Monthly Archives: June 2017

Deafheaven frontman George Clarke reveals his top ten favorite metal albums

Posted by on June 30, 2017

  One of the best ways to start a holiday weekend is to listen to a few New and Noteworthy albums, or perhaps follow the extensive Rolling Stone list of 100 best metal albums of all time. Additionally, we continue to discover artists’ top ten favorite heavy albums including Gojira’s Joe Duplantier. We have a […]

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Best Music Videos of the Week Ending 6/30

Posted by on June 30, 2017

One can consider it has been one meaty week, especially with KFC chicken and juicy social media beefs. We can finally kick back and have a nice glass of gin and In Flames while envisioning a wild side version of American Idol. We can hear the new Cellar Darling project, featuring former-Eluveitie members and get […]

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Josh Homme plays a 6th grade graduation party

Posted by on June 30, 2017

It’s not stated who, but some 6th grader is the coolest kid in the world right now. Why, you ask? Because he recently had a band perform at his birthday party. Not just any band, however – an all-star band featuring Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, his wife Brody Dalle and producer and […]

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Poison’s Bret Michaels to appear in Syfy’s ‘Sharknado 5’

Posted by on June 30, 2017

Guess you can say that this is something to believe in, Poison frontman Bret Michaels will appear in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming on the Syfy channel. The icon will debut his custom-made Sharkslayer guitar which is said to be featured during one of the most action-packed scenes of the entire franchise. The Sharkslayer is a […]

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Promoter burns Otep merch, Amerakin Overdose shares “Otep Sucks” T-shirts

Posted by on June 30, 2017

Recently, Otep and Amerakin Overdose entered a social media battle. However, things are now getting a bit physical. For $5, you can purchase your own “Otep Sucks” and/or “Fuck Otep” T-shirt. The “local band of Momos” proudly supports these T-shirts after sharing a video of Travis Wurm Wiggins, a local show promoter, burning an Otep […]

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Photos/Review: Megadeth, Meshuggah, TesseracT thrill Boston

Posted by on June 30, 2017

Sporting one of the coolest lineups of the summer tour season, Megadeth are about halfway through their headlining run with supporting acts Meshuggah and Tesseract, and opener Lilake. Metal Insider contributing photographer Nathan Katsiaficas (link www.nkatsphoto.com) caught up with the tour as it made its way to a Boston’s House of Blues on June 25th. […]

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New & Noteworthy, June 30th, 2017: De Mysteriis Nova Musica

Posted by on June 30, 2017

New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new studio releases from Stone Sour and The Acacia Strain, as well as a live Mayhem album. If you would like to check out last week’s releases you can do so […]

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Corey Taylor defends Linkin Park’s pop direction

Posted by on June 29, 2017

  Corey Taylor is refreshingly outspoken, almost to a point, about everything. Recently, we’ve been reminded of that from his feud with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, but he’s opinionated enough to become metal’s Andy Rooney via his own successful series of books. With that said, Alternative Press recently interviewed the great big mouth discussing the new […]

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Nikki Sixx rumored to kickstart American Idol reboot as third judge

Posted by on June 29, 2017

It was just a few days ago when Mötley Crüe/Sixx:A.M. bassist announced his “unofficial” retirement. However, according to TMZ, he could be featured as the third judge on ABC’s American Idol reboot. Ryan Seacrest had a secret meeting with ABC execs earlier this week to discuss the differences he had with them which involves salary […]

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Gojira’s Joe Duplantier shares his top ten favorite metal albums of all time

Posted by on June 29, 2017

Over the past week, we were able to see a handful of artists’ top ten metal albums of all time including Corey Taylor. These lists give us a clear picture on the artist’s taste and inspiration. However, they shocked us as well by revealing a few unexpected selections. Today, Rolling Stone shared Gojira’s Joe Duplantier’s […]

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