Have you ever found yourself listening to AC/DC and thinking “this is pretty good, but it could use more cellos? Us neither, but Croatian classical crossover duo 2Cellos sure did. They put their stamp on “Highway to Hell,” along with some help from Steve Vai. In a pretty clever video that was probably underwritten by [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
Eagle Rock has announced that they’ll be issuing Re-Machined – A Tribute to Deep Purple’s ‘Machine Head’ on September 25. The album was originally announced as a Metal Hammer compilation that will go on sale as a fan pack in the UK. Of the tracks recorded on the album, many are most excited about Metallica’s take on [...]
Monday, July 23, 2012
Back in April, we discovered that Metallica would not only participate in a tribute compilation for Ronnie James Dio, but also contribute to a Deep Purple anniversary album. Finally, some details as well as a release date for the tribute which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Machine Head album have been announced. The title [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Yesterday, Metal Insider sponsored the New York listening party for Van Halen’s 12th studio album, A Different Kind of Truth. The album, which comes out today, was literally years in the making. The first full VH album with original vocalist David Lee Roth back in the driver’s seat in 28 years, the album came pre-loaded with [...]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
While we love Judas Priest, normally we wouldn’t get too excited over another greatest hits package from the metal gods. They’ve already officially released five compilation albums or packages since 1993. So what makes their sixth compilation The Chosen Few so special? Well this time around, the hits are chosen (see what they did there?) [...]
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Alice Cooper has announced the addition of guitarist Orianthi (who has previously worked with Steve Vai and Michael Jackson) to his touring band. Cooper has also been confirmed to appear on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, September 9. Tweet
Friday, April 22, 2011
If you watched Dream Theater’s cock tease trailer yesterday, then you would have noticed that drummer Marco Minnemann was among the seven drummers spotted in it. While he was one of the early rumored names to be Mike Portnoy’s replacement, Blabbermouth revealed that Minnemann was indeed not the new drummer back in January. But if [...]
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
On March 3, guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and Berkleemusic (Berklee College Of Music’s Online Continuing Education Division) will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the largest online guitar lesson. Fans from all over the world can watch the live webcast online (partnered with Livestream) and learn tips, techniques and skills from groundbreaking guitar [...]
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Roadrunner imprint Loud and Proud have been on a signing frenzy lately, with everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Ratt joining the label. Now Loud and Proud is proud (see what we did there?) to announce that Meat Loaf has joined their roster. The singer/actor will unleash his new album, Hang Cool Teddy Bear on May [...]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The Blu-ray video format has largely been relegated to audio and video-phile status for years, as it’s still being introduced to the mainstream markets, and at relatively high price points compared to the ubiquitous DVD format. We’ve been hearing this past Black Friday was a huge win for the format, as consumers cashed in on [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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