Metal Injection

Each week on ‘Throwback Thursday’ we dust off a crucial but underrated album, without which heavy metal’s evolution would have turned out quite differently. This week we slam-dance with an album that by all rights should be overlooked by no one (but somehow still is) due to its central role in the Bay Area thrash [...]

Holy shit! In stark contrast to last week, the labels seem to be operating under the assumption that you have plenty of capital left over from your Spring Break partying, because they're seriously not fucking around with this week's releases. I know touring season is kicking into high gear but goddamn…

It's gotta suck to be Jens Kidman right now. Meshuggah flew over to kick off their tour on Monday, and Jens was battling the flu (as noted by my terribly Photoshopped photo). Jens made it through Monday's set, but his condition got so bad, that he had to sit out the band's second stop in [...]

Video was shot in Tyler, TX, produced by Mike Gillespie, directed by Brian Jaynes. Here is what drummer Pete Webber has to say about the video: "We are psyched for our video for "Covering Fire" to be released this week! We all sweat our asses off for hours out in Texas to make sure this [...]

From the album, Omega Wave (2010). Directed by: Jon Schnepp (of Metalocalypse fame).

Heavy Metal Underground is a new feature where columnist Alex Phillips will look to the unsigned bands, and pick out ones he feels deserve a spotlight shined on them. His debut column focues on a Saudi Arabian band, Al-Namrood. Since 2008 Al-Namrood, an oriental/black metal band almost unknown to the West, have self-produced an EP [...]

Losing a treasured band member in some tragic circumstance or another is becoming just all too frequent. Just ask British new-wave thrashers Evile, who decided to turn their anguished situation into a renaissance to honor their fallen comrade. The result of their astonishing courage is Five Serpent’s Teeth, their third record and a by-product of [...]

Our photo gallery is constantly being updated with sexy snapshots of shows happing all across the world. Here are just some of the shows we recently added: Opeth, Katatonia in NYC Sept. 2011 Veil of Maya, After The Burial, Misery Signals, Within The Ruins, Structures in Toronto ProgPower 2011 (Sanctuary, Forbidden, Therion, Ihsahn, etc) Bring [...]

Metal Injection sent intrepid writer/photographer  Aline Miladinovich to the 2nd annual Bloodstock UK fest. The lineup featured the likes of Motorhead, Morbid Angel, Immortal, WASP, At The Gates and many more. Aline came back with a giant set of phenomenal photos (check those out here) and this report… Armed with a very special pair of submarine black, [...]

Oy with this Dream Theater drama. I thought we were all moving past this, but this recent bit of news is too juicy not to talk about. New information has surfaced in the Courthouse News Service that shows Mike Portnoy filed a suit against his former bandmates, claiming they  "wrongfully excluded" him from the group and are [...]

We all love Ozzy Osbourne, especially when he gives his sage advice in England's Sunday Times in his very own health column. Recently, he responded to a fan looking to sneak off to a Rub N' Tug (thanks Entourage) without his girlfriend finding out:

Revocation have completed work on a new album, which will be titled Chaos of Forms. The album was recorded at Chaos of Forms at Damage Studios in Southbridge, Massachusetts with engineer Pete Rutcho and is expected to see a release in August. The band talked about writing the new record when we interviewed them back [...]

Yngwie – Overture – Critical Mass Viral Load – Methlab Machete Massacre Helloween – Who Is Mr. Madman These Are They – By Phaetons Design Turbid North – Rift Anvil – No Evil Warmaster – Mass Cremation Forbidden – Swine Helstar – Pandemonium Black Anvil – Ultimate Reality Flotsam And Jetsam – Better Off Dead [...]

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Metal Injection's photo crew was on hand at two shows in San Francisco and snapped some sweet shots of Epica, Scar Symmetry, Blackguard, The Agonist and Forbidden. Head over to our photo gallery to browse all of our recent snapshots.

Father Befouled – Sacriligeous Defilement Gwar – Zombies March Devoid – A Gods Lie Atheist – Fictitous Glide Enslaved – Ethica Odini Firewind interview Firewind – The Ark Of Lies Therion – Din Duke – Microman Forbidden – Dragging My Casket Pharoah – Tunnel Of Pain Tryptikon – Shatter Dio – Killing the Dragon Flotsam [...]

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