Slash announces his solo album, Orgy of the Damned, featuring guest vocalists like Chris Stapleton and Brian Johnson, set for release on May 17th via Gibson Records. The album reimagines classic blues tracks with Slash's signature style. Today (12th), Slash has...
W.A.S.P. Cancels NYC Show At Last Minute, Life Goes On
Last night was a busy one for New York metal fans. Concertgoers had to decide between seeing Shrinebuilder and Wolves in the Throne Room at NYU, The Dillinger Escape Plan/Darkest Hour/Iwrestledabearonce/Animals as Leaders at Irving Plaza, or W.A.S.P. at the Gramercy...Bullet For My Valentine Give Away Free Track… If Fans Pimp For Them
Bullet For My Valentine spent last week hyping the release of a new “free” track on Tuesday, and upon launch, many fans were disappointed to find the download required fans to promote the song on their Twitter or Facebook pages. The promotion, through a...Documents: EMI Was Almost Broken Up
According to court documents filed in New York, the chairman of Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd., owners of EMI Group, proposed to break up the music company in November. Guy Hands proposed splitting the group’s music publishing and recorded music divisions in...Best Buy Promotes Interscope CDs By Giving Away Something That Was Already Free
This “deal” caught my attention during my holiday shopping, but I have to credit TechCrunch for hammering home why I found this promotion odd. Best Buy offered a free download of TweetDeck, the Twitter app for iPhone, with the purchase of select Interscope...Mudvayne “Fucking” Determined To Waste All Of Their Marketing Budget
Mudvayne won’t stop at spending a ton of money on (probably) extremely expensive blacklight packaging, now they’ll be shooting not one but three music videos for songs off their upcoming self-titled album. The band will be working with director Frankie...Follow Us
Slash releases “Oh Well” single featuring Chris Stapleton; new solo album arriving in May
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Thursday share first new single in thirteen years, “Application For Release From The Dream”
Post-hardcore act Thursday have decided to take a new path, the independent road as they've decided to move forward without a label. A first in twenty-five years. To celebrate their next chapter, the group surprised their listeners with the release of their first...
Kerry King drops “Residue” video
Legendary Kerry King, renowned for his role in Slayer has unleashed a video for his song "Residue." The track is the latest single taken from his upcoming solo album, From Hell I Rise, scheduled to arrive May 17th via Reigning Phoenix Music. Co-directed by Jim Louvau...
New & Noteworthy: Myths of Releases – 3/22/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among this week’s new albums are the returns of Gossip and Brodequin, as well as highly-anticipated works from Elbow, The Jesus...
New & Noteworthy: Warp Speed Invincible Project Releases – 3/1/2024 – 3/15/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases hitting shelves. The last couple of weeks saw new music from the likes of Waves In Autumn, Bruce Dickinson, Ministry, Kaiser Chiefs, Judas Priest, The...
New & Noteworthy: The Other Side of Releases – 2/23/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the releases on this packed New Music Friday, we will see the returns of Modern English, Job For A Cowboy and Sleepytime...