Last weekend marked the 15th installment of New England Metal & Hardcore Fest in Worcester, MA, and as expected, it was nothing short of barely-controlled mayhem. This year felt especially topical, with the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects coming to a head just hours before Friday’s kickoff. The outlet that heavy music provides [...]
Monday, February 25, 2013
Suicidal Tendencies has announced tour dates that’ll include support from D.R.I. and Sick Of It All. Tweet
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
We just hit August and there are still many summer festivals to attend in the upcoming weeks, including Slipknot’s Knotfest (which has Machine Head as the newest addition to its lineup). But the festival fun doesn’t end there, since new details regarding the East Coast Tsunami Fest 2012 have just been released, and this year [...]
Monday, July 16, 2012
Freddy Cricien has been a part of the New York hardcore scene for most of his life, having performed onstage with his brother/Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret by the time he was 7 years old. And not only did he go on to form Madball, but also recorded their highly revered debut Ball Of Destruction, [...]
Monday, July 9, 2012
Years of infighting among Cro-Mags founding bassist Harley Flanagan and vocalist John Joseph came to a head on Friday during the CBGB Festival at New York’s Webster Hall when Flanagan stabbed current bassist Michael “The Gook” Couls and William Berario. Allegedly, Flanagan wanted to sit in with the band, and got irate when he was [...]
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Details continue to trickle in about the stabbing that ended last night’s CBGB Festival performance at Webster Hall, a show several blocks away from the original venue that was to have featured Sick of it All and Cro-Mags in addition to Vision of Disorder, Absolution and Sai Nam. Following VOD’s set, Cro-Mags founding member Harley [...]
Friday, July 6, 2012
While we’d heard an unconfirmed report that Cro Mags founder Harley Flanagan was involved in the stabbing that took place earlier this evening, Lower East Side blog Bowery Boogie, appears to confirm that he did indeed stab someone. Here’s their firsthand account: We were watching the hardcore show at Webster Hall – featuring Sick of it All, [...]
Friday, July 6, 2012
Tonight was a night that many in the New York Hardcore community had been looking forward to for some time: the CBGB Fest show at Webster Hall featuring performances from Vision of Disorder, Cro Mags and Sick of it All. While details are still sketchy, the show has been shut down following a stabbing. According [...]
Monday, June 18, 2012
Last weekend, trailblazing hardcore label Revelation Records held their 25th anniversary show over the course of several days in Pomona, CA. Among the many bands playing were Quicksand, the pioneering New York post-hardcore band, which led many to ask why their first show in years didn’t happen in New York. Now those people might get [...]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
For the past 30 years, Agnostic Front have been referred to as legends of the NYC hardcore scene. While touring Melbourne, Australia earlier today, though, founding guitarist Vinnie Stigma became a hero by saving a child from a speeding car. The band recalled Stigma’s heroic actions in the following Facebook post: “Today Vinnie Stigma was [...]
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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