Back in February, The San Francisco Giants announced they were going to declare their May 3 game against the L.A. Dodgers as “Metallica Night.” Well last Friday was the day, and as promised, the members of Metallica were on hand. This included James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett performing the National Anthem, as well as Lars [...]
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Metallica’s 3D concert film, Metallica Through the Never has gotten a release date, and if you were expecting to be able to see it this Summer, you might be a little disappointed. However, it’s going to be even bigger than it was before. On Friday, September 27th, the film will make its debut on every single [...]
Monday, April 15, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. It’s been revealed that Battlecross recruited ex-Black Dahlia Murder drummer Shannon Lucas to record drums on their forthcoming new album. This comes after the group also announced that Kevin Talley (Six Feet Under and formerly of many other great bands) [...]
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
In 2011, Pearl Jam released a documentary about the history of the band. Pearl Jam 20 was directed by Cameron Crowe. Perhaps to take the piss out of that film, Alice In Chains have premiered an 11-minute film on Funny or Die called Alice In Chains 23. While PJ20 is a documentary, AIC20 is more of a mockumentary, where [...]
Monday, February 25, 2013
As promised last week, Metallica revealed the lineup to the second annual Orion Music + More Festival this morning. Being held at Belle Isle in Detroit on June 8 and 9, Metallica will be headlining their own festival with (drum roll please…) Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones, Rise Against and Bassnectar. Also slated to appear [...]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The old joke goes “what did the drummer get on his SAT? Drool.” But hey, it doesn’t matter how smart you are if you’re rich. Chances are your favorite drummer isn’t on this list, but celebritynetworth.com has just published a list of the 30 richest drummers in the world, and there are a handful of rock/metal [...]
Thursday, July 26, 2012
While we were at Metallica’s inaugural Orion Music & More festival earlier this summer, the band said several times while performing that this was indeed an annual event. Following the festival, the band said that they’d be making an announcement over the next few weeks as to whether they would do it again, and it [...]
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The trumpet trombone looks like a relatively easy instrument to play. At least Earth, Wind and Fire make it look that way. It turns out that it might not be as easy as it looks. That’s the lesson Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich learned last year backstage with the Soul Rebels, the brass band that opened for [...]
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Lars Ulrich thinks he cannot get any better at playing drums anymore. He also thinks he’s gotten worse. Ulrich spoke with Drum! Magazine about his drumming skills and all things Metallica. And while the court of metal public opinion about the skinsman has shifted from him being one of the best drummers out there to a [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
This past weekend, Metallica presented the inaugural Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, NJ. Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman, Zach Shaw and Kodi McKinney were there, as was MI contributor Alex Rudisill. We’ll be bringing you plenty of interviews from the show in the coming week, but here’s our take on day two of the [...]
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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