It’s safe to say that Tony Iommi’s primary musical focus is on Black Sabbath’s new album. However, it appears that the legendary guitarist has also been working with Queen guitarist/longtime friend Brian May on some sort of collaboration. In the most recent issue of Kerrang! Magazine, May answered numerous questions posed by a number of [...]
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Maynard James Keenan’s project Puscifer is streaming their new EP, Donkey Punch the Night, at Spin.com. The EP includes covers of Accept’s “Balls to the Wall” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” as well as two other songs and remixes. Tweet
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Remember the “Bohemian Rhapsody” scene in Wayne’s World? Ever curious as to how different the scene would’ve been like if Wayne and Garth were drunk and in the back of a police car? Well thanks to an intoxicated Canadian arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, we may have our answer. While sitting in the [...]
Thursday, March 29, 2012
In a shocking turn of events, it’s been announced that the UK edition of the Sonisphere festival has been cancelled. Bands like Faith No More, KISS, Queen (featuring Adam Lambert), Refused, Mastodon, Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, The Darkness, and many others had already been confirmed for the three day festival, which would have taken place July 6-8 [...]
Monday, February 20, 2012
It’s hard to follow last year’s UK edition of Sonisphere, which saw the Big 4 headlining day one. This year, though, organizers have come pretty damn close to topping themselves. It’s been confirmed that Faith No More, KISS and Queen (featuring Adam Lambert) will be headlining this Summer’s Sonisphere in Knebworth, Herts. Also confirmed to [...]
Friday, February 10, 2012
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will be taking place in LA this Sunday, February 12. And without fail, The Grammys proved how ignorant they really are in regards to metal music once again when they announced the nominations for “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.” As it turns out, though, it’s not just metal that’s been screwed [...]
Thursday, December 15, 2011
This Is Hell guitarist Rick Jimenez obviously likes to have a little fun in the studio. That’s why he’s posted numerous covers, under the moniker Rick Is Hell, on Soundcloud for everyone to hear. For over a month, Jimenez has posted covers from standards like Motörhead and Corrosion Of Conformity, some deeper tracks from Danzig and [...]
Friday, November 4, 2011
The concept of creating a musical based on the catalog of one band or artist is not unusual. In fact, ABBA’s Mamma Mia, Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, and Queen’s We Will Rock You have been big hits. And even Rock Of Ages, which uses songs from 80’s hair metal bands like Poison, Bon Jovi, Twisted [...]
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Have you ever dreamed that one night, you saw what looked like William Shatner in the stars singing a Queen song? Sounds frightening, right? Well sorry to tell you, but this nightmare has come true. Shatner has released a new music video for his rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which appears on his new rock covers [...]
Thursday, September 8, 2011
As you may know, record labels and musicians are preparing to battle it out over copyright laws concerning ownership over albums. This all pertains to a U.S. copyright law that was amended in 1976, giving artists the right to regain rights to their work after 35 years. Thus, the first batch of albums created after [...]
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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