Turns out that Matt Pike isn’t the only hard rock/metal guitarist in love with Angry Birds. In fact, Slash is such an avid player that the creators hired him to record the theme song to the game’s new version of Angry Birds Space. The former Guns N’ Roses guitarist even received his own Angry Birds avatar [...]
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Looks like Scott Weiland is out of yet another job fronting a band. After reforming in 2008, Stone Temple Pilots confirmed this morning that they’ve given Weiland the boot, simply stating “Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.” Ironically, Weiland is about to embark on a U.S. solo tour where he’ll [...]
Monday, December 3, 2012
If there’s one thing we can be sure of, it’s that with a Black Sabbath album in the works, that Ozzy Osbourne isn’t retiring anytime soon. In fact, five years ago on the mostly-forgettable Black Rain, he released a single telling his fans that he’s “Not Going Away.” And going back to 1993, he hinted at [...]
Monday, November 26, 2012
Suddenly the idea of traveling to Japan this coming May seems more tempting. That’s because the first ever Japanese edition of Ozzfest’s lineup just got some major additions. It was announced this past weekend that headliners Black Sabbath and Slipknot will be joined by Tool, Deftones, Slash and Stone Sour. Slash and Deftones will be [...]
Friday, October 26, 2012
Sure, so Axl Rose’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! wasn’t exactly hard hitting. But for someone that’s so reclusive and temperamental, at least the guy seemed to be having a good time. And while Kimmel might have asked a few hard hitting questions, it’s not like anyone should have been watching a late night talk [...]
Thursday, September 13, 2012
2012 should have been a banner year for Lamb of God: they were touring behind Resolution, an album that was well-reviewed and debuted near the top of the charts around the world. Nearing the end of a world tour, they were set to begin their first proper stateside run for the album in August with [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
We believe in a thing called sales. And for this week, those sales involve The Darkness, having returned after a five-year break-up, with their new album Hot Cakes. Anyone who forgot about the band was reminded of its existence this past Super Bowl. And over 9,000 were reminded this past week, with Hot Cakes. Also [...]
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Slash is a legend. As the guitar-slinging perennial top hat-wearer of Guns N’ Roses, the man born as Saul Hudson played a major part in one of the best debut albums ever. He was the yin to Axl Rose’s yang, and while he’s had a successful career since leaving the band in 1996, it hasn’t [...]
Monday, August 13, 2012
The above headline is actually a little misleading, as present day Guns N’ Roses consists of little more than Axl Rose and whoever he has playing with him these days. However, Guns N’ Roses will be setting up shop at The Joint at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, much like Mötley Crüe did [...]
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Nuclear Blast is having one hell of a year. The German label set a record in April when Meshuggah’s Koloss sold over 18,000 copies. Now they’ve broken it just four months later with Testament’s 10th album. Dark Roots of the Earth sold over 8,000 copies more than 2009′s The Formation of Damnation. The Bay Area thrash [...]
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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