t about those songs, or the licensing and merchandising empire that they’ve spawned. No, this is about Paul Stanley, the Star Child, the band’s front man. His onstage banter is frequently ridiculous, and SoundCloud user Christopher [...]
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
It’s been a while since a rock or metal band lent itself to an iconic pinball machine. Let’s see, there was KISS, Guns N’ Roses, Ted Nugent (we won’t talk about that one), and well, that’s about it. Metallica is set to change that, as a trailer has just been released for Metallica Pinball, which [...]
Friday, April 5, 2013
Noisecreep was the first to bring this to our attention, but there’s a six year-old drummer that’s probably better than you. Avery Molek has only been drumming for four years, but when you consider that’s 2/3rds of his life, it makes sense why he’s so good. Avery either has parents that are shaping everything he [...]
Thursday, March 28, 2013
It was a few years ago when we mentioned that KISS was partnering with Hello Kitty to create a worldwide brand. The idea had already been around since 2010, with shirts, necklaces and more available to buy. However, today, USA Today announced that it’s fully come to fruition with plans unveiled for an animated series [...]
Friday, February 22, 2013
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Yesterday, Dave Lombardo dropped a bombshell on fans when he revealed that Slayer were replacing him during their upcoming Australian tour due to a [...]
Monday, January 21, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Earlier today, a sneak peak of Guns N’ Roses’ 3D concert film was released online. The clip (which as you can see above is really just the new GN’R performing “Paradise City”) comes less than a week after Metallica announced [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Trying to find a new metal album on the charts at this time of year is like trying to find a store that isn’t playing Christmas music: there’s at least one, but not whole [...]
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. As we get to the end of the year, there’s really not too much happening with the charts. Usually, there’s an uptick with almost every band on the charts as people start to buy [...]
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
As the guitarist of Chicago hard rock band The Last Vegas, Adam Arling decided to share his thoughts on music streaming service Spotify. It’s an interesting look from an artist’s perspective from someone that was initially skeptical of the service. The Last Vegas’ album, Bad Decisions, is out now on Frostbyte (and streaming on Spotify). Spotify [...]
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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