When Cedric Bixler-Zavala announced his departure from The Mars Volta, many quickly assumed that At The Drive-In’s reunion had come to an end as well. That’s because it seemed as though the singer placed a lot of blame towards guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (also of At The Drive-In). Well, while he may not completely rule out [...]
Monday, April 8, 2013
Here at Metal Insider headquarters, it finally feels like Spring. The temperature is pushing 70 degrees, and we’re bummed that we have to work indoors. That’s why it feels even more appropriate to be able to listen to a new Queens of the Stone Age track called ‘My God is the Sun.” The band played [...]
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Despite releasing a new album last year, Noctourniquet, it looks like The Mars Volta is coming to an end. While the alt-prog group hasn’t released an official statement, singer Cedric Bixler Zavala made it pretty clear via Twitter that he is no longer in The Mars Volta. In a series of extended and scattered tweets, Zavala had the [...]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Well, this just got even more interesting. According to Vicious Volume, a metal radio show in Singapore, Mastodon’s Troy Sanders is joining his unnamed project, which also features The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato and The Mars Volta’s Dave Elitch. Here he tells Brader Bo (aka Bo Skullbanger) about the new Troy [Sanders] from Mastodon just joined [...]
Monday, August 6, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. So in case you live under a (space) rock, history was made earlier today, as NASA’s Mars science rover Curiosity touched down on Mars at about 1:30 AM ET. The rover’s seven-minute descent was the most difficult maneuver [...]
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Why should major label bands be the only ones who get love? Unsigned & Streamed is a column where we stream a song from an unsigned band we at Metal Insider really dig. This week, we’re excited to showcase Lerdo from Santiago, Chile. After originally forming as a four piece, this trio has been turning heads with their [...]
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Talk about one hell of a week for metal and hard rock debuts. Out of the thirteen new releases that made it onto the charts, nine of them actually made it into the top [...]
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s list of new metal/hard rock releases on the charts is slightly shorter. However, the top debut is a big one, with High On Fire’s seventh album just one spot away from cracking [...]
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
This past weekend, At the Drive In announced a string of “warm up” shows in their home state of Texas. And Monday night (April 9), the reunited post hardcore group performed their first show in about 11 years since first disbanding at Red 7 in Austin, TX. The band also performed last night (April 10) at Trees in [...]
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Ok, so technically Shinedown, The Used and The Mars Volta have the top hard rock debuts (while someone named Madonna topping the charts). However, out of the 20 metal/hard rock debuts this week, 11 [...]
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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