I recently had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Joe Duplantier, the vocalist and guitarist for French progressive metal outfit Gojira. After our conversation, it became quite clear that Joe is a truly down to earth person who wants nothing more than for people to be happy. You can check out our chat, which [...]
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Darkness have been out of the spotlight for a while now, which I guess is what happens after your second album flops and your singer leaves the band after developing an alcohol and cocaine problem. However, Justin Hawkins rejoined the band last year, and their first album in five years, Hot Cakes, sounds like the [...]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. We love a good old fashioned cover song, especially when the artist is able to make said song completely their own. However, we recently saw video of a half-naked Ukrainian folk band called Los Colorados covering Rammstein’s “Du Hast” [...]
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
April is proving to be a hectic yet exciting month for Brendon Small. Metalocalypse, the Adult Swim series chronicling the lives of everyone’s favorite animated death metal group Dethklok, kicks off its fourth season on April 29. As if that wasn’t enough, the show’s co-creator will be releasing his first solo project Galaktikon on the [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
It’s that time of year when all of the big Summer destination festivals announce their lineups. We’ve already heard Coachella’s lineup, and Metallica “surprised” us with their own festival. Now, we know who will be playing this year’s Bonnaroo. And with headliners like Phish, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Beach Boys, this year’s [...]
Friday, March 25, 2011
In an interview with Australia’s Soundwave TV, Slayer guitarist Kerry King was asked if the band would ever consider doing “some sort of crazy rock opera or anything really mental like that.” While you can watch his reply and the entire interview above, here’s what King said in response: “I think when you play with [...]
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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