Now that Tool have finished their recent Winter tour, frontman Maynard James Keenan can go back to performing with Puscifer. Keenan and the gang will be embarking on a U.S. tour this Spring. Before hitting the road, though, Puscifer stopped by ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (February 16) to perform “Telling Ghosts” and “Toma.” While [...]
Monday, January 23, 2012
Remember that band Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty? No? Hmm. You might recognize their singer as Maynard James Keenan, frontman of Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. And you might recognize this song, “Burn About Out” as sounding a hell of a lot like “Sober.” This grainy footage from Grand Rapids public access TV was [...]
Monday, December 19, 2011
Though more and more dates started to slip out last week, Tool had kept quiet about a short Winter tour. Well this past weekend, the band’s website finally confirmed that they’ll be hitting North American for a short trek this coming January/ February. However, chances are you already knew that since most of the shows [...]
Friday, December 9, 2011
By now, fans are probably familiar with the newsletter posted on Tool’s website, the same one that had us assuming the band were finally recording new music. And while it later turned out that Tool wasn’t the band in the studio being referred to (hey, at least we’ll get a new album from Danny Carey’s [...]
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. All eyes were on Lulu this week. It’s taken a critical beating nearly everywhere, but the collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica is still one of the most talked-about albums of the year. But while [...]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Technically industrial group Skinny Puppy have the highest ranking debut out of the nine hard rock/metal related new releases this week. However, it’s Carnifex who get the spotlight this week for cracking the top [...]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer made their television debut this past Monday night (October 31) on CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman. The group performed the title track of their sophomore album Conditions Of My Parole. The Tool/A Perfect Circle frontman performed in the same glorious blond wig that he wore in the song’s video (though [...]
Thursday, October 27, 2011
It makes sense that Tool/Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan is also a winemaker, because when it comes to Tool, he’s taking his time as well. Currently in promotion mode for the sophomore Puscifer album, Conditions of My Parole, Keenan says that in addition to the cycle for that album, the next Tool album is still [...]
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Out of the five hard rock/metal releases to debut on the charts this week, the top release comes from alt rock legends Jane’s Addiction. Though their fourth studio album The Great Escape Artist (really, it’s only [...]
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The story of Matt Barlow is a rare one in the world of heavy metal. The former Iced Earth singer left the band not once, but twice, and despite that, his sterling reputation with fans and within the metal community has remained consistent. Barlow has never been known for his ego or for inciting drama. [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
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.
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