Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Crazy to think how within a few hours, we suddenly had TWO Black Flag reunions to choose from. Hell, even one version of the punk icons plan to record a new album. But the circumstances of the multiple Black Flags [...]
Monday, October 8, 2012
Did you see Static-X play in Flint, MI this past Saturday? If so, you didn’t know it at the time, but you saw one of the band’s last shows of 2012. The band have pulled out of the last six dates of their current headlining tour. The reason stated was that Wayne Static has to [...]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Well that was fast. Roughly two months after Wayne Static announced he was “reforming” Static-X, it’s been revealed that they’ve already parted ways with bassist Brent Ashley. According to The Gauntlet, Ashley (who also previously was in Wayne’s solo band) confirmed the news via the following post on Facebook: “Well I guess I’ll just let [...]
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Tony Campos may not want to tour with Wayne Static, but apparently Emmure and Ill Nino sure do. Though dates started to leak out a while ago, the “reunited” Static-X have confirmed that they will indeed be touring with Emmure and Ill Nino this fall. This leg of the Noise Revolution Tour kicks off Cheyenne, [...]
Monday, July 16, 2012
As you read last week, Static-X has reunited. But it’s more like The Smashing Pumpkins reuniting than, say, Refused, since Wayne Static is the only original member of the band (and also, because both frontmen have interesting hair situations). At any rate, original bassist Tony Campos, who also played bass on Prong’s recent album Carved Into [...]
Monday, July 9, 2012
Out with the old, in with the new…ish. We previously reported about Static-X sort of returning, but at the time, the only thing that was known about the new lineup was that Wayne Static would be the only of the original band members in it. However, in an interview with Loudwire, the Static-X puppet master [...]
Monday, July 2, 2012
It’s been about two years since Static-X became inactive, leaving frontman Wayne Static to pursue a solo career. Well, now it appears that Static-X is indeed back…sort of. This time around, Wayne is the only constant amidst X variables. Or in less mathematical terms: while it is true that Static-X will be touring again, frontman [...]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. With five metal/hard rock releases hitting the charts (four of which make it into the top 200), the highest ranking debut of the week comes from Blessthefall. Just one spot away from the top [...]
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
In this age of musical uncertainty, artists need to branch out to succeed. Expansion needs to occur in as many ways as an artist is capable of doing – sometimes not just in styles, but even in diversity of projects, working on multiple endeavors at once if necessary. It’s a time of constant change, and [...]
Monday, September 12, 2011
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Metal and porn go together like a scantily clad girl in an ’80s video. Both porn stars and musicians thrive on attention, have unusual schedules, and many hail from L.A. It takes a lot of energy and narcissism to put [...]
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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