Last week, we showed you that Andrew W.K., Sara Quinn (of Tegan and Sara) and porn star Sasha Grey like the metal, via their year-end picks for best music. A tipster (thanks Diana!) let us know that indie-cenric blog Pitchfork has unveiled their list of “Best of 2009″ guest contributors, and some metal shows up on [...]
Monday, August 17, 2009
Most recently Sr. Director of A&R at Roadrunner Records, Mike Gitter has signed and worked with bands including Opeth, Megadeth, Killswitch Engage and Bad Religion. But he got his start as a writer, and that’s what he’ll be doing sporadically for Metal Insider. Here’s his take on recently-released albums from Howl, Sunn 0))) and Voivod. So Metal Insider coerced me [...]
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, [...]
Friday, April 24, 2009
Southern Lord Records was formed a decade ago by Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley to release projects by their bands, Thor’s Hammer and Burning Witch. But what started as a vehicle to release their bands has snowballed into one of the premier labels for underground music, encompassing stoner rock, doom, and the pair’s genre-defying band, [...]
Roadrunner U.K. is offering fans a free download of Black Label Society’s new song “Crazy Horse.”
John 5 has uploaded a tour poster for Rob Zombie’s upcoming Fall tour with Alice Cooper and the Murderdolls.
You might not have been able to see Heaven & Hell’s tribute performance to Ronnie James Dio at London’s High Voltage festival, but now you can listen to audio of the entire set online.
Mushroomhead has revealed the cover artwork and track listing to their new album Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children, set to be released on September 28 via Megaforce Records.
Avenged Sevenfold will be holding a live webcam chat today (July 29) at 5pm Eastern with fan via UStream.
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