Mark Hunter promised us a new Chimaira album this year, with the band even treating fans to a new song live and a few teasers. Now we know that Chimaria’s new album will be called Crown Of Phantoms and come out on July 30 via eOne Music. However, Chimaira also announced the launch of an [...]
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Chimaira has had one hell of a year, with both of their guitarists leaving, singer Mark Hunter getting arrested, and oh yeah, a solid new album. Now, as one of the replacements, they’ve officially hired Daath guitarist Emil Werstler as their lead guitarist. The band confirmed this via a post on their website. It’s not [...]
Monday, December 5, 2011
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. We’re coming close to the end of another year. Soon Metal Insider’s contributors will be revealing their favorite albums from the past year. However, in addition to a lot of great music being released, 2011 also had its fair share [...]
Thursday, November 10, 2011
In addition to being Chimaira’s keyboardist/ sampler, Sean Zatorsky is one hell of a singer. Not only has he proven that during some last minute fill-ins for Chimaira, but also through his work with Daath. Don’t believe us? Well now you can find out for yourself, as Zatorsky has given away all of the material [...]
Friday, October 28, 2011
The last time Chimaira keyboardist/sampler (and singer of Daath) Sean Zatorsky took over vocal duties onstage, it was because frontman Mark Hunter fell ill. Last night, though, Hunter was absent from the stage due to a little problem with the law. Last night (October 27), Hunter was forced to miss Chimaira’s show in San Antonio, [...]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
First, the unfortunate news: Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter came down with a severe stomach flu yesterday. Hunter was so ill that he actually went to the hospital and forced to miss the band’s show last night in Baltimore, MD. Hunter is reportedly feeling better and will likely perform tonight in Philadelphia, PA. However, fans in Baltimore [...]
Friday, April 15, 2011
Since November of 2010, Chimaira has parted ways with bassist Jim LaMarca, keyboardist/programmer Chris Spicuzza, and (most recently) drummer Andols Herrick. While it was a given that the Cleveland metallers were going to continue on despite the vacant spots, two questions had remained: 1. Is everything ok in the Chimaira camp, and 2. Who were [...]
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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