Tag Archives: Mike IX Williams

Eyehategod’s Mike IX Williams needs a liver transplant

Posted by on November 21, 2016

If you’re an Eyehategod fan, you’ve known that when they toured recently, frontman Mike IX Williams was conspicuously absent. Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe filled in on a tour, and the band was up front in stating that Williams was undergoing some health issues. On Friday (18), it was revealed exactly what those health […]

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Randy Blythe to fill in for Mike IX Williams on Eyehategod tour

Posted by on September 22, 2016

Eyehategod are a force to be reckoned with live, but anyone that sees them play in October will get a little something extra in the form of a fill-in singer. Not just any fill-in singer, one that likes the band enough to have an Eyehategod tattoo. And someone that has their own band called Lamb […]

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Remember When: Eyehategod appeared in HBO’s ‘Treme’? Mike ‘IX’ Williams does! [Exclusive]

Posted by on May 10, 2016

It’s not that often when metal creeps its way into mainstream pop culture. So when metal/hard rock acts do actually pop up in beloved sitcoms, dramatic films, cartoons or even reality series, it’s kind of awesome. So in the weekly column Remember When, Metal Insider recalls the most random instances of metal’s elite appearing in front […]

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Eyehategod tour dates canceled due to ‘mental instability’

Posted by on February 17, 2015

Normally, we wouldn’t be bringing you news of Eyehategod cancelling their tour dates in Australia and Mexico (sorry Australia and Mexico – you guys are the best!) that have already passed. However, the band have issued an official statement explaining their decision to cancel the tours, citing vocalist Mike IX Williams’ “mental stability and health” […]

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Dissident Aggression: The Triumphant Return Of The Kings Of Sludge

Posted by on May 9, 2014

Fourteen years.  Fourteen long and lonely years we’ve all gone without an album’s worth of new material from New Orleans’ kings of sludgy misery, Eyehategod. How did we survive it?  Surely there were the hundreds of bands influenced by Eyehategod’s riffs and booze-soaked audio carnage that tried to keep us warm on those cold nights.  […]

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It turns out metal artists like EDM too

Posted by on December 13, 2013

While metal artists have been experimenting with electronic music since long before Korn’s 2011 album The Path of Totality, that was definitely the largest scale collaboration between a heavy band and electronic artists. Last year’s Orion Fest had it’s own DJ tent, and somewhat surprisingly, it was packed both days of the fest. And now, […]

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Metal Insider’s Top 5: Metal Showcases/Parties At SXSW This Year

Posted by on March 5, 2012

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. We realize that about 99% of you will be nowhere near Texas next week, but this week’s top five is for those of you that will be making an annual pilgrimage to Austin for the South by South West festival. […]

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Mike IX Williams Comments On Eyehategod’s Cameo In HBO’S ‘Treme’

Posted by on March 2, 2012

Last month, Eyehategod revealed that they were shooting a cameo for HBO’s Treme. The episode, which was filmed at Southport Hall and is reportedly set in January 2008, will premiere in the HBO drama’s third season this coming Fall. While not much else is known about Eyehategod’s cameo in Treme, frontman Mike IX Williams did […]

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Arson Anthem Announces Mini-Tour

Posted by on December 16, 2010

Arson Anthem, the hardcore punk supergroup featuring Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual), Hank Williams III (Superjoint Ritual, Assjack), Mike IX Williams (Outlaw Order, Eyehategod), and Collin Yeo (Ponykiller), has announced dates for a Southern mini-tour in January. Support on the tour will come from haarp and Warbeast.

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Arson Anthem Streaming New Album Online

Posted by on October 7, 2010

Arson Anthem, the project featuring Philip Anselmo (Down, Pantera), Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod) and Hank Williams III, is streaming their new album in its entirety on MySpace.

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