System Of A Down’s return from an extended hiatus has been moving slow at best, with the band having only done limited tour runs in the States and Europe since 2011. So unsurprisingly, talk of whether (not even when) SOAD would release a new album in the immediate future has been light. That is until [...]
Monday, April 29, 2013
So what if a single was to come out featuring System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, Ihsahn, and guitars from Devin Townsend? Yeah, that sounds like a dream collaboration that has never happened, right? Actually, it’s happening, and it’s coming out soon, courtesy of Revolution Harmony Records and it’s founder, Ray Holroyd. Holroyd, a British [...]
Thursday, April 25, 2013
A few years ago, System of a Down excited children of the oughties everywhere by reuniting. They did some touring in 2011, then played last Summer with Deftones around frontman Serj Tankian’s third solo album, Harakiri, which was promoted in between bands. And while the tour dates led to a lot of speculation about the band [...]
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Yet again, we have a list with a lot of big names and high-quality content that needs coverage. There’s no point in an intro – let’s just get right to it! Stone Sour, House of Gold and Bones – Part 2 (Roadrunner) When a side project takes on a life of its own to [...]
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Hard rock and hip-hop/R&B have co-existed since the early ’80s, when Eddie Van Halen contributed a blistering guitar solo to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” in 1982 and Run DMC rapped over guitars on “Rock Box,” on their 1984 self-titled debut album. And while it reached its oversaturation point in the late ’90s with Kid Rock, [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Starting today, the first single from Disturbed frontman David Draiman and former Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo’s new group Device is available via iTunes. However, it didn’t take long for the song “Vilify” to leak online, with even Draiman letting the leak spread. So how is the track? Well unlike the teaser trailer, it’s easy to [...]
Monday, January 14, 2013
As Disturbed continues their extended break, singer David Draiman makes headway with his long awaited industrial project with former Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo called Device. And while the group was shooting a music video for their first single “Vilify” last Friday, Draiman revealed more details about Device’s debut album and all of the special guest [...]
Monday, October 1, 2012
A year ago, with the Occupy Wall Street movement in full bloom, the phrase “we are the 99%” was ubiquitous, as protesters worldwide railed against big banks, corporate bonuses, and, well, a bunch of other stuff that involved drum circles. Since then, the movement’s waned somewhat, and the percentage most people are talking about these [...]
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Metal Insider crew couldn’t make it out to this past weekend’s inaugural Knotfest because we’re on the East Coast. That didn’t stop contributor and KSYM/San Antonio metal director Chelsea Ann Owen from making the 15 hour plus journey to Pacific Junction IA to see the first night of the Fest. Here’s her report: I made [...]
Thursday, August 16, 2012
As if the lineup of System of a Down and Deftones playing together wasn’t enough of a dream team, for the last two tour dates (Clarkston MI and Rosemont IL), Deftones frontman Chino Moreno joined System for “Suite-Pee.” Here’s the August 14 performance in Clarkston. The only thing better might have been Serj Tankian filling [...]
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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