Posted by Chris Annunziata on April 30, 2019
System of a Down’s Serj Tankain teamed up with Dethklok’s Brendon Small and Gene Hoglan to cover Blue Öyster Cult’s “Godzilla.” The song will be featured on Godzilla: King Of The Monsters soundtrack which drops May 24th. Serj posted his excitement on Instagram: “Surprise!! So my friend composer Bear McCreary calls last year and says “I […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on February 3, 2017
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new music from Soen and Black Star Riders, a 30th Anniversary Edition of Judas Priest’s Turbo, a Gene Hoglan instructional DVD and more. If you want to check out […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 16, 2016
What’s up with Dethklok? That’s a question that’s been asked by everyone from Metallica to creator Brendon Small himself. And while there’s still no confirmation on if or when Metalocalypse will get closure, he did confirm today that another one of his projects will get a sequel. In 2012, Small released Brendon Small’s Galaktikon, a […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 28, 2016
This past Saturday (26), one of the better tours of the first quarter, Slayer, Testament and Carcass, played its final show in Las Vegas. And it seems like the three bands had even more fun than the people that went to see them. I mean, we’re basically basing this off of two things – one, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 19, 2014
Yesterday was a changing of the guard withing the Death (DTA) tour, as drummer Sean Reinert, also a member of Cynic, dropped off the tour just three dates in, replaced by Gene Hoglan. While the transition was seemless, going from one former Death drummer to another, not initially explained were the health issues that forced […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 18, 2014
First the bad news: Just three dates into the Swamp Leper Stomp tour, Death (DTA) and Cynic drummer Sean Reinert has been forced to exit the tour due to health reasons. Now the good news: they’ve replaced him with another original member of Death, Gene Hoglan. “We wish Sean all the best and that his […]
Posted by Anthony Maisano on July 11, 2014
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLucWiyBsJk[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 8 years ago today, Devin Townsend released the final Strapping Young Lad album, The New Black. At time of writing, it seems like this might have been the last Strapping Young Lad album […]
Posted by Anthony Maisano on May 30, 2014
If Hellfest 2014 in France couldn’t get any MORE stacked with amazing bands, it just got one more. Dark Angel’s masterful drummer Gene Hoglan just confirmed on both his Facebook and via Twitter that Dark Angel will be performing at Hellfest 2014. Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Aerosmith will be headlining, and that’s already on […]
Posted by Anthony Maisano on March 21, 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8g5QsT-RSw[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Death’s seminal album Symbolic. Without doubt, for me, this is the best death metal album of all time. Depending on if you would call doom metal extreme metal or not, I consider […]
Posted by Anthony Maisano on February 19, 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKV0Jk5M06k[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Dark Angel’s Time Does not Heal. This is the most recent Dark Angel release at time of writing. My first note is that Gene Hoglan is a beast at anything he does. […]
