For the better part of 2012, we kept hearing “updates” on Slayer’s long-awaited follow up to 2009’s World Painted Blood. But by the end of the year, nothing surfaced. Hell, even the originally planned two-song EP never came to fruition. So what’s the hold up? Well during an interview with Eddie Trunk for Samson Zoom [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
An official announcement regarding the lineup for this year’s Mayhem Fest is now expected to be made on March 18. Guess we’ll have to wait longer than we thought to find out which rumors are true or not. Tweet
Thursday, October 25, 2012
This past weekend, new NYC comedy club The Stand played host to two of Metal Insider’s CMJ events. First, our listening party, where Candlelight, Frostbyte, and Roadrunner supplied the music, then That Metal Show co-host Don Jamieson interviewed Vision of Disorder’s Tim Williams and Mike Kennedy for an interview that’ll run here next week. After [...]
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
As sad as it is that Jeff Hanneman has once again been sidelined from the road, it is fortunate that Slayer were once again able to rely on Exodus’ Gary Holt to fill in. And fans at Mayhem Fest’s stop at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA Sunday night (July 1) were in for [...]
Monday, July 2, 2012
Looks like High On Fire aren’t the only ones missing Mayhem Fest this Summer. This past weekend, two bands set to appear on the bill revealed that they would be performing a handful of dates without key members. First up is Slipknot, who revealed that guitarist Jim Root will be forced to miss most of [...]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
As awesome as this Summer is turning out to be for metal tours, we still stand by the claim that Mayhem Fest has the strongest lineup of all the touring festivals this year. Seriously, Slipknot, Slayer, Motörhead, and Anthrax alone make this a killer package (with lots of added bonuses like High On Fire). However, [...]
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
As you all know by now, guitarist Jeff Hanneman has been absent from Slayer’s touring commitments for over a year now while recovering from an infected spider bite on his arm. While his condition has been improving, Slayer have just announced that Hanneman will continue to sit out, with Exodus’ Gary Holt filling in once [...]
Monday, April 30, 2012
Whitechapel have a busy Summer ahead of them, which includes a stint on this year’s Mayhem Fest. And on June 19, the Tennessee deathcore group will release their self-titled fourth album. Along with the cover artwork (as seen above) and track listing, Whitechapel also premiered a new song. “Hate Creation” is actually the second track we’ve [...]
Friday, April 27, 2012
With the official announcement of the Trespass America Festival this past week, this Summer has gotten even more crowded with touring festivals. It’s a Summer that will find Mayhem Fest, Summer Slaughter, All Stars Tour and others duking it out for the consumers’ money. But which Summer touring festival is giving the most bang for [...]
Friday, March 30, 2012
Rumors about the lineup to this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour, the late Summer/early Fall equivalent of Mayhem Fest, have started to make its way around the web. And if true, then Uproar has truly become Mayhem’s hard rock sister. According to The PRP, bands like Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind, Buckcherry, P.O.D., and Papa Roach [...]
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.
German power metal group Powerwolf has released the track “Amen & Attack” from their fourth album Preachers of the Night. The album will be released on July 19th. You can listen to the song here.
Infera Bruo has revealed the release date and cover artwork for their new album, Desolate Unknown, to be released on July 1.
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