This September, Iron Maiden will once again headline the Rock In Rio festival in Brazil. Before that, though, the group will warm up by performing seven special shows in the U.S. Hitting markets like Raleigh, NC and Kansas City, the trek will feature a very special guest opening up for Maiden: Megadeth. However, Maiden has [...]
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Last week, part of the lineup to the 2013 edition of the Scion Rock Fest was revealed. Today, though, the full lineup was revealed, and holy crap does it look awesome. Testament has been confirmed as the additional co-headliner (along with the Melvins), while bands like Corrosion Of Conformity, Whitechapel, Royal Thunder, Touche Amore and [...]
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Shortly after one Queensryche announced they had signed to Century Media Records, Geoff Tate’s version of the prog metal group revealed more details about their forthcoming album. We knew it would feature plenty of special guests (and is supposedly “stupidly heavy”) and will be released via Cleopatra Records. Now we know that the album will [...]
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
It became known last month that the Death To All Tour, featuring former members of Death and special guests paying tribute to the late Chuck Schuldiner, would be returning for a second year despite a few … issues. Now exact dates for a North American leg (as well as a date in Mexico) and more details have been [...]
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Jon Dette might be one of the busiest guys in metal right now. Not only is he playing with Slayer in Australia (amidst a whole lot of drama), but he’s also filling in on drums for Anthrax…all on the same tour! Drama aside, those aren’t exactly easy jobs to do (let alone at the same [...]
Monday, February 25, 2013
And now for your weekly Queensryche update. First comes a taste of new music from the rendition of Queensryche featuring remaining original members Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, and Scott Rockenfield. We were already impressed by what we heard in the teaser trailer released late last year. But last Friday (February 22), Rockenfield appeared on Eddie [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Anthrax is all set to perform Among The Living during this year’s Metal Alliance Tour. However, the group will be playing it without drummer Charlie Benante when they head down to Australia. It’s been announced this morning that Benante will be sitting out of the upcoming tour down under. “Charlie is dealing with personal issues [...]
Monday, February 18, 2013
Over the weekend, singer Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth was diagnosed with what’s referred to as “walking pneumonia.” The illness forced Overkill to sit out of a few shows of The Dark Roots Of Thrash Tour with Testament Flotsam & Jetsam and 4ARM, including Friday night’s stop in Huntington, NY. Now it appears that Blitz’s current condition [...]
Monday, February 18, 2013
What’s more metal than celebrating Valentine’s Day with Testament and Overkill? Well throw in Flotsam & Jetsam and 4ARM, and it’s safe to assume where most metal couples in New York were on Valentine’s Day last week. All four bands took to the Best Buy Theater’s stage last Thursday night (February 14) as part of [...]
Monday, January 14, 2013
Dan Nelson (former singer of Anthrax) has parted ways with Blackgates, the group also featuring ex-Testament drummer Paul Bostaph. Tweet
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
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.
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