Metal Insider

Metal By Numbers 3/17: Demon Hunter Score Biggest Debut

Zach Shaw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:00:28 +0000

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, [...]

SXSW 2010 – The Sword Live At Stubbs

Bill Shouldis — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:22:09 +0000

Marc Meltzer reports in from Austin on The Sword performance… The Sword is from Austin and seeing them open for Motorhead at Stubbs BBQ was going to be perfect. There was no way it couldn’t be. It was raining all day, but the skies opened up in time for The Sword to take [...]

SiriusXM Asks NASDAQ For More Time

Bram Teitelman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:15:53 +0000

While satellite behemoth SiriusXM is finally starting to make money, their stock price isn’t showing signs of life. In fact, the company is planning on asking NASDAQ for some more time before they delist them from the stock exchange. While the company’s stock has risen by more than 50%, it didn’t meet a requirement stating [...]

“Shitty P.A. System” Forces Megadeth To Cut Baltimore Show Short

Zach Shaw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:18 +0000

Megadeth’s 2004 album The System Has Failed is the best fitting title to explain what happened last night to the band, minus the political commentary. Dave Mustaine and company were forced to end their show last night (March 16) at the Rams Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland after only playing three songs. The cause of [...]

Otep Releases New Video

Zach Shaw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:35 +0000

Otep has released a new video for the song “Rise, Rebel, Resist.”

Clips of New Slash Album Posted

Bill Shouldis — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:32:51 +0000

You can hear some 30 second clips of the new Slash album over at Metal Sucks.

1349 Post New Song Online

Zach Shaw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:41 +0000

1349 has posted a new song called “Atomic Chapel” on their MySpace page.

We Are At SXSW 2010!

Bill Shouldis — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:26:40 +0000

As you read this we will be landing in Austin, TX for this year’s SXSW festival which by the looks of it has a ton of metal shows. Expect to see less featured stories this week as our hands will be too full of BBQ and beer to type. Our news feed on [...]

Amazon March Metal Month

Bill Shouldis — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:17:45 +0000

Amazon is joining the celebration of “March Is Metal Month” by offering many metal titles at just $6.99 along with free samplers from The End and Southern Lord.

Brooklyn Vegan SXSW Metal Guide

Bill Shouldis — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:05:09 +0000

Brooklyn Vegan has posted their guide to SXSW metal events.