Tag Archives: Trivium

Lamb of God: Randy Blythe tests positive for COVID; watch band perform w/ Chimaira’s Mark Hunter “and friends” at Grand Rapids, MI show

Posted by on April 20, 2022

    After ten days since the kick-off of the second installment of The Metal Tour of the Year, Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe was unfortunate to test positive for COVID-19. Rest assured, the group has informed his case is mild. However, Blythe could not attend last night’s (19th) performance in Grand Rapids, Michigan. […]

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Trivium’s Matt Heafy releases new Ibaraki track “Rōnin” featuring Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance

Posted by on March 25, 2022

  Trivium’s Matt Heafy (vocals/guitar) has revealed “Ronin,” a new track from his Ibaraki project. My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way appears on the track with Heafy. Emperor’s Ihsahn is also involved in the project providing production and guidance as well as vocals for “Susanoo No Mikoto.” Behemoth vocalist/guitarist Nergal also appears on the previously […]

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Twelve awesome album updates – 2/25

Posted by on February 25, 2022

  From Evergrey to Misery Index, here are twelve new album updates   01) New Evergrey album arriving in May: Evergrey have announced their overall thirteenth studio album. A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), is scheduled to arrive on May 20th, marking the Swedish dark metal masters’ Napalm Records Debut. The follow-up to 2021’s Escape […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/16: KoRn’s “Requiem” tops the charts

Posted by on February 21, 2022

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. An interesting week for metal as most of the numbers rise in some fashion. KoRn tops our list and we see some interesting returns from Black Label Society, Jinjer, and more. Enjoy another week of […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/9: We’re almost there!

Posted by on February 21, 2022

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.     Notable Debuts: Jethro Tull, The Zealot Gene (InsideOut) Debut #7 6,225 sold The British natives with their twenty-second album.           Steve Vai, Inviolate (Favored Nations/Mascot) Debut #24 2,850 sold The legendary guitarist drops […]

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Four tours recently announced – 2/18

Posted by on February 18, 2022

  From another Mötley Crüe Stadium Tour update to Cloak and Tombs co-headlining spring trek, here are four tours that were announced this week. 01) Mötley Crüe add five new shows to The Stadium Tour: Mötley Crüe’s  long-awaited and multi-rescheduled The Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts has added […]

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7 heavy new songs to listen to – 1/27/22

Posted by on January 27, 2022

  From Trivium’s Matthew Kiichi Heafy’s long awaited new project Ibaraki to King Diamond appearing on the new HammerFall single; here are seven new songs to listen to.     01) Voivod drop new single “Synchro Anarchy”   Voivod have shared a video for their new song, “Synchro Anarchy.” The single is the title track from […]

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Megadeth and Lamb of God announce second leg of ‘The Metal Tour of the Year’ w/ Trivium & In Flames

Posted by on January 11, 2022

    As Metal Insider’s Elliot Levin expressed, “holy f*cking hell, did it live up to its billing,” Megadeth and Lamb of God will team up again for the second leg of The Metal Tour of The Year. This time, the trek will include the original lineup with Trivium and In Flames. The trek is […]

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Metal Insider’s Chris Annunziata’s Top 10 Albums of 2021

Posted by on December 30, 2021

  2021 had an abundance of great albums to listen to, which made deciding this year’s Top 10 Albums a struggle. Fortunately, I dug through and found the albums that really jumped out and made an impact. I also added an honorable mention section at the end of my Top 10 list, as there were […]

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Metal Insider’s Mark Smitty Neal’s top picks of 2021

Posted by on December 30, 2021

  Here are my picks for 2021.   Top Ten Albums of the Year:   10) Carcass, Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast) Key Track: “Kelly’s Meat Emporium”           09) The Bronx, VI (Cooking Vinyl) Key Track: “Breaking News”           08) Evile, Hell Unleashed (Napalm Records) Key Track: “Disorder”   […]

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