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Metallica’s “Now That We’re Dead” used for The Undertaker’s entrance at ‘WrestleMania 36’
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 6, 2020
While many events shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE did something different for WrestleMania 36, which was taping the show in front of an empty audience. On Saturday’s (4th) event, The Undertaker used Metallica’s “Now That We’re Dead,” from their latest effort, 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct for his entrance and exit theme as he […]
Fit For An Autopsy unveil video for new single “Fear Tomorrow”
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 6, 2020
Fit For An Autopsy have unleashed a brand new song with “Fear Tomorrow.” The track is a standalone single and is separate from their latest album, Sea of Tragic Beasts. The group commented: “‘Fear Tomorrow’ is a song we’ve been sitting on for some time but decided the moment was right to finish and release […]
Baroness amazing ‘as-live-as-possible’ performance of ‘Tourniquet’ for fans online
Posted by Jeff Podoshen on April 6, 2020
Well, we’re all stuck in our homes because of the awful COVID-19. Baroness, one of our favorite bands here at Metal Insider, livens up our existences a bit with this incredible recorded-by-remote video of all band members performing “Tourniquet” from their latest record Gold and Grey. Baroness commented: “Here’s an as-live-as-possible performance of Tourniquet […]
Watch GWAR give isolation advice on CNN
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 6, 2020
With this time of uncertainty, no one is safe. It doesn’t matter how much gear you have, how rich or poor you are, young or old, or blood you shed on the stage, the entire globe is on lockdown. Unfortunately, there have been reports of packed parks, impromptu Pink Floyd cover band concerts, and […]
Exclusive EP Stream: The Wildfires Projekt – ‘From Which We Came’
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 6, 2020
Johnny Zirkel’s alternative/post-hardcore project, The Wildfires Projekt, is gearing up for the release of his new EP, From Which We Came, which is scheduled to arrive tomorrow (7th). TWP isn’t afraid of taking listeners on an honest and emotional journey by touching controversial subjects on the harsh realities of life. Today (6th), Zirkel has teamed […]
#MetallicaMondays Metallica to stream Copenhagen concert from 2009’s ‘WorldMagnetic’ Tour
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 6, 2020
Over the last two weeks, Metallica kicked off their #MetallicaMondays stream series with two shows from their extensive WorldWired tour. Tonight (6th), the group will switch things up with the stream from their WorldMagnetic tour with the performance in Copenhagen on July 22, 2009. The group explained: “We’re heading back in time to the #WorldMagnetic […]
Interview w/ Testament’s Chuck Billy on ‘Titans of Creation’ and the uncertainty of touring in 2020
Posted by Jeff Podoshen on April 6, 2020
Titans of Creation, Testament’s 13th studio record released on April 3, 2020. We spoke with frontman Chuck Billy about the new record… An appropriate song to talk about now would be “The Healers” especially with your own experience over the past couple of weeks. Is this about your own experience dealing with natural medicine […]
Coronavirus: Tool postpone entire spring/summer tour
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 3, 2020
Tool’s entire spring/summer tour is officially postponed. This leads into the end of June as we continue to take this COVID-19 pandemic one day at a time with uncertainty. Read the full statement below: “Friends – We hope you and your loved ones are doing as well as possible given the difficult time we all […]
Abysmal Dawn’s Charles Elliott on new album, sensationalist publications and social media’s downfall
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 3, 2020
Los Angeles, California death metal crushers, Abysmal Dawn, are gearing up for their first album in six years with Phylogenesis (order here). Their overall fifth full-length effort will be released on April 17th, which also marks their Season of Mist debut. We caught up with the group’s mastermind, Charles Elliott to learn more about […]
Brian Posehn on the late Jill Janus, Weird Al, new music that doesn’t suck, & ‘Grandpa Metal’
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 3, 2020
This past February feels like ages ago when everyone was looking forward to a concert, festival, or simple things, including hugging one of your friends. During this timeframe, a great comedy-metal album was also released: Brian Posehn’s Grandpa Metal via Megaforce Records. Who would have thought just a month after its release, this LP […]
