by Chris Colgan | Jul 31, 2014 | Controversy, Crowdfunding, News
Two years after the release of Wintersun’s second album, Time I, fans are anxiously waiting for information regarding the release of its follow-up, Time II. Today, band mastermind Jari Mäenpää took to Facebook to discuss the obstacles facing the album’s...
by Sean Matthews | Jul 31, 2014 | Interviews, News
Hernan “Eddie” Hermida had big shoes to fill when assuming the vocal duties for Suicide Silence. One of deathcore’s most popular rising bands, they’d just signed with Nuclear Blast when singer Mitch Lucker died in a motorcycle accident....
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 31, 2014 | News, Television, Video
Last night, the SyFy Network broke the internet by airing Sharknado 2: The Second One. The sequel to last year’s cheese-fest recorded over 215,000 tweets with the #sharknado2 hashtag, roughly about twice the number of celebrities that had cameos in the film. Al...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 31, 2014 | News, Touring
Like High on Fire, but on a budget? Good news. The fine folks at Converse have teamed up with the band to present the inaugural Converse Rubber Tracks Live Tour. The opener for the East Coast tour is Blackest, while SoCal’s Arctic will be the West Coast opener....
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 31, 2014 | Amplified, Columns, New Music, News, Premieres
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. For our inaugural Amplified column, we bring you Los Angeles’ sludge merchants Colombian Necktie. The quintet’s debut full...