Posted by Joe Koza on February 1, 2019
With 2019 just underway, it’s time to start preparing for the year’s most anticipated touring cycles. Here are ten North American treks we’re looking forward to see so far. 10) Children of Bodom (w/ Swallow the Sun, Wolfheart) Finland’s Children of Bodom will be hitting the road this March in support of their tenth studio album, Hexed, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 22, 2019
Meshuggah will be performing at a handful of festivals this summer including Welcome t Rockville, Epicenter, Sonic Temple, and Chicago Open Air. To celebrate their appearance, these Swedish extreme tech-metal (apologetic djent pioneers) innovators will embark on a U.S treck. The band will continue to promote their latest effort, 2016’s The Violent Sleep of Reason […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 11, 2018
When Chicago Open Air made its debut in 2016 it came out swinging! Spread over three days at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois with inaugural headliners like Rammstein, Disturbed, and Slipknot the bar was set extremely high. It was aimed to be the place every metal fan wanted to be in July. Running two years […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 10, 2018
Announced today, the debut of Epicenter by Danny Wimmer Presents, will bring three days of Rock ‘N Roll to Rockingham, North Carolina. Mark your calendars, for May 10th, 11th & 12th, 2019, because the newly created Rockingham Festival Grounds will play host to the first-ever Epicenter Festival. Foo Fighters, Tool and Korn are set to […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 3, 2018
With all the new festivals being revealed by Danny Wimmer in the past few months, an announcement today saw the return of Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, Florida. Metropolitan Park will once again play host over three days in May 2019 as more than 50 bands, and 90,000+ fans converge in Jacksonville the weekend of […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 6, 2018
Wacken Open Air festival just ended this past Saturday (4th) and today (6th), over 50,000 tickets have been sold for next year. 2019 will mark the festival’s thirtieth anniversary as the event is scheduled to return on August 1st through 3rd. Eleven bands have been confirmed thus far, including celebrating 20 years of Sabaton. Check […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 24, 2018
The popularity with many metal subgenres can be compared to the consistency of a rollercoaster – It moves in all directions, for better or worse. With that said, who can forget djent? Whether you’re a fan or not, experimental metal giants Meshuggah are considered the father of the genre and guitarist Mårten Hagström has apologized […]
Posted by Alexander Stafford on June 14, 2018
As the Download festival at Donington Park concluded this past weekend, it proved to be one of their biggest and best years yet. Featuring headliners of Avenged Sevenfold, Guns n’ Roses, and Ozzy Osbourne, only proved there were no shortage of great bands on the bill. Many acts did overlap or had conflicting time slots […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 12, 2018
Yesterday (11th), Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards show took place at the Indigo2 in London, England. Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta hosted the ceremony while performances came from Parkway Drive, Baroness, Meshuggah, Myrkur, and Carpenter Brut. The winners have been revealed and you can check out the list below as a few choices shocked us including the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 2, 2018
Comedian Bill Burr is one of the most popular comedians out there right now. He’s also got a pretty successful podcast. And this should come as no surprise to Metal Insider readers, but he likes metal. He’s spoken on his podcast in the past about instrumental stoner rockers Earthless, and yesterday, he went on and […]
