Tag Archives: Indian

Austin Terror Fest announces 2019 line-up

Posted by on January 24, 2019

Metal & hardcore punk festival Austin Terror Fest has announced it’s 2019 line-up. Lightning Bolt, Pig Destroyer, Integrity, Goatwhore, Alcest, Panopticon (who will be playing two sets -the first show Blaze Foley cover set as their first-ever performance in Texas, second show – full set of Panopticon music) and Tr/st, among others, lead the list […]

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First 25 bands revealed for 2019’s Maryland Deathfest XVII

Posted by on June 18, 2018

The organizers of Maryland Deathfest have announced the first 25 confirmed bands for 2019’s Maryland Deathfest XVII. It looks like we will see another year without the Edison Lot as the event will be held at Rams Head Live! and Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore, MD on May 23-26. Seeing D.R.I, Immolation, and Full Of Hell […]

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Psycho Las Vegas 2018 reveal first wave of acts, tickets on sale tomorrow

Posted by on December 14, 2017

Psycho Las Vegas have announced its return to sin city on August 17th-19th, 2018. The award-winning festival will be held at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and they have unleashed the first wave of bands that include Witchcraft, Goblin, High on Fire, and more. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (15th) at 10AM PST and […]

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Lord Mantis, Indian drummer Bill Bumgardner passes

Posted by on October 10, 2016

It has come to our attention that drummer and founding member of Lord Mantis, Bill Bumgardner has taken his own life. Bumgardner performed with Indian as well until they split in 2015. Thus far, no concrete confirmations have been made aside from some of his former bandmate, Abigail Williams frontman Ken Sorceron. Sorceron announced this […]

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Metal Power Rankings: We caught the throne

Posted by on March 14, 2015

Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind up on the list. This week, Mastodon, buoyed by the surprise release of their […]

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Rolling Stone turn in a surprisingly solid top 20 metal albums list

Posted by on December 11, 2014

Most of the time when Rolling Stone writes about metal, it’s done pretty dismissively or covering bands much more mainstream, like Metallica. That’s why we weren’t all that surprised then their list of the top 50 albums of 2014 only contained one metal album, Yob’s Clearing the Path to Ascend. However, they’ve pretty much atoned for that […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/5: People Clearly Want To Buy Records

Posted by on February 5, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Mark up your calendars now kids because its taken only little over a month into 2014 to hype up all of the stuff happening in metal music this year from upcoming tours (Mastodon) to […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/29: Have an Iced day

Posted by on January 29, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We’re finally getting to the point of the year where there are a decent amount of debuts. The charts this week found many releases from Sunday’s Grammy awards getting a sizable bump, which is […]

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Contest: Win Copies of the New Indian and Culted Records

Posted by on January 14, 2014

Itching for some new metal to go along with the New Year and Metal Insider’s site overhaul? Sure you are! How about a double dose of doom from two of Relapse’s biggest 2014 priorities? We’re giving away copies of the latest albums of Indian and Culted. Chicago band Indian‘s fifth full length, From All Purity arrives in […]

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Dissident Aggression: Pure Indian

Posted by on January 3, 2014

Winter, as we all know and depending on where we live, can be the harshest of seasons.  The biting cold, the mountains of snow, the winds that seem to peel skin and crack bone, all of it is an out-and-out assault by Mother Nature on our collective psyche at times.  Winter leaves more psychological scars […]

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