Big Brother 13 2nd runner-up Adam Poch is a huge metalhead, and not surprisingly, a huge fan of reality TV. He’s recapped Big Brother 14, which featured former Kittie bassist Jennifer Arroyo, and “team headbanger” on The Amazing Race 21, which featured former White Lion drummer James LoMenzo and entertainment lawyer Mark “Abba” Abbatisata. The CBS reality [...]
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The writing seemed to be on the wall when Megadeth’s show, which was scheduled to take place tonight (14) at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville NJ was moved to New York’s Best Buy Theater. And yesterday, an article came out in the Newark Star-Ledger that confirmed it: The Starland Ballroom will be closed until Spring as [...]
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Royal Thunder have been announced as Monster Magnet’s opener for their December 14th show at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg and December 16th’s show at the Trocadero in Philly. They’ll also be headlining on December 17th at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington DC. Tweet
Monday, August 6, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. So in case you live under a (space) rock, history was made earlier today, as NASA’s Mars science rover Curiosity touched down on Mars at about 1:30 AM ET. The rover’s seven-minute descent was the most difficult maneuver [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
This past weekend, Metallica presented the inaugural Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, NJ. Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman, Zach Shaw and Kodi McKinney were there, as was MI contributor Alex Rudisill. We’ll be bringing you plenty of interviews from the show in the coming week, but here’s our take on day two of the [...]
Monday, January 23, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Van Halen turned a few heads earlier this year when announcing that Kool and the Gang would be opening for them on their upcoming tour. While they’re a great way to usher in the party rock vibe of classic VH, [...]
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Dave Grohl might be the hardest-working drummer in the business, but Riotgod founder Bob Pantella has got to be the hardest working one in New Jersey. Pantella is pulling triple duty in not just Riotgod, but also The Atomic Bitchwax and most famously, Monster Magnet. The band will be playing their seminal 1995 album Dopes [...]
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Metal heads really don’t need more reasons to love a show like Dexter. It’s a dark comedy about a forensic bloodstain pattern analyst who moonlights as a serial killer. Might not be as brutal as Metalocalypse, but still pretty awesome. Now, it would also appear that Dexter himself is a bit of a metal head [...]
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You may have noticed that there was no Metal By Numbers report last week. Well have no fear, because we’re back! However, we certainly chose a sad week to return. Even though there were [...]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monster Magnet’s awesome video to “Gods and Punks” has been declared the “video of the day” on Fuse.tv. It’s streaming here, and if you haven’t seen it, go there now. And buy Mastermind! Tweet
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.
Unsigned & Streamed alum Pheroze has released a video for the song “Today I Belong To The Dead.” The song appears on Pheroze’s recently released EP, Ennui.
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