While Universal Music’s takeover of EMI Music was approved late last year, part of the agreement acquired Universal to sell off a handful of its own assets. One of those labels includes Sanctuary Records (once the label home of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Megadeth and more). And this past Friday (February 15), BMG announced it [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
This is the end of 2012 for New & Noteworthy, my friends. After this week, we have Christmas and New Year’s Day marking off our Tuesdays and equating with zero new releases. So as I have said for the past two years, thank you for joining me in another year of fantastic new music. I’ve [...]
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
As one of the biggest metal festivals in America, Maryland Deathfest has had some ridiculously huge names on its roster over the past 10 years. But for Maryland Deathfest XI, the awesome quotient has been upped. MDF XI’s organizers confirmed the final lineup today, spread out between Baltimore Soundstage and the former Sonar compound, and [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
It’s not even Halloween yet, but we already know what some of you are going to be up to Memorial Day Weekend in 2013. The Maryland Deathfest has quickly become a must-attend festival, getting acts to fly in and make some of their only U.S. appearances or lining up amazing reunions alongside some of the [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
We’re still more than nine months away from the next Maryland Deathfest. And yet with bands like Carcass, Venom, Pig Destroyer, Righteous Pigs, Pentagam, and many others already confirmed, Maryland Deathfest XI is shaping up to be one of the sickest festivals of 2013. But wait till you hear who were added to the bill [...]
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
It still hasn’t even been three months since this year’s Maryland Deathfest, at which the bands gave absolutely everything they had to give, but new additions to the lineup for the 2013 edition of the festival just keep rolling in. Newly confirmed bands as of today are Pig Destroyer (whose new album is set to be [...]
Friday, July 20, 2012
It’s been less than two months since this year’s Maryland Deathfest was held. Yet now we already know the first sixteen bands confirmed for the eleventh edition of the festival. And even though there are still many other acts left to be confirmed, the fest has already raised the bar pretty high. Among the first [...]
Monday, January 16, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. A week from today (January 23), the 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise sets sail for the Cayman Islands. And like its inaugural year, the cruise is packed with a killer lineup of metal bands and promises to be one hell [...]
Monday, December 12, 2011
Venom and Pretty Maids are the latest to be confirmed for the second annual 70,000 Tons Of Metal cruise. This leaves 10 bands left to still be announced. Tweet
Monday, August 22, 2011
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Other than Satan and colors (generally black or white), a lot of metal bands look to the animal kingdom when they’re trying to pick out a name. There are plenty of Ratts, Primates and Wolves and animals as leaders out [...]
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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