Tag Archives: Killing Joke

Killing Joke grieve the loss of guitarist Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker

Posted by on November 28, 2023

  Killing Joke members have come forward to issue a heartfelt statement on the passing of their legendary guitarist, Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker, who passed away on Sunday (26th). Walker was born on December 18th, 1958, in Chester le Street, Newcastle, and breathed life into Killing Joke’s music since the late ’70s, contributing to 15 studio […]

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Killing Joke guitarist Geordie Walker has passed away

Posted by on November 26, 2023

  It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Geordie Walker, the guitarist of Killing Joke, who died earlier today (26th). Walker’s death was confirmed by his close friend Luca Signorelli, who released a statement on social media. Luca disclosed that Geordie succumbed to a massive stroke two days […]

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Sick New World Fest to return in 2024 with massive lineup: System of a Down, Slipknot, A Perfect Circle

Posted by on October 10, 2023

  After a highly successful inaugural year, Sick New World is gearing up for the 2024 edition on April 27 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. A massive lineup with over 65 artists across five stages will see returning headliner System Of A Down, along with major acts such as Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon, […]

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Inaugural Sick New World festival to see the return of Coal Chamber and Lacey Strum in Flyleaf in Las Vegas 2023

Posted by on November 8, 2022

  Fresh off the most successful debut of Las Vegas’s When We Were Young festival, it seems it’s time for metal fans to get the same treatment. While October’s festival focused mainly on mid-2000s emo-centric bands coming together in a star-studded affair, May 13th, 2023, will give rise to what has been dubbed as Sick […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/13: Unlimited Love for Charts

Posted by on May 10, 2022

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the April 1st releases.   Notable Debuts: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love (Warner) Debut #1 82,525 sold Red Hot Chili Peppers and former guitarist, John Frusciante, reunite for their twelfth […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/6: Animals As Leaders have their highest charting debut

Posted by on May 10, 2022

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the March 25th releases.   Notable Debuts: Animals As Leaders, Parrhesia (Sumerian) Debut #17 4,025 sold 5th studio album from the instrumental progressive metal unit.             Dream […]

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New & Noteworthy 3/18/22 – 4/15/22: Lost in new music

Posted by on April 18, 2022

    New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column highlights some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with April 15th through March 18th 2022’s releases, which features new music from Darkher, Animals As Leaders, Undeath, Dark Funeral, and more. For previous releases you can read […]

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Metal Insider’s 225 Best Metal Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)

Posted by on December 16, 2019

As each year approaches its end, we share our year-end lists highlighting the best of the best of the year. However, we were taken aback, realizing that not only will 2020 mark a new year, it also marks a brand new decade. It’s true what they say; time flies when you’re having fun, listening to […]

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Deftones, System of a Down, Judas Priest, and more set for Hellfest 2020

Posted by on November 26, 2019

Now that Faith No More revealed their appearance at Hellfest, the lineup for next year’s festival is here. Deftones, Faith No More and System of a Down will headline Mainstage 01 as Volbeat, Deep Purple, and Judas Priest are set to lead Mainstage 02. As we’ve already seen Down reveal a few 2020 shows, the […]

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Review/Photos: Tool brought ‘Fear Inoculum’ to Barclays Center – 11/19/2019

Posted by on November 21, 2019

Despite the lack of new material in thirteen years and recently giving fans fresh near-perfect music with Fear Inoculum, Tool has expanded their fan base since 2001’s Lateralus. The progressive, one-of-a-kind act is one of the few that unifies music fans of various genres resulting in a different audience than say, Slayer or Iron Maiden. […]

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