Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 5, 2023
The 2023 edition of Blue Ridge Rock Festival will take place in Alton, VA from September 7th – 10th. While Metal Insider enjoyed the 2022 run, the 2023 lineup could be the best year yet as Static-X, Pantera, Vince Neil, and many more have been added to the lineup. Check out the extensive […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 7, 2022
Blue Ridge Rock Festival is set to return in 2023 in Alton, VA, from September 7th – 10th (more info here). After a successful run, in which Metal Insider’s Andrew Fiero and Sara Elizabeth have extensively covered the 2022 edition (one more day to share), the four-day event will once again see bands reunite […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 28, 2016
Back in the ’90s and early aughts, the nu-metal explosion found bands, some of which had no reasons being signed, thrust upon us in the wake of Korn, Deftones and Limp Bizkit’s success. Granted, some of those bands were great, and others not so much. What they all had in common was that one of […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on November 5, 2015
Brandan Schieppati of Bleeding Through fame has started a new project called The Iron Son, and launched a new song called “Unleash Hell.” The brand new track is from the upcoming album Enemy, and features guest vocals from Chris “Motionless” Cerulli from Motionless in White. Schieppati explains the new project in a post on his Facebook page: […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 21, 2015
Last week, Crucible, a new Detroit-area band was announced. Featuring members of We Came as Romans, Assassins and former Taproot drummer Nick Freddell, the band promised to be “the heaviest music hands down” that producer Nick Sampson has ever worked on. Earlier this week, the band shared a new song, “Death Rate,” that features guest […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 17, 2015
With Decibel‘s fun article on the rise and fall (and maybe re-rise) of nu-metal that ran last week, a pretty interesting fact about Taproot has come to light. A new book about Alice In Chains, Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, mentions that former Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley had been set to lay down […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on September 12, 2012
Taproot has released a new music video for the song “The Everlasting.”
Posted by Metal Insider on April 18, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Talk about one hell of a week for metal and hard rock debuts. Out of the thirteen new releases that made it onto the charts, nine of them actually made it into the top […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on April 10, 2012
The metal release calendar has quickly gotten up to speed since the beginning of the year, and that doesn’t look to stop anytime soon. So many incredible bands are releasing new albums, and despite the slumping recording industry, rock and metal are creeping into the charts more and more, infiltrating the Top 200 much more […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on October 20, 2010
Victory Records has released a free digital sampler that features songs from Carnifex, Comeback Kid, Within The Ruins, Otep, Taproot and many more.
