Even though they’re a car company, Scion just keeps releasing great music. Most recently, Scion A/V partnered with Earache Records for a showcase that featured Philadelphia band Vektor, along with Oceano, Bonded By Blood and White Wizzard. The result of the showcase is a two-track, 15 minute EP that Scion A/V is making available as [...]
Monday, April 1, 2013
What’s cooler than the free Meshuggah EP that Scion AV gave out in February? Winning a free test pressing of the vinyl of it. Scion is launching an Instagram contest and giving away 20 test pressings. Find out more here. Tweet
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
At the beginning of March, Scion A/V revealed that the fifth annual Scion Rock Fest would take place on June 1 in Memphis, TN. And yesterday, the first batch of bands were confirmed for the festival, and it’s already shaping up to be a killer billing. One of the co-headliners has been confirmed to be [...]
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Last week, Scion A/V strongly hinted that they would be releasing “something special” from Meshuggah. Well last night, the most metal car manufacturer didn’t disappoint, and as expected released a free EP by Meshuggah. Granted, the EP only features two songs, one of which is a live version of “Dancers To A Discordant System” recorded [...]
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Last year’s Koloss put Meshuggah back on the map. Not that they’d really fallen off of it, but the band’s first album in four years was both a commercial and critical success. It doesn’t look like we’ll have to wait another three years for new music from the band, at least not if Scion is involved. [...]
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Earache Records has been making an impact in metal now for almost three decades. And to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Nottingham, England-based label is teaming up with Scion A/V to hold their own Scion Label Showcase at the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA on January 12. Set to perform at the label’s showcase is Oceano, [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
This past year found Arsis going through its fair share of lineup changes. Despite that, the Virginia tech-death metal group promised that they’d be back in full form with new music before the end of the year. And now thanks to Scion A/V metal, Arsis has kept true to the world. Scion A/V Metal is [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Last week, Corrosion of Conformity released music for the second time this year. The Megalodon EP was released last week as a free download from everyone’s favorite purveyors of cars and metal, Scion A/V. Not content with just releasing that, they’ve also released a video of the band recording “Feed On,” the opening track from the [...]
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Corrosion of Conformity took a lot of people by surprise earlier this year with the release of their self-titled album, which came out on Candlelight. Not only was the album a return to form, it also marked the return of heir original lineup. They must have been inspired, because there’s already a follow-up EP. Megalodon is [...]
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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