After starting out in Flotsam and Jetsam, Jason Newsted was thrust into the spotlight when he was chosen to be Metallica’s bassist following the death of Cliff Burton. Since his 15 year tenure with the band ended in 2001, he’s remained active, playing with Voivod and Ozzy Osbourne, among others. Yet despite staying busy, the [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Last week, Jason Newsted announced plans to release the debut EP from his new solo project, aptly titled Newsted. And last night (December 17), the former Metallica bassist premiered a song off the EP on Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk Live. Titled “Soldierhead,” the song definitely lives up to the EP’s title, Metal. Sounding like a [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Yesterday, Century Media Records announced the signing of Swedish black metallers Watain. This comes a few weeks after the label’s signing of Buckcherry became public [...]
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The first single on Soundgarden’s new album King Animal is called ‘Been Away Too Long,” which is apt, given the band’s 15-year hiatus from the public eye. But when the quartet took the stage and launched into Ultramega OK‘s ”Incessant Mace” in front of a sold-out crowd at NYC’s comparatively tiny 1,100-capacity Irving Plaza yesterday (13), it was [...]
Friday, September 28, 2012
Voivod is streaming a new song called “Mechanical Mind” on Pitchfork. The track will appear on the group’s new album Target Earth, due out on January 22, 2013 via Century Media Records. Tweet
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Voivod have had almost as many labels as they have studio albums. It looks like that trend is continuing, as the band have announced that they’ve signed with Century Media to coincide with their 30th Anniversary in 2013. Target Earth will be released on Century on January 22nd, 2013 in North America, and a day earlier [...]
Thursday, July 5, 2012
The Shockwave Festival was supposed to kick off tomorrow (July 6) at Studio Seven in Seattle, WA. However, with numerous bands (most recently Voivod and Havok) dropping off over the past few weeks, it seemed hard to believe that the festival could continue on. Well yesterday, while everyone was celebrating Fourth of July, the plug [...]
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The inaugural Shockwave Festival had the potential to stand out amongst an already crowded Summer with a pretty cool lineup. A few weeks ago, though, bands like Dirge Within, Forged In Flame, Revocation and Vildhjarta suddenly dropped off the bill. And earlier that day the lineup took another major blow, with Voivod now no longer [...]
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
As originally hinted at by theprp.com, and confirmed to us by the festival’s organizer, Dirge Within and Forged In Flame are no longer on the inaugural Shockwave Festival. In addition, Revocation and Vildhjarta have dropped off. An official statement from the festival’s organizer says that it’s “due to unforeseen circumstances.” The bands that will still [...]
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Dates in Amityville, NY and Joliet, IL have been added to this year’s Shockwave Festival, featuring Fear Factory, Voivod and many others. Tweet
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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