Category Archives: Packaging

What do Marilyn Manson and the first Playstation have in common?

Posted by on April 27, 2015

Dock yourself five points if your response was “they were both played out in the ’90s.” Marilyn Manson’s ninth album, The Pale Emperor, has sold over 105,000 copies since its release back in January. It was his best-received album in years and viewed as a more mature direction for Manson.. If you bought the album […]

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Stop The Presses: Hollywood Undead Unveil New Masks!

Posted by on January 20, 2011

The new Hollywood Undead album is called American Tragedy. You can make your own comment because we don’t want to do all the work. However, we will comment on the fact that they’ve got new masks! If you’re going to base your persona on the fact that you wear masks, this could be arguably more […]

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Exclusive Walkthrough Of New Clutch Vinyl Packaging

Posted by on February 18, 2010

Since Metal Insider and Clutch’s label Weathermaker Music share a building, we recently caught up with label head Jon Nardachone, where he unboxed and showed off the double vinyl version of their most recent album, Strange Cousins From the West. The package will come with a code to download the album, which features two songs […]

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Mastodon Continues Quest To Bankrupt Me

Posted by on November 13, 2009

Seriously, what the fuck, Mastodon? I already spent $40 plus shipping on the “tunnel book” edition of Crack the Skye. Now you’re taking pre-orders on a “Royal Edition” (I have no idea why it’s called that) in brand new gold-stamped packaging and artwork with a cool warthog lithograph, all designed by the incomparable Paul Romano. […]

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Two Goons Walk Through AC/DC Box Set Packaging

Posted by on October 15, 2009

[youtube width=”500″ height=”307″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UKOkpdTaqM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] AC/DC, through their Fannation site, has released a video walk through of the packaging and contents of their upcoming Backtracks collector’s edition box set. There’s tons of cool stuff inside the fully operational amp, available November 10 through ACDCBacktracks.com, but fuck, do I have to watch this video on mute. I’m sure […]

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