Tag Archives: Black Star Riders

New & Noteworthy: At The Heart of Releases – 1/20/2023

Posted by on January 22, 2023

    New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. We’re deep in the first month of the year and possibly already seeing one of the top albums already with Katatonia’s ‘Sky Void of Stars!’ Take a look at this week’s best […]

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33 Videos to check out this week 1/24/20

Posted by on January 24, 2020

  This week, we’re doing something a little bit different by listing out 33 videos that have been released over the last few weeks. How many have you watched so far?   01) Bad Wolves unveil “Sober” music video Bad Wolves unveiled the music video for the song “Sober.” The track is taken from the […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/9: Opeth open on top

Posted by on October 9, 2019

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   There’s just something so fitting about an Opeth album coming out in the fall. Seven of the band’s thirteen albums came out in or a little before fall, and while it’s a […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/25: KoRn has nothing on the charts

Posted by on September 25, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Woo boy, it’s been awhile since we saw such a swath of debuts, eighteen to be exact. The top debut this week, of course, is KoRn. Between their’s, Tool’s, and Slipknot’s new albums […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/18: Sales to Sirens

Posted by on September 18, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   I’m sure there are a few of you out there who are tired of hearing about Tool, but I’m not tired of writing about them. It’s still kind of strange that we are […]

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Black Star Riders guitarist Damon Johnson quits, replacement announced

Posted by on September 17, 2018

Black Star Riders guitarist Damon Johnson has decided to leave the band at the end of this year to focus on his solo career and session work. The group announced Stone Sour’s Christian Martucci will be his replacement starting on January 1st, 2019. The group shared the following statement: “Black Star Riders are proud to […]

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Saxon Flies into DC with the Black Star Riders on the Firepower Tour

Posted by on March 20, 2018

This past Sunday in the nation’s capital, England’s Saxon and LA’s Black Star Riders brought their classic sounding metal to the beautiful new Anthem music venue on Washington D.C.’s Southwest waterfront.  Both bands were opening for Judas Priest.  More on those guys here. Don Jamieson from VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show introduced the show that […]

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Las Rageous returns in 2018 with A Perfect Circle and Five Finger Death Punch

Posted by on December 4, 2017

In 2017 the city that never sleeps added a new festival to its monstrous list of events already held yearly. Las Vegas hosted the first annual Las Rageous Music Festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center to a sellout crowd of 10,000 people a day. Being advertised as an intimate outdoor festival, they are […]

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Judas Priest announce new album, ‘Firepower,’ 2018 tour

Posted by on October 23, 2017

As anyone that’s seen Judas Priest on the tour for Redeemer of Souls can attest, the band’s still got a lot of energy and vitality left in them. Guitarist Richie Faulkner has injected new life into the band, and iconic vocalist Rob Halford, even at 66, still has all the power and energy of many […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/29: Obituary have a dead on debut

Posted by on March 29, 2017

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Oh, hello. Missed you all last week. But we’re back with MBN where some things have change, some are the same. For example, Metallica are still in the top ten with Korn and Skillet […]

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