Monthly Archives: February 2012

Deadiron Streaming Three Songs Off New Album

Posted by on February 28, 2012

Deadiron (who were previously featured in Unsigned & Streamed) is streaming three songs off of their new album Out of the Rust and Ruin, due out on March 10, via their website.

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Exclusive: Starseed Take A Moment To Introduce Themselves To America

Posted by on February 28, 2012

Starseed have made a name for themselves across the pond already. However, the UK hard rock group’s album Peace Machine was finally released in the States last week. Now that they’re finally making their way to the U.S., Starseed were kind enough to film a video for Metal Insider to introduce themselves. So without further […]

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Coheed & Cambria Announce Southeast Tour Dates

Posted by on February 28, 2012

Coheed & Cambria will be touring the Southeast this Spring with Moving Mountains and Pianos Become The Teeth.

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Video: Slash And Betty White Film A Commercial For The LA Zoo

Posted by on February 28, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7BK0NIZbhs[/youtube] Remember that picture of Slash, Betty White and a Colombian Red Tail Boa Constrictor taken during the GLAZA Beastly Ball at the Los Angeles Zoo? Well, the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist and Golden Girl actress have teamed up once again in support for the LA Zoo. This time, the two took part in […]

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Henry Rollins Gives Shout-Outs To High On Fire, Electric Wizard

Posted by on February 28, 2012

As the frontman of Black Flag, Henry Rollins virtually invented hardcore, or at least gave it a recognizable face. The output in his solo career veered more towards metal and punk, but he’s still one of the most intense frontmen in music. So what’s Rollins, now in the midst of a spoken word tour, listen […]

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King’s X Provide Update On Jerry Gaskill, Cancel Previously Announced Tour

Posted by on February 28, 2012

This past weekend, fans were shocked to learn that drummer Jerry Gaskill had suffered a heart attack. Last we heard, the King’s X drummer had undergone an emergency operation and remains in intensive care. Earlier today, King’s X provided the following update on Gaskill’s condition: “We are sorry to confirm that Jerry Gaskill suffered a […]

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Axl Rose Finally Explains The 2002 Philadelphia No Show

Posted by on February 28, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkjX2R9q1iU[/youtube] I was just 13 years old when I went to see Guns N’ Roses perform at the First Union Center (now the Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia on December 6, 2002. Little did I, my friends, and our dads (who we dragged to the show) know that Axl Rose would end up pulling a […]

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New & Noteworthy, February 28th – Enemy of the Music Business

Posted by on February 28, 2012

If death metal is the metal subgenre that the music industry continually tries to ignore, then grindcore is the bastard child that the industry has flat-out disowned. No subgenre is as abrasive, aggressive, or downright assaultive as grindcore, and it has been that way since its very beginning 25 years ago. The genre has changed […]

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Every Time I Die Streaming New Album ‘Ex-Lives’ In Its Entirety

Posted by on February 28, 2012

Every Time I Die is streaming their new album Ex-Lives in its entirety via Epitaph Record’s Soundcloud page.

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Adrenaline Mob Release Sample Of Duran Duran Cover Featuring Lzzy Hale

Posted by on February 28, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jnnJHYXnac[/youtube] There were a few surprises that occurred during Adrenaline Mob’s debut show in NYC last Summer. The most memorable one, though, was their cover of Duran Duran’s “Come Undone.” It took me and fellow fans in attendance a few seconds to realize what exactly we were hearing. But to say that Mike Portnoy and […]

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