Unearth will be kicking off 2013 on the road with Whitechapel and Emmure. However, it turns out bassist John “Slo” Maggard will be absent from the tour to tend to personal matters. Luckily for Unearth, though, they were able to find a fill-in with Fear Factory bassist (and former Chimaira guitarist) Matt DeVries. Unearth singer [...]
We don’t know much (just ask our commenters), but we do know that it’s pretty rare for a band to sell double what their last album did in this day and age of declining sales. The Georgia band did just about that with their fifth album, One Wing. That’s impressive, and might have something to do [...]
Last week, I promised a very strange thing. And while I’m not going back on my word, I’m still wondering why I put it this way: We answer the question once and for all of who would win in a popularity contest between gothic, doom-influenced progressive metal, and spastic, technicality-riddled mathcore. It should be quite [...]
The Syndicate, Metal Insider’s parent company, is a promotion and marketing company that has championed the metal scene for almost 15 years. In our weekly Radio Spotlight, we’ll offer a look behind the scenes of metal radio from some of the stations and outlets playing metal that the Syndicate works with to spotlight the newest underground music on [...]
Since March, the All Stars Tour slowly started to reveal the lineup to this year’s edition. And this past weekend, dates for the Summer tour were officially announced. As it turns out, headliners Suicide Silence will not appear on the August tour’s first three dates. In addition, it was confirmed that Dance Gavin Dance will [...]
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 [...]
An official announcement regarding the lineup to this year’s All Stars Tour was supposed to be made earlier this month. Instead, the tour has been revealing confirmed bands sporadically. And as of this morning, we have a better idea of which “all stars” will be touring together this Summer. This past weekend, Attila and Winds [...]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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