Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 15, 2015
Welsh metalcore band Funeral For a Friend have announced that after 15 years, they’ll be calling it quits. The band will be going out by touring in Australia and Europe next year, where they’ll be performing shows on two consecutive nights that will see them playing their two most popular albums, Hours and Casually Dressed […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 23, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/VLhszOaMaXM[/youtube] Last weekend, the the UK’s Download Festival had a bit of a mystery, as an unknown band called Iceman Thesis took to the stage wearing masks and played what was billed as their first and last show. Actually, that’s incorrect. At the same time, on different stages, two separate bands, each called Iceman Thesis, […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on July 8, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, Gigantour kicked off its fifth installment and Mayhem Fest is well into gear. And while the summer is packed with other treks like the Summer Slaughter Tour, the All Stars Tour, and other tours (hell, even the Warped […]
Posted by Matt Brown on February 13, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another year, another Grammy Awards Ceremony that most metalheads probably ignored in favor of something that wasn’t hosted by LL Cool J. Inevitably, a huge surge in sales for winners and nominees occured this […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on February 5, 2013
Today is a day to celebrate longevity, and I anticipate that such celebrations will be occurring quite often during this decade. As we begin the celebrations of bands that have been around for 30 years or more, it is vital for all of us to band together as a community and recognize the groups that […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 3, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/4XXKa6YjJaU[/youtube] Welsh band Funeral For A Friend have been around for about 12 years now, although they’ve kind of been out of the public eye for the last five years or so, at least in America. They’re now on The End records, and have released a video from the first single for their album Conduit. […]
Posted by Metal Insider on March 24, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another week, another #1 album that didn’t even sell 100,000 copies. It’s more or less the new normal these days. However, Mastodon move over 7,000 of their first live album, proving that they’re definitely […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on March 15, 2011
Exactly one month ago, we had our first flood of new releases of 2011, as 22 albums debuted for the metal fans. This week, we get another flood, with only a few less albums and a lot less name recognition. The underground rules the release charts this week, as many of the bands releasing albums […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 25, 2011
Funeral For A Friend has signed a new recording deal with Good Fight Entertainment, who will release their new album Welcome Home Armageddon on March 15.
Posted by Zach Shaw on April 27, 2010
Funeral For A Friend has revealed the band’s new lineup. In addition to new members, the band has also shuffled their original lineup in light of guitarist Darran Smith’s departure.
