Tag Archives: Broken Hope

The Bloodline are fired up about new song

Posted by on January 20, 2015

[youtube]http://youtu.be/vucTnFPhBlo[/youtube] Remember Dirge Within, the band featuring former Broken Hope and Soil guitarist Shaun Glass? Well, that’s a thing of the past. In 2012, former Divine Heresy singer Travis Neal joined the band, and in 2013, the band changed their name to The Bloodline. The band’s debut album under that moniker, We Are One, will be […]

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Oceano streaming “Dead Planet” from new album

Posted by on January 13, 2015

Oceano is starting 2015 off on a positive note with a brand new album, Ascendants, due out on March 23rd on Earache Records. The Chicgao, IL band just released a track from the upcoming record, “Dead Planet,” which is the first new material from the band since 2013s Incisions, which sold 1,600 copies in its first week of release. This new album with be […]

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Shaun Glass, Chuck Wepfer leave Broken Hope

Posted by on December 24, 2014

It was a welcome surprise and comeback when Broken Hope released Omen of Disease, their first album since 1999, last year. It was also somewhat of a surprise to see the death metal band reincarnated considering that two of its members, Shaun Glass and Chuck Wepfer, were also in Dirge Within, a much more commercial […]

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Members of Crowbar, Moonsorrow, The Bloodline, Child Bite share best of 2014

Posted by on December 5, 2014

It’s December, which means that, for the most part, the year in music is over. Almost everything that’s going to come out has already, as the music industry focuses on the holiday shopping rush by pushing everything that’s come out in the first 11 months of the year. It’s also a good time to take […]

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Recap: GWAR-B-Q evolves, sets stage for band’s next act

Posted by on August 18, 2014

This past weekend, many of metal, hardcore and punk’s elite descended on Richmond, VA’s Hadad’s Lake not just for the 5th annual GWAR-B-Q, but also to pay tribute to fallen frontman Dave Brockie and his altar ego Oderus Urungus. And while first and foremost, the event remained a celebration of all things GWAR, there was […]

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Best in Brutality Tour (Broken Hope, Oceano, Rivers of Nihil) cancelled

Posted by on April 4, 2014

Planning on catching the “Best in Brutality ” tour, featuring Broken Hope, Oceano, Fallujah and Rivers of Nihil? Sadly, you’re not going to get a chance to do that, as the remainder of the tour has been scrapped. It had already been plagued with difficulty, as Oceano has border issues that had prevented them from […]

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Devildriver, Shadows Fall, Richard Christy & more detail ‘Spinal Tap’ moments

Posted by on March 2, 2014

Note: On this date in 1984, This is Spinal Tap was released. The mock documentary about a metal band on the downslope of it’s career is required viewing for any band, and still holds up today. November 11th, 2011 was “National Metal Day,” and this is a column we first ran back then. Happy 30th Annicrsary, […]

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Metal Insider’s Top 5: “Reunion Albums” we wish would become a reality

Posted by on January 20, 2014

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, our buds at Metal Sucks and Noisey debated whether or not the reunited At The Gates should make their way back into the studio and record a new album. Then this morning, The Haunted released its first new […]

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Battlecross, Goatwhore, And More Added To New England Metal & Hardcore Festival; Fourth Annual Mission Quest To Metalfest Announced

Posted by on January 10, 2014

Believe it or not, the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival isn’t that far off; it’s just a little over three months away. That means the line-up is that much closer to being finalized after the first round of bands was announced this past November. The latest round of bands added to the bill includes 1349, Battlecross, […]

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Metal Insider Contributor Kodi McKinney’s Top 10 of 2013

Posted by on December 16, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close, we’ve been giving the site over to artists to let us know what they’ve been listening to. It’s proven to be a diverse year for artists and albums alike. You can check out part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, and part 4 here, and part 5 here. However, we also want […]

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