Shortly after Behemoth dropped off of this summer’s Mayhem Fest, tour founder Kevin Lyman promised that they would announce a replacement soon. And today, the touring festival has revealed not one, but TWO new additions to this year’s lineup in lieu of Behemoth. Joining the Jagermeister Stage will be Attkia 7, the supergroup whose members [...]
Monday, March 18, 2013
Earlier today, Mayhem Fest officially announced the lineup to this year’s bill during a press conference/Q&A at The Whiskey in L.A. And now we can officially say that Rob Zombie and Five Finger Death Punch will be co-headlining the touring festival, along with a pretty diverse metal lineup. In addition to Zombie and FFDP, the [...]
Monday, February 25, 2013
On March 18, the lineup to this year’s Mayhem Fest will be officially announced. Rumors on who will be playing the touring metal festival have continued to spread online, while we’ve also made our own predictions. However, now there are three names we can add onto the list of strong possibilities. Shortly after Mayhem Fest [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
An official announcement regarding the lineup for this year’s Mayhem Fest is now expected to be made on March 18. Guess we’ll have to wait longer than we thought to find out which rumors are true or not. Tweet
Friday, January 11, 2013
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. It’s a safe bet that the lineup to this year’s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest will be officially announced in the next few weeks [Update: [...]
Monday, January 7, 2013
In a few weeks or so, the lineup to this year’s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest will likely be officially announced. However, we already know one band who will likely appear on the touring festival’s bill, as Tomasz “Orion” Wróblewski recently let Behemoth’s summer plans slip out. In a recent interview with Metalstorm.net, the bassist revealed [...]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Another Mayhem Fest came to an end this past Sunday in Hartford, CT. And while it’ll be a while till we find out who will be on touring festival’s bill next year, we do know who organizers want to headline. Mayhem Fest co-founder/event producer John Reese reportedly told Idahotstatesmen.com back in June that the band [...]
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
As one of the biggest bands in metalcore right now, Knoxville, TN-based Whitechapel keeps doing things to defy genre pigeonholing. Their fourth album Whitechapel is arguably their heaviest, most death metal-sounding release yet, and with a high-profile stint on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival just around the corner, they’ll be playing to the same crowds [...]
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Part of the appeal of High on Fire is frontman Matt Pike’s voice, which sounds like he’s been gargling whiskey and razor blades. Looks like he actually has been gargling whiskey a little too much, as High On Fire have been forced to pull out of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, due to Pike entering rehab [...]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
As awesome as this Summer is turning out to be for metal tours, we still stand by the claim that Mayhem Fest has the strongest lineup of all the touring festivals this year. Seriously, Slipknot, Slayer, Motörhead, and Anthrax alone make this a killer package (with lots of added bonuses like High On Fire). However, [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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