Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn has been on a tear lately. Free of contractual obligations from Roadrunner and off the road, he’s been blogging up a storm at the band’s official web site. He’s calling his posts “The General Journals: Diary of a Frontman… And Other Ramblings, and makes sure to point out that this [...]
Friday, January 11, 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. It’s a safe bet that the lineup to this year’s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest will be officially announced in the next few weeks [Update: [...]
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Those in the sports world probably know Tony La Russa, baseball player and now-retired manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland A’s and Chicago White Sox. La Russa retired three days after he led the Cardinals to the World Series in 2011. It turns out that his wife is a big Machine Head fan, enough [...]
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Last night, the surviving members of Suicide Silence took to the Fox Theater’s stage in Pomona, CA to pay tribute to their fallen singer Mitch Lucker and to raise funds for his daughter Kenadee. And as promised, the group had some well-known friends fill-in on vocals. While singers like Chad Gray of Hellyeah/Mudvayne, Tim Lambesis [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Last Friday night (December 14), Dethklok’s tour with Machine Head, All That Remains and The Black Dahlia Murder came to an end at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The show was supposed to be back in November, but Hurricane Sandy had different plans. However, the wait was worth it, as the night proved [...]
Monday, December 17, 2012
This past weekend was a big one for metal in New York City. It all started on Friday night, when Dethklok came to town with Machine Head, All That Remains and the Black Dahlia Murder on the last date of their tour together. And while Machine Head had switched set order to let All That [...]
Saturday, December 8, 2012
During an appearance at the California Metalfest several weeks ago, the surviving members of Suicide Silence announced plans to perform a memorial show in honor of their late singer Mitch Lucker. The group said that a different singer would join them onstage for each song, it wasn’t known who exactly would be appearing at the show. That [...]
Friday, December 7, 2012
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. It’s that time of year again. This week, the nominees for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards’ “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance” were announced. Now the [...]
Thursday, December 6, 2012
For five years now, Disney has been intimidated enough by Machine Head to ban them from performing at the venues in their parks. In 2007, they were banned from performing in Anaheim and Orlando. And earlier this week, they were told that they couldn’t play Tuesday’s show (4) in Orlando. The reasons cited five years [...]
Friday, November 30, 2012
Last year, Machine Head released Unto The Locust and exceeded the expectations of those who thought it was impossible for the band to top The Blackening from 2007. Now the band are looking to get started on a new album next year, according to guitarist Phil Demmel in an interview with The Nervous Breakdown. In [...]
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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