As an inaugural festival in 2000, Tattoo the Earth had a lot going for it. Any tour with Slayer headlining is pretty much automatically going to be a success. Add in Slipknot, who were just starting to get really big, and you have the makings of a popular tour. It was also a good showcase for nu-metal, with Sevendust and Spineshank on tour, replacing Coal Chamber, Soulfly and Puya, who dropped off the tour. It was also joined by Stone Temple Pilots and Metallica for a show each. The tour was also joined by tattoo artists, body piercers and body painters. Yet by 2002, it became less about the music and was a straight up festival of ink, held on two consecutive weekends in Rosemont, IL and Oakland CA. It didn’t return for a fourth year.
Rainbow will celebrate the earliest and most influential years of their career with The Temple of the King 1975–1976, a comprehensive 9-CD box set arriving March 6, 2026, via Edsel Records. Newly mastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham, the collection marks the first...
If you’re American, the easiest way to understand Gluecifer is to imagine what it would feel like if a band like the Ramones, or maybe the MC5, disappeared for two decades and then returned without any interest in explaining themselves. No oral history, no apology...
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 47 new songs, this week brings a festive batch of six new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...
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5. Tattoo The Earth
