Almost immediately after the untimely death of Jeff Hanneman, professional douchebags the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to protest the Slayer guitarist’s funeral by picketing it and singing their awful parody of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train.” Now the evil hate group has their eyes set on the newly announced memorial celebration set to take place on [...]
Thursday, May 16, 2013
While the metal community has been paying tribute to the untimely death of Jeff Hanneman in their own way since it was announced that he’d passed away two weeks ago, plans have been announced for an actual gathering to celebrate the legacy of the Slayer guitarist. The Jeff Hanneman Memorial Celebration will take place on [...]
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
According to Deadline, MTV has greenlit a series for fall called South of Heaven. Will it be a documentary on the rise of one of the iconic big 4 thrash bands? A fictionalized drama about an extreme metal band trying to make it? A comedic look at the Los Angeles metal scene circa mid-to-late ’8os? Nope, it’s [...]
Thursday, May 9, 2013
As the metal world continues to grieve the loss of Jeff Hanneman, an official cause of death has been released. It’s been confirmed that though the guitarist had been sidelined for over two years due to a Necrotizing fasciitis infection cause by a spider bite, Hanneman reportedly died from alcohol related cirrhosis. Some began to [...]
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The metal community is still reeling from last week’s loss of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman. And the general New Jersey/New York area is still feeling repercussions from superstorm Sandy six months later. This Saturday (11) is the Old Bridge Metal Militia reunion and benefit for hurricane victims presented by Jon and Marsha Zazula in Freehold, [...]
Thursday, May 9, 2013
It’s still hard to believe that guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed away last week. And even though Hanneman has been absent from the road for the past two years now, many wondered what his death would mean for Slayer’s future. However, it looks as though Slayer will continue on with business (at least in regards to [...]
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Well, that’s a sadly prophetic choice of words. On May 1, just one day before Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman died in a hospital of liver failure, the band’s estranged drummer, Dave Lombardo, was interviewed for an Israeli radio station, KZRadio. In a live interview, Lombardo was asked about his exit from the group and his [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. It’s a safe bet that a majority of metal heads spent the past weekend blasting Slayer nonstop in honor of the late Jeff Hanneman. Pulling out our old Slayer records reminded us of something: that Slayer are among the few [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church apparently has no shame whatsoever. It’s pathetic enough that they’ve announced plans to picket Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman’s funeral (just like they did Ronnie James Dio’s), but the way in which they intend on doing it is even worse. Via their Twitter account, they proudly proclaimed “WBC to #picket funeral [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
Slayer aren’t a mass-appeal, but the band have definitely made an impact on pop culture over the last 30 years. And the sad and untimely passing of Jeff Hanneman this past Thursday has resonated beyond just metal fans. Take, for example, NHL team the Los Angeles Kings. The hockey team, who are currently in the [...]
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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