Emmure singer Frankie Palmeri has always been (to put it nicely) criticized by many in the metal community. Recently, Palmeri found himself once again in the line of fire thanks to numerous t-shirts he produced via his clothing line Cold Soul that many felt glorified racism and violence. The outcry lead to Cold Soul’s closing [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
Last week provided a truly unique experience for Trivium fans. As we mentioned previously, we had the chance to see frontman Matt Heafy perform an intimate acoustic set in Moscot Eyewear’s NYC gallery (which Metal Injection filmed great footage of). Six days later, we witnessed Trivium performing to an arena crowd during the Trespass America [...]
Friday, July 27, 2012
When is a tour update not a tour update? When it’s a public access-looking interview show with Trespass America bands hosted by “Salty Rizz.” Rizz, who seems to look an awful lot like Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach, interviews the likes of Trivium’s Matt Heafy, Battlecross’ Kyle Gunther and Hiran Deraniyagala and God Forbid’s Byron [...]
Monday, July 23, 2012
When Jesse Leach revealed that two songs for Killswitch Engage’s new album were in complete, he also mentioned that it was unlikely that they would play any new material this early on in the Summer. Well, guess we should’ve known better. That’s because Killswitch Engage indeed performed a new song during an off-date from Trespass [...]
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
This past weekend, the inaugural Trespass America Festival (featuring Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage, and many others) kicked off in in Broomfield, CO. But the tour has a lot more dates in line, not coming to an end until August 28 in Los Angeles. With that in mind, we’re excited to be giving two [...]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Since Jesse Leach officially returned to the group, Killswitch Engage have been working on a new album in between live performances. And it looks like progress on said album is going pretty well. During an interview with Paige Montgomery from Alternative Revolt Magazine at the Trespass America Festival’s kickoff date in Broomfield, CO Friday night [...]
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon outside the Palladium Theatre in Worcester, MA. But after playing an early and criminally short set at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival’s second day, Doc Coyle has no time to relax in the sun. He’s rushing around outside of the venue trying to make sure that each and [...]
Friday, April 27, 2012
With the official announcement of the Trespass America Festival this past week, this Summer has gotten even more crowded with touring festivals. It’s a Summer that will find Mayhem Fest, Summer Slaughter, All Stars Tour and others duking it out for the consumers’ money. But which Summer touring festival is giving the most bang for [...]
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Details regarding the lineup and dates for Metal Hammer and Five Finger Death Punch’s inaugural Trespass America Festival leaked pretty fast on Tuesday morning (April 24). However, an official press conference was still held later that day at the Key Club in West Hollywood, CA. Along with the members of Five Finger Death Punch, the [...]
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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