Big Brother 13 2nd runner-up Adam Poch is a huge metalhead, and not surprisingly, a huge fan of reality TV. He’s recapped Big Brother 14, which featured former Kittie bassist Jennifer Arroyo, and “team headbanger” on The Amazing Race 21, which featured former White Lion drummer James LoMenzo and entertainment lawyer Mark “Abba” Abbatisata. The CBS reality [...]
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
What does a song featuring Dave Grohl, Slipknot/Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen and Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder sound like? Well, now we know the answer. BBC Radio 1 recently premiered the collaboration recorded for the soundtrack to Grohl’s Sound City documentary. And thanks to Antiquiet, a quality audio rip of [...]
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Producer Ross Robinson has been in the press lately for his potential collaboration with Behemoth. As it turns out, though, Robinson has been working on a considerably more high-profile project, one that involves Slayer’s Dave Lombardo and Exodus’ Gary Holt. In an exclusive with Noisecreep, it was revealed that Lombardo and Holt have been working [...]
Monday, December 17, 2012
By now, you’ve seen the trailer for Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary. And you likely already knew that the film’s soundtrack would include collaborations Grohl recorded with numerous musicians featured in the documentary (using the actual soundboard that used in Sound City Studios). Now we know who will appear on which song on the soundtrack, due [...]
Thursday, November 29, 2012
We were a little surprised to hear yesterday that bassist Nick Oliveri was rejoining Kyuss Lives! Mainly because a recent court ruling has barred singer John Garcia and drummer Brant Bjork from releasing material under the moniker, while they could only tour under the name on a limited basis. Well as it turns out, the [...]
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The new Queens Of The Stone Age album already has Dave Grohl playing drums and a guest appearance from Trent Reznor. Now there’s one more name we can add to the album’s credits: former bassist Nick Oliveri. According to a Facebook post made by his group Mondo Generator, Nick Oliveri recently recorded vocals for the [...]
Monday, September 10, 2012
Earlier today, Megadeth announced that not only were they planning to perform Countdown To Extinction in its entirety on tour, but that they also were celebrating its 20th anniversary by releasing a remastered and expanded edition of the album (to be released on November 6 via EMI/Capitol Records). That got us to thinking about all [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
There are a lot of bands that issue exhaustive updates on the recording processes of their next album, shooting videos with updates, showing the monotony of tracking instruments over and over again, and giving a preview of a track or two. And then there’s Queens of the Stone Age. The status on their Facebook page [...]
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
It’s been about six months since Joshua Homme and Scott Reeder filed suit against vocalist John Garcia and drummer Brant Bjork in an attempt to bar them from using the Kyuss trademark while touring and recording under the moniker Kyuss Lives! This past Monday, though, the United States District Court Central District of California gave [...]
Monday, August 6, 2012
Over a year ago, Nick Oliveri made headlines for his four-hour standoff with a S.W.A.T. team in LA. The incident lead to his public arrest and threatened to send him to jail for up to 15 years. Last week, though, the former Queens Of The Stone Age/Kyuss bassist reportedly cut a deal with prosecutors that [...]
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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