YouTube user HelloILikeMetal filmed his reaction to “Prancer,” the first song on The Dillinger Escape Plan’s One of Us is the Killer, on YouTube. And as hard as he tries, the kid is no Benjamin Weinman. He’s obviously trolling here, but it’s funny and short enough that it gets better on each viewing, and in a month, [...]
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Excited to see The Faceless open for The Dillinger Escape Plan in Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia? Well, not so fast. The group’s vehicle broke down and has left them stuck outside of Amarillo, Texas. With no vehicle to get them back on the road, The Faceless has been forced to miss a few shows. The [...]
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
If you live in or around the New York area and like The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, Royal Thunder or Primitive Weapons, you’re going to want to be around a computer in about 45 minutes. That’s when tickets will become available for the free Converse Rubber Tracks Live show at the Music Hall of [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
It’s hard to believe after the considerable success of last year’s Metal Insider favorite Autotheism, but The Faceless has never recorded an official music video…that is, until now. ”Deconsecrate” from Autotheism has been released in music video form, and in keeping with the album’s theme of self-worship, it features the band taking over a church by force. [...]
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 [...]
Monday, January 28, 2013
Last week, The Faceless continued their reputation of multiple lineup changes with the departure of drummer Lyle Cooper. And today, the tech-death metal group has announced who their new drummer is…though the answer shouldn’t surprise you. The Faceless has confirmed that Alex Rudinger is their new full-time drummer. Considering that Rudinger has been the one [...]
Friday, January 25, 2013
And then there was one… It was announced today that vocalist Mike Semesky, drummer Alex Rudinger, and bassist Ollie Rooney have left The HAARP Machine. This currently leaves guitarist Al Mu’min as the only member left. The three exiting members issued the joint statement, essentially pointing the blame directly at Mu’min: “Due to irreconcilable personal [...]
Thursday, January 24, 2013
When The Faceless performed in Mexico this past weekend with Alex Rudinger of The HAARP Machine on drums, it made many question whether drummer Lyle Cooper was still in the group or not. Well, it didn’t take long for Cooper to confirm that he is no longer in the band. Cooper confirmed his departure via the following [...]
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Faceless took 2012 by storm with their latest album, Autotheism. However, the tech death metal group are no strangers to lineup changes. That’s why it’s easy to speculate whether drummer Lyle Cooper is still in the band, considering he was absent from The Faceless’ shows in Mexico this past weekend. Metal Sucks were the [...]
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 [...]
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.
Unsigned & Streamed alum Pheroze has released a video for the song “Today I Belong To The Dead.” The song appears on Pheroze’s recently released EP, Ennui.
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