Last month, it was announced that Danzig would celebrate its 25th anniversary with lots of touring in the U.S. and Europe. Most of the shows will include special encore sets with Glenn’s former Misfits bandmate Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein. Now we not only know the first leg of Danzig’s U.S. tour, but also who will [...]
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Cradle Of Filth was supposed to kick off a North American tour with The Faceless, Decapitated and The Agonist next week in New York City. However, said tour has now been officially cancelled due to immigration issues. The U.K. metal group’s camp confirmed the news via the following statement: “Cradle Of Filth are really sorry [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
It’s a tour that’s been rumored about for the past few weeks. However, now it’s official: Cradle Of Filth will be touring North America with The Faceless, Decapitated and The Agonist. The tour kicks off on February 22 in New York City, and runs until March 26 in Guelph, ON. As has been noted by [...]
Friday, December 7, 2012
With the year in music just about over, Metal Insider‘s staff and contributors are taking a look back and naming their top ten albums of 2012. This next list comes courtesy of Metal Insider contributor Chris Colgan. We’re also including a Spotify playlists with a song from each album, if available. We’ll also be sprinkling [...]
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. That’s it – we’ve reached the end of the internet. When these two screamo, rapist, dance/techno idiots can have 10,000 14 year-olds waste their allowance money on this terrible music, something’s wrong. The band [...]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Five years ago, the last Rush album, Snakes & Arrows, sold 93,000 copies. That’s why it’s even more impressive that in 2012, their new album has sold over 100,000 copies, matching the #2 peak that they reached back in 1993 with Counterparts. Is rock alive? Did their cameo in I Love You Man help out? Was it their [...]
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I’m pretty sure this is the first and last time we’ll be writing about the Rock of Ages soundtrack here on Metal By Numbers. It did have a pretty solid debut, but basically, this bullshit [...]
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
How many times can a band reinvent their lineup before they lose their appeal? Fear Factory has certainly tested those limits in the past decade, so much so that singer Burton C. Bell is the only founding member of the band to have remained in the lineup for the band’s entire career. Somehow, against impossible [...]
Friday, March 16, 2012
For the past few years, Montreal’s Heavy MTL has had some pretty solid lineups, while last year’s inaugural Heavy T.O. extended the festival to Toronto. And this year’s bill is no different, with System Of A Down, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Lamb Of God and many others confirmed for both festivals, taking place on August 11-12. [...]
Monday, January 9, 2012
So, with 2011 out of the way and the music industry slowly coming back online after the annual holiday shutdown, it’s time to look forward to what’s coming up this year in the world of rock and metal. And oh boy, is there a lot to look forward to! Some of the albums coming out [...]
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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