Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 3, 2023
Right before Thanksgiving 2022, Nuclear Assault shared one final photo before removing themselves from social media. While it may have been a surprise to some, these thrash legends have spent nearly seven years professing certain appearances or tours would be known as “the final assault.” After promising one more blast after the next, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 21, 2022
In 2015, thrash metal giants Nuclear Assault assured their performance at Heavy Montreal that same year would be their “final assault.” Here we are, seven years and several performances later; it appears the final assault occurred this past September at the Electric Ballroom in London, England. Yesterday (20th), if you made it to social […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 2, 2022
From seeing the lineup revealed for this year’s Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly to The Cult’s 2022 tour dates, here are ten tour, livestream, festival and events recently announced/updated. 01) Lineup revealed for 2022 Philadelphia Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Festival: The lineup has been revealed for the 2022 Philadelphia edition […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 27, 2018
Municipal Waste just wrapped up their Speed of the Wizard trek last night (26th) in Santa Ana, CA. The tour didn’t start off too well when High on Fire were forced to drop off from their co-headlining spot due to Matt Pike’s medical emergency resulting in a partial amputation of one of his toes. However, […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on May 31, 2016
Over the past weekend, the biggest annual gathering of metalheads in the US took place with the latest installment of the Maryland Deathfest. The eagerness for the “America’s biggest metal party of the year” was visible among my list of friends and foes planning to lose their necks and minds over the excellent list of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 22, 2015
Want to make your politically correct metalhead friends’ heads explode this holiday season? Thanks to Megaforce and Stormtroopers of Death, you’ll be able to do just that, as S.O.D.’s debut album Speak English or Die is going to be reissued as a 30th anniversary edition. Initially released in 1985, S.O.D. consisted of Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Charlie […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 28, 2015
Earlier this month, the Metal Insider crew headed to Worcester, MA for the 17th annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. This year’s fest had something for everyone. Saturday the 18th was the best-attended of the three days, and probably the most traditional metal, with Exodus and Testament capping off a stacked day that also featured […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on April 16, 2015
Metalcore band For Today continues making the news for their “God ordained” line-up changes, and this latest one is a doozy. Guitarist Samuel Penner – the guy who replaced Mike “No such thing as a gay Christian” Reynolds – was asked to leave the band. Over the phone. Shortly after rushing home to visit his mother in law […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 10, 2015
We’d already known that Slipknot and Faith No More were playing the Heavy Montreal Festival (aka, the best reason to go to Canada other than the exchange rate). But yesterday, the Fest released the full lineup, and it’s ridiculous. Korn will be performing their debut album in full. Meshuggah is playing, as are Gojira and […]
Posted by Metal Insider on February 18, 2015
Right now, much of New England is covered in snow. However, in two months, instead of weather systems hitting the region, Worcester MA will be set upon by metal fans as the seventeenth annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival takes place at the Palladium. Featuring their most impressive lineup in a while, Between the […]
