Posted by Zenae Zukowski on September 20, 2023
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Metal By Numbers is back (again)! We’ve been busy following Metallica in select cities on the North American portion of their M72 World Tour, preparing for an upcoming feature at the end of the […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on September 17, 2023
High on Fire are celebrating their 25th anniversary in this year and has recently announced a U.S. tour featuring bassist Jeff Matz, guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, and new drummer Coady Willis. The tour will kick off on October 26th in Dallas, Texas, and wrap up on November 4th in Berkeley, CA. Support will come from […]
Posted by Ian Weber on December 7, 2022
We’ve entered the lightning round, ya’ll. As the bells toll, I highlighted a bunch of amazing shows you could totally go to this week before we deck them halls while our favorite bands wrap up their year. So please check out this week’s show-going list for fun as your gift shopping continues. I’m here all […]
Posted by Ian Weber on November 29, 2022
Ayo! Fellow concert junkies! Thanks for reading your Metal Insider concert calendar and for caring about live music, and for doing whatever it took for live music’s return. How was your feast of the beast 2022? Despite a brief four-day break for many, there are still so many great shows happening this week to […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 26, 2022
Municipal Waste and High On Fire will be closing out the year together for a co-headlining run. The trek is scheduled to kick off on December 1st in Hampton Beach, NH and will run through December 11th in Tampa, FL. Tickets go on sale this Friday (28th) at 10:00am local time via this […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 20, 2022
High on Fire’s Mat Pike has announced a string of fall U.S. tour dates in support of his debut solo effort, Pike vs. the Automaton, out now via MNRK Heavy. The trek is scheduled to kick off on November 13th in DAllas, TX and will run through November 20th in Iowa City, IA. […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on July 23, 2022
It’s early July, and for Metal fans in and around Czechia, that means one thing: it’s time for Masters of Rock. This year’s incarnation marks the 18th time that promoter Pragokoncert’s largest summer festival took place in the small town of Vizovice in the east of Czechia, close to the borders of Slovakia and […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on February 11, 2022
Matt Pike’s first solo album will be called Pike Vs. The Automaton and will become available on February 18 via MNRK Heavy. The official music video for the LP’s latest single, “Land,” is available for viewing down there. Mastodon’s guitarist Brent Hinds, appears on the track as a guest of Pike’s. Pike says: “‘Land’ […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on February 9, 2022
You can hear a cover of Van Halen’s “Unchained” as performed by Matt Pike from High on Fire and Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy on the “Two Minutes to Late Night” metal talk show. Host “Gwarsenio Hall” aka Jordan Olds recruited musicians Matt Pike and Andy Hurley to the show. Pike sings lead […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on December 15, 2021
Sleep guitarist and High on Fire founder, frontman, and engineer Matt Pike has something new on the horizon. On February 18, Pike will release his debut solo LP, Pike Vs. The Automaton, via MNRK Heavy. Born out of the challenges brought on by a worldwide pandemic, birthed under hellish red-orange skies bred from rampaging […]
