Tag Archives: Shattered Sun

Earache takes down digital Decapitated albums

Posted by on August 26, 2015

Decapitated signed with Earache way back in 1999, releasing four albums with the label, the most recent being Organic Hallucinosis in 2006. The band then signed to Nuclear Blast in 2007, before the tragic tour bus accident that took the life of drummer Witold “Vitek” Kiełtyka. Since then, the band has released two more albums on their new label, but […]

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Metal by Numbers 7/28: The calm before the Lamb

Posted by on July 28, 2015

This past Friday, one of the biggest metal albums of the year came out, Lamb of God’s VII: Sturm und Drang. If you care about the state of the music industry and like metal, you’ve probably already bought it. As Randy Blythe noted in an Instagram post, it’s battling Jill Scott for the #1 album […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/23: Coma over and lookit the charts

Posted by on July 23, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s edition of Metal By Numbers is an important one as it’s the first one to be posted after the record industry’s shift to new music Fridays. Plus, we have a Between The […]

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Review: Mayhem Festival at First Niagara Pavillion, Pittsburgh PA, July 18, 2015

Posted by on July 20, 2015

The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has come through Pittsburgh every year since the very first year, and thankfully I’ve been able to attend more often than not. This year’s show took place on Saturday, July 18th. I still believe that the 2011 show was one of the best shows that I have ever been […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/8: July burns red

Posted by on July 8, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So, I made an oopsie last week; I listed the numbers for the new August Burns Red and Refused albums when, in actuality, they were pre-order numbers that sometimes appear. The numbers you’re seeing […]

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Soilwork reveal some of their ride majestic

Posted by on July 2, 2015

Back in May word was out about Soilwork’s 10th studio album. The new record, titled The Ride Majestic, comes out August 28th on Nuclear Blast, their first new studio album since 2013s The Living Infinite. Now today they released a teaser clip of the new material, showcasing the vocals Björn “Speed” Strid (watch it below). Said Strid back in May, […]

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Video proves Soulfly sold their soul to metal

Posted by on June 30, 2015

Soufly will soon be releasing Archangel, their 10th studio album via Nuclear Blast on August 14th, and today they released a lyric video for a new song from the record. This new lyric video for “We Sold Our Souls To Metal,” shows footage of metal heads from all over the world, along with performance footage of the band. Said founding […]

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Contest: Win a Mayhem Fest Victory Records prize pack!

Posted by on June 12, 2015

The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest is just around the corner, and just from it’s two headliners, Slayer and King Diamond, it’s going to be a pretty impressive lineup. Like last year, Victory Records is sponsoring a stage, which means that some of its biggest bands will be headed out on the road, Jungle Rot, Sister […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/7: Meanwhile on the charts…

Posted by on May 7, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We like to think we know our audience here at Metal Insider. As such, I expect we’ll get more than a few cries of disdain and objection when the masses discover that we have, […]

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Soulfly announce US tour with Soilwork, Decapitated

Posted by on May 4, 2015

Seems like there is no stopping for the Brazilian entity Soulfly. We recently reported about Soulfly’s new album Archangel set to be released on August 14th via Nuclear Blast, and now we get word about their upcoming US tour in support of their tenth full-length album. Joining their new trek will be Swedish juggernauts Soilwork; technical death […]

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