The debut album from David Draiman’s new project Device will be released on April 9. The album features a cover of “Close My Eyes Forever,” the 1988 duet between Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford. This version features the Grammy-winning vocals of Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale subbing for Lita Ford. We’re of two minds on this. [...]
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
By the late 80’s, Lita Ford was being managed by Sharon Osbourne. And a major part to The Runaways guitarist’s resurgence in popularity was due to her duet with Sharon’s husband Ozzy, “Close My Eyes Forever.” Almost 25 years after that song was recorded, Ford performed the hit for PsychoBabbleTV.com with Ozzy – well, an [...]
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Great minds breed great music. If we’ve learned nothing from the past twenty years, that truth applies to metal artists more than most other genres. The names of metal’s elite composers and musicians that have filled the minds and hearts of fans worldwide continue to be powerful to this very day – Wilson, Akerfeldt, Portnoy, [...]
Friday, June 15, 2012
Believe it or not, metal still gets played on the radio! In addition to channels like SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal and nationally syndicated shows like Full Metal Jackie, there are still hundreds of outlets for heavy music in the United States. Most college radio stations have a metal show or two, and there are also commercial [...]
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Have you heard? There’s an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical ‘Rock of Ages’ coming out Friday that does for the ’80s Sunset Strip scene what ‘Moulin Rouge’ did for french whorehouses! Tom Cruise plays fictional rocker Stacee Jaxx, who jumps onstage instead of on Oprah’s couch. And between Billboard and the New York Times, mainstream [...]
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Lita Ford has been through quite a bit in the last few years: a ‘comeback’ album that she was merely a participant in (2010′s poorly-received Wicked Wonderland), a painful separation from her husband and children, and almost getting hit by a train, then arrested for it (more on that below). However, things are turning around for [...]
Friday, May 11, 2012
Lita Ford has premiered a new song called “Branded,” off of her new album Living Like A Runaway, over at Noisecreep. Tweet
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Thanks to the money they raised via Kickstarter, Helms Alee and director Andrew Cox were able to create a pretty memorable video for the song “8/16.” Actually, the point of the video is that hopefully you’ll remember some of the old music videos they’re spoofing. In a nutshell, Helms Alee recreate scenes from your favorite [...]
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The female singer/ guitarist’s heyday may have been in the 80’s with hits like “Kiss Me Deadly” and “Close My Eyes Forever.” However, Lita Ford has been making a comeback for herself since returning with 2009’s Wicked Wonderland. And today, not only did the former Runaways guitarist/ metal icon revealed details about her follow up, [...]
Thursday, October 28, 2010
It’s not every day that a metal cookbook comes out, and it’s only once a year that the CMJ Music Marathon comes to New York, so it made perfect sense that Metal Insider team up with Mosh Potatoes for our second annual Metal Insider party during the CMJ Music Marathon. The party took place at [...]
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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