Machine Head’s online auditions for a new bassist came to an end last month. And according to Robb Flynn himself, the final eight has been picked. In his most recent General’s Journal diary post, Flynn confirmed that Machine Head will be auditioning eight bassists in person (while guitarist Phil Demmel is laying down bass tracks [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Granted, the clip is a year old, but the awesomeness of a couple of 13-year-olds covering Norwegian black metal legend Mayhem doesn’t exactly go away. Fitting make up and a reaper’s favorite tool included, the 13-year-old students (and one slightly older student) at the San Francisco Rock Project took the stage to perform Mayhem’s classic [...]
Monday, October 22, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. The idea behind Record Store Day is a great one – get music consumers into independent record stores to pick up rare and limited-edition music from some amazing artists. It usually takes place on the third Saturday of April, but [...]
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
One of metal’s most infamous and horrifying tales has to be Mayhem vocalist Per “Dead” Ohlin’s suicide in 1991. As the story goes, members of Mayhem (including guitarist Euronymous) supposedly collected pieces of Dead’s skull and sent it to fellow black metal musicians as a sign of respect. Too disturbing to believe, right? Well according [...]
Thursday, April 5, 2012
A few weeks ago, Norwegian Air Shuttle launched a web campaign where they’d place the face of a deceased Norwegian personality on the tail of their airplanes. And thanks to a major push by fans online and metal blogs, none other than Mayhem co-founder/guitarist than Øystein Aarseth (aka Euronymous) was voted #1. So that means [...]
Thursday, March 22, 2012
To celebrate their tenth anniversary, low cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle launched a web campaign where users can vote on which famous Norwegian personality they want to see on the tail of their airplanes. And according to Italian blog Metal Skunk, none other than the late Mayhem co-founder/guitarist than Øystein Aarseth (aka Euronymous) should grace [...]
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
New blog Clipart Covers is pretty self explanatory: Take some of the most iconic album covers in music, then recreate them using generic clip art and the comic sans font (otherwise known as the most depressing of all typefaces). While it’s new enough that there aren’t a ton of entries so far, they’re all pretty [...]
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Back in August, Mayhem bassist Jørn Stubberud (aka Necrobutcher) had an exorcism performed on him by American radio and television evangelist Bob Larson for Norway’s NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) television channel. The thirty minute special aired on Norway TV Tuesday night (November 1) and has already popped up online. The first part of the special [...]
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The lineup to the inaugural Metal Suckfest was already looking pretty sweet, with Municipal Waste headlining the first night and Cynic headlining the second night (oh, and did we mention the pre-game show featuring Mayhem?). Yet when our buds at Metal Sucks revealed more of the lineup, they also promised that there were still four [...]
Friday, September 9, 2011
Earlier this week, Metal Sucks revealed more bands that were set to appear on the inaugural Metal Suckfest. Two days of a crap load of metal? How can you beat that? Well guess what: they’ve added a pre-game show on November 3 to kick off the festivities! That’s right, THREE days of metal at the [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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