Monthly Archives: March 2017

Ice Nine Kills’ new video is a timely literature lesson

Posted by on March 30, 2017

Back in December of 2015 Ice Nine Kills released a concept album called Every Trick in the Book. Each song from the album is based on a different piece of literature including Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, and the Exorcist, to name a few. The band’s latest music video is for the […]

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Photos: Killthrax tour kicks off at Montclair NJ’s Wellmont Theater

Posted by on March 30, 2017

The combination of Anthrax and Killswitch Engage is so intriguing that the tour even has a celebrity couple name: Killthrax. The addition of The Devil Wears Prada and Jasta makes it certainly one of the most intriguing tours of the Spring. Metal Insider contributing photographer Melinda Oswandel was at the tour kickoff on March 29th […]

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Northlane embraces new album feedback, shares details behind the song “Paragon”

Posted by on March 30, 2017

Last week Northlane surprised us with the sudden release of Mesmer. Meanwhile, their fans managed to shock them with the overwhelming response. The band expressed the following on their Facebook: “It’s now been five days since we released ‘Mesmer’ out into the universe, and to say the response has been overwhelming feels like a drastic […]

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Listen to Anthrax’s fun, unnecessary cover of Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son”

Posted by on March 30, 2017

While Anthrax are one of the Big Four of thrash, it seems like at the end of the day, they enjoy being a classic rock cover band. Their 2013 Anthems EP featured covers of song from Boston, AC/DC, Journey, Rush and Thin Lizzy, and they’ve covered Pink Floyd live acoustically recently. And having just launched the Killthrax […]

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Naturally, DragonForce shred on new song “Judgment Day”

Posted by on March 30, 2017

DragonForce have been a force to be reckoned with (derp) since before they first show up on America’s radar via the ridiculously over the top “Through the Fire and Flames” video. That track, from their third album, Inhuman Rampage, turned up on Guitar Hero III, and made them  heroes in their own right here. They made the jump […]

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Ill Niño frontman Cristian Machado is not impressed with today’s music industry

Posted by on March 30, 2017

In 2001, latin alternative metallers Ill Niño released Revolution Revolución, bringing in a crushing distinct sound in both English and Spanish languages. It is hard to believe that songs such as “What Comes Around,” and “Liar” are over fifteen years old. The band is currently on a European tour to celebrate the album’s anniversary and […]

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A Perfect Circle sign worldwide deal with BMG

Posted by on March 30, 2017

We’ve known since the beginning of the year that a new album from A Perfect Circle, their first album of original material since their sophomore album, 2003’s 13th Step, would be coming this year.. And while we didn’t know what label the album would be coming out on, we do now. The group, the brainchild of […]

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Ice-T says Bill Paxton stage dove at a Body Count show

Posted by on March 30, 2017

Having been a pot dealer, member of the US Army and an alleged pimp and criminal before finding success as a gangster rapper and later on as an actor, it’s safe to say Ice-T has seen some shit. However, in an interview with Metal Injection, he describes one of the strangest things he’s witnessed – […]

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Alice Cooper’s getting his own pinball machine

Posted by on March 30, 2017

There are a few things that we’ve been holding onto from the seventies, eighties and nineties, and we’re not talking about spandex and crimped hair. However, pinball machines seem to be timeless and despite the always-evolving state of video games, there’s still a huge appetite for pinball machines. The pinball wizards continue to impress us, […]

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eOne signs CKY, new album coming this Summer

Posted by on March 30, 2017

Just the mention of the name CKY will probably bring you back to a simpler place, to the days of MTV after they stopped playing actual music videos, but before reality shows like The Hills and Jersey Shore that had no actual basis in reality. The Westchester, PA based group was more or less the house band of Jackass, mainly because […]

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