Is this Metal Insider or a police blotter?! Turns out Tim Lambesis isn’t the only metal musician currently being held in prison. Allen West, who logged time in Six Feet Under, Massacre and Lowbrow, but is best known for spending almost 20 years in Obituary, is currently being held for operating a meth lab. This actually [...]
Friday, April 12, 2013
When not on the road playing brutal death metal, Jungle Rot bassist Jimmy Genenz and guitarist Geoff Bub work as bartenders. With that in mind, we asked the two to share with us some of their weirdest and heaviest drink concoctions in a new column called Mixing It Up With Jungle Rot. Genenz and Bub [...]
Friday, September 28, 2012
Decrepit Birth just cannot get a break on the road. Earlier this week, the progressive death metal group’s tour van caught on fire, forcing them to acquire rental. Just a few days later, Decrepit Birth’s rental van was broken into while performing in San Francisco. As a result, the band has been forced to drop [...]
Monday, September 10, 2012
Earlier today, Megadeth announced that not only were they planning to perform Countdown To Extinction in its entirety on tour, but that they also were celebrating its 20th anniversary by releasing a remastered and expanded edition of the album (to be released on November 6 via EMI/Capitol Records). That got us to thinking about all [...]
Friday, August 31, 2012
Whether you’ve been watching it or not, we all know that the Republican National Convention took place this past week in Tampa, FL. Now to many fans, Tampa serves as the “mecca” of death metal. And as it turns out, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow agrees. During a segment called “Debunktion Junction” on last Wednesday’s show, Rachel [...]
Friday, July 20, 2012
Why should major label bands be the only ones who get love? Unsigned & Streamed is a column where we stream a song from an unsigned band we at Metal Insider really dig. This week, we’re proud to present Costa Rica’s Sight Of Emptiness. Despite being unsigned, this six-piece outfit has accomplished quite a lot since forming in [...]
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Why should major label bands be the only ones who get love? Unsigned & Streamed is a column where we stream a song from an unsigned band we at Metal Insider really dig. This week on Unsigned & Streamed, we’re proud to expose Unkempt as they cut a swath of death and destruction through the swamps of Florida. [...]
Thursday, June 28, 2012
One of the great things about festivals is that you don’t only get to see one amazing band, but many, often on the same stage within only a few hours time from each other. But occasionally, something even better happens, and that’s when two bands join forces during a show. We recently reported about Machine [...]
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
As you’ll recall, former Death/Testament guitarist and producer James Murphy had discovered back in early October his brain tumor, which had been showing great signs of improvement, had suddenly returned. Luckily, though, the tumor was non malignant and surgery was not needed. However, while the tumor can be treated pharmacologically, the medications have serious side [...]
Monday, October 24, 2011
Obituary have announced dates for a short East Coast tour. 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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