Michael Keene is the guitarist singer/all around mastermind of The Faceless. He is also a genuinely fun guy to chat with. I spoke with Keene last year and we discussed his in-the-works solo album and stand up comedy dreams. I decided to follow-up on those projects and managed to get Michael to open up about the next Faceless [...]
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Didn’t get a chance to catch Ghost B.C. on their U.S. trek this past spring? Well it looks like you’ll get another chance this summer to see Papa Emeritus and the ghouls onstage this summer. It appears that Ghost has lined up a few U.S. shows for late July to coincide with their appearance at [...]
Monday, May 13, 2013
Baroness will be embarking on their first proper U.S. tour later this month since last year’s horrifying bus accident and with its new lineup. However, the band looks to be making up for lost time, as they’ve announced additional tour dates for later this month. This particular trek will find Baroness hitting major markets like [...]
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
If you live in or around the New York area and like The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, Royal Thunder or Primitive Weapons, you’re going to want to be around a computer in about 45 minutes. That’s when tickets will become available for the free Converse Rubber Tracks Live show at the Music Hall of [...]
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Last week, part of the lineup to the 2013 edition of the Scion Rock Fest was revealed. Today, though, the full lineup was revealed, and holy crap does it look awesome. Testament has been confirmed as the additional co-headliner (along with the Melvins), while bands like Corrosion Of Conformity, Whitechapel, Royal Thunder, Touche Amore and [...]
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
6. Howl MetalSucks presents South By South Death at the Dirty Dog Prior to this performance I was only casually acquainted with the band’s fifth full length Full of Hell, which is quite solid. Since then, Vincent Hausman dropped the guitar to focus fully on vocals which seems to have been beneficial for the band. his performance [...]
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Wish you were at SXSW? If you’re one of the very few that said “no”, you’ll change your mind when you realize who’s playing the Vans/Pitchfork Showcase. It’s been happening since 12pm and headliner Skeletonwitch should be enough to get you excited, not to mention Pallbearer, Royal Thunder. and many others. Thankfully for those who [...]
Friday, March 8, 2013
With the interactive portion of the 27th annual SXSW festival kicking off today, downtown Austin is transforming into a shitshow of epic proportions. Literally thousands of bands, hundreds of vendors, countless other companies, and a four-story tall Doritos vending machine are transforming the usually semi-sedate streets of Austin into nine days of marketing, branding and music [...]
Friday, January 4, 2013
One of our favorite releases of last year was Royal Thunder’s debut full length, CVI. It’s taken them a while, but the band have finally unleashed a video for one of the centerpieces of the album, the sprawling “Blue,” which is available on Pitchfork. The video is hazy, psychedelic, mystical and retro, which is also an [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
With 2012 nearing its end, we had Metal Insider contributors Bram Teitelman, Zach Shaw, Kodi McKinney, Matt Brown, Chris Colgan, Chip McCabe, and Daniel Cordova list their top ten favorite albums of the year. And as we predicted, there were plenty of crossover picks amongst the seven lists. With that in mind, we thought it [...]
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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