Soilwork had lots to celebrate last month. That’s because the group’s double album The Living Infinite not only cracked the top 60 in its first week, but also marked the Swedish metal group’s best debut ever. Yet singer Björn “Speed” Strid isn’t letting himself rest to enjoy the victory, as Soilwork continue on with an [...]
Monday, March 11, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Buzzfeed is one of the most popular sites on the internet. It’s also one of the laziest. Throwing together endless lists and stupid .gifs in a transparently blatant (yet completely effective) attempt to grab traffic, it’s kind of like journalism [...]
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Apparently Device hasn’t been the only thing keeping David Draiman busy. As it turns out, the Disturbed frontman has also working with Trivium on their next album. That’s right, David Draiman is producing the next Trivium album. Gossip about this started when bassist Paolo Gregoletto posted the picture above of Draiman and frontman Matt Heafy [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
There’s been a lot of industry discussion about how online music streaming services are compensating artists. But while Spotify and Pandora might be great ways to expose new acts to people, that isn’t translating into money for the songwriters whose music is being exposed. And while there aren’t any metal artists in these two below [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
Last week provided a truly unique experience for Trivium fans. As we mentioned previously, we had the chance to see frontman Matt Heafy perform an intimate acoustic set in Moscot Eyewear’s NYC gallery (which Metal Injection filmed great footage of). Six days later, we witnessed Trivium performing to an arena crowd during the Trespass America [...]
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
New York’s Moscot Eyewear designers gained some major metal cred this year with their ad campaign featuring some of metal’s big names. And last night (August 13), Moscot strengthened their bond with the genre by inviting Trivium frontman Matt Heafy to perform an intimate acoustic set in their NYC gallery. Space was limited for the show, [...]
Friday, July 27, 2012
When is a tour update not a tour update? When it’s a public access-looking interview show with Trespass America bands hosted by “Salty Rizz.” Rizz, who seems to look an awful lot like Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach, interviews the likes of Trivium’s Matt Heafy, Battlecross’ Kyle Gunther and Hiran Deraniyagala and God Forbid’s Byron [...]
Thursday, April 26, 2012
While it has yet to be confirmed by anyone at the label, there’s been a lot of chatter today that Roadrunner Records has closed their European offices. UK magazine Trebuchet reported “industry sources” saying that they’ll be closing their Europe office. That’s unfortunate considering that the label was originally formed in the Netherlands. Again, while this [...]
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
For those unaware, New York based eyewear designers Moscot has been running a new ad campaign with some of metal music’s elite. Promoting their five varieties of metal frames, Moscot’s recent ads feature Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Zakk Wylde, Lamb Of God’s Chris Adler, Trivium’s Matt Heafy, Testament’s Alex Skolnick, Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach and numerous [...]
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Trivium have been going nonstop since the release of their latest album In Waves last Summer. In addition to playing Mayhem Fest, opening for Dream Theater, and performing around the world, the Florida metal quartet just recently finished a co-headlining tour with In Flames. And this week, Trivium touring the country once again with unusual [...]
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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