With the official announcement of the Trespass America Festival this past week, this Summer has gotten even more crowded with touring festivals. It’s a Summer that will find Mayhem Fest, Summer Slaughter, All Stars Tour and others duking it out for the consumers’ money. But which Summer touring festival is giving the most bang for [...]
Monday, March 5, 2012
As promised, The Rockstar EnergyDrink Mayhem Festival has revealed the special guest band that will be performing on the main stage along with Slipknot and Slayer. And the band is…exactly who we already knew it too be. But in case you for some reason remained skeptical of Lemmy Kilmister’s confirmation, Motörhead were officially added to this [...]
Friday, August 12, 2011
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach 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 Another Mayhem Fest comes to an end this Sunday. It’s somewhat hard to believe that the touring festival has just completed its [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
Yesterday, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival rolled into the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ. And though In Flames pulled out of the festival earlier that morning, the day was filled with awesome performances in the blistering Jersey heat. Some of the bands I got the chance to see in the parking lot’s second [...]
Monday, November 29, 2010
Festival dates are like Christmas: they’re both starting to get announced earlier and earlier. Though the lineup won’t be officially announced until January, dates and venues for the 2011 edition of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest were revealed last week. The traveling metal festival will be hitting 26 cities within July and August. The entire [...]
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach 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. When the sunburn and aroma of beer and sweat start to fade away, it can mean only one thing: [...]
Thursday, July 29, 2010
It’s the last thing you’d want to be faced with during an already stressful period of time: You’re less than an hour away from show time, you still need to warm up and all of a sudden there’s a last minute interview you weren’t prepared for. But nevertheless, Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner took the time to [...]
Monday, July 19, 2010
Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe joined Chimaira onstage for a rendition of “Pure Hatred” during their set at the Nampa, Idaho stop of the Rockstar Mayhem Fest on July 14. Fan filmed video of the appearance has been posted online. Tweet
Monday, July 12, 2010
Hatebreed kicked off the first date of the Rockstar Mayhem tour in San Bernardino, CA this weekend with a special appearance from Randy Blythe. The Lamb Of God frontman joined the band for a rendition of “Doomsayer.” While there’s no guarantee that Blythe will make a cameo during Hatebreed’s set throughout the tour, but you [...]
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival will make a major “band announcement” regarding this year’s trek on Wednesday, January 20. We have already heard rumors about Korn, Rob Zombie and Hatebreed being on this year’s line up. Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Chimaira and Winds Of Plague have also been rumored to be [...]
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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