Monthly Archives: December 2019

Five holiday songs to check out for 2019

Posted by on December 23, 2019

As we’ve seen on Friday’s (20th) six videos to check out, and the hysterical Mariah Carey and Marilyn Manson holiday mashup, we decided to create a list containing five holiday-related songs for you to share with your loved ones instead of the traditional Christmas beats.   05) Beldon Haigh – “White House Meltdown” For those […]

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Airbourne announce North American spring tour

Posted by on December 23, 2019

Airbourne have announced their return to North America! The Australian rockers will be bringing their new album Boneshaker along with them as the trek kicks off on April 30th in New York, NY and is scheduled to run through May 23rd in Montreal.  Frontman/guitarist Joel O’Keeffe comments: “We’re mega pumped up to the max to […]

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U.S. Justice Department threatens legal action against Live Nation, reach settlement instead

Posted by on December 23, 2019

On Friday (12/13), news broke that the U.S. Justice Department was preparing to take legal action against concert promoting giant Live Nation. Now, less than a week later, the two have reached a settlement that clarifies the rules the company must follow when dealing with venues. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Department of […]

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Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 20 Metal Albums of 2019

Posted by on December 23, 2019

  I try to follow the rules, but, once again, another year of good music has gone by, and I was able to narrow it down to 20 instead of 10. There are a bunch of variables that make me connect to a song or artist. Whether it’s the overall vibrations the sound leaves behind […]

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Metal Insider’s Top 10 stories of the Decade

Posted by on December 23, 2019

  Many events that have occurred within the last ten years have been both exciting and sad. We hit significant losses in the metal community including Lemmy Kilmister, Peter Steele, Ronnie James Dio, Jill Janus, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Warrel Dane, Scott Weiland, Vinnie Paul, Paul O’ Neil, Keith Flint, Kyle Pavone, Jon Schnepp, Dolores […]

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Chester Bennington’s widow announces 320 Festival

Posted by on December 20, 2019

Chester Bennington’s widow, Talinda Bennington, has announced a new festival called 320 Festival. It will take place on May 9, 2020 at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California. 320 Festival’s mission is to help bring awareness to the importance of our mental health and provide attendees the resources they need to better care for their emotional […]

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Exclusive Album Stream: Tylor Dory Trio – ‘Unsought Salvation’

Posted by on December 20, 2019

  Edmonton prog metal outfit Tylor Dory Trio’s new album, Unsought Salvation, will be released tomorrow (21st). The group has teamed up with Metal Insider to stream the record a little early. Formed in 2012, the group’s music is influenced by bands Opeth, Alice In Chains, and Rush. They’ve taken a different direction in prog […]

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Six videos to check out this week

Posted by on December 20, 2019

Many are getting ready to take time off for the Holidays as bands have been giving their fans a festive gift to say thanks. Just yesterday (19th), Distrubed premiered a heartfelt live video for the song “Hold On To Memories.” As the year is winding down, we put together six videos that were released this […]

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Sepultura unveil new song “Last Time”

Posted by on December 20, 2019

Sepultura have dropped another new song called “Last Time” off their upcoming album Quadra. The record drops February 7th via Nuclear Blast and you can pre-order your copy here. Sepultura also announced a North American spring tour w/ Sacred Reich, Crowbar and Art of Shock. Dates can be found here. Listen to “Last Time” below!  

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Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman’s Top 10 Metal Albums of 2019

Posted by on December 20, 2019

  Wait, it’s the end of the year already? Wait it’s the end of the DECADE already? It’s been a crazy year that seems like a manic two months, and along the way, some pretty solid music came out. This list is in no order, mainly because I can’t say that there’s one album on […]

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