Randy is free. The court just returned their verdict in the manslaughter trial against Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe, with the singer being acquitted of all charges. “Randy is finally free,” a statement on Lamb of God’s Twitter read. It linked to an article from Novinky.cz, a Czech news agency, proclaiming “The court acquitted metal [...]
Monday, December 10, 2012
This past Saturday, December 8th, marked 8 years since Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebagg Darrell was killed onstage. Last night in Kansas City, MO, Vinnie Paul took a moment during Hellyeah’s set to remember his brother and then called the members of Lamb Of God, In Flames, and Sylosis onstage to share a drink in [...]
Monday, October 29, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Yeah, we know, we’re a little late on this, but better a little late than never. Plus, if you live on the East Coast, you probably don’t have electricity anyway. At any rate, Dethklok [...]
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We’ll be blunt: there were a crap load of albums debuting this week, most of them highly worth noting. We over here at Metal Insider see this week’s charts as an indication that it [...]
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Some artists require no introduction. Their music is just good enough on its own to explain itself. With three such artists at the top of today’s list, I see no need to bore you with incessant diatribes about their unique brands of excellence. Just read the list, and then go straight to the links for [...]
Friday, September 14, 2012
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. To say that we were bummed about the Lamb Of God/Dethklok/Gojira tour getting canceled as a result of Randy Blythe’s detainment is a complete understatement. [...]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Now that singer Randy Blythe has been uncaged, Lamb of God have finally confirmed a Fall tour. In Flames will be direct support, with Sylosis opening all dates. Hatebreed will be playing from October 30th – November 19, with HELLYEAH playing for the remainder of the tour. One of these bands doesn’t make that much [...]
Thursday, May 31, 2012
If you’re a true metal fan, you probably at least have some of your collection on vinyl. There’s nothing like experiencing the album as a ritual: putting it on a turntable, scrutinizing the artwork and liner notes, and knowing that when metal started as a genre, this was THE way to listen to it. Back on [...]
Friday, December 23, 2011
And just like that, another year has almost passed. Who knows what 2012 brings? We can’t predict the future, but the least we could do is ask some people in the metal community what they think might happen, as well as what they’re looking forward to in the coming year. Brian Slagel (Founder/CEO of Metal [...]
Monday, November 21, 2011
As you probably already know, As I Lay Dying are celebrating their tenth anniversary with Decas, a compilation album featuring three new studio tracks, four covers, and four remix tracks. One of those covers includes the Judas Priest classic “Electric Eye,” which the band just released a music video for. If you ever wanted to [...]
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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