Metal Injection

Listening to a new, young band like Starkill is sort of like playing a game of audio charades. Who do they most sound like?

For more coverage of the 70k Tons of Metal cruise, hit uphttp://metalinjection.net/70000 - We asked members of Cannibal Corpse. Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Amorphis, Crowbar, Eluveitie, Athiest, Stratovarius, Pestilence and Kataklysm what their favorite part of playing the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise is. Everybody was in such a good mood and it was fun times [...]

More episodes of Ask The Artist at: http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/channels/ask-the-artist/mr/all/detailed/1 We asked members of Amorphis, Athiest, Stratovarius, Pestilence, Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Crowbar and Kataklysm what their favorite part of being in a band is.

We asked members of Amorphis, Athiest, Stratovarius, Pestilence, Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Crowbar and Kataklysm what the most metal Valentines day gift is.

The moment is finally here; the Time is now (hur-hur). I suppose the default question must be: "does it meet expectations?" But could anything, really? Could any album survive its own deification? A seemingly impossible task, I agree, but even through the suppression of my rampant fanboyism the answer is a resounding yes. Impossibly, unbelievably, [...]

Power metal enthusiasts far and wide travel to Florida every year for the biggest power metal festival known as ProgPower. We have a slew of new photos including snaps of Symphony X, Primordial, Nightwish, Solution 45, Pretty Maids and many more. Check out the massive gallery.

In what is a shocking development for power metal fans, Nightwish have announced they have parted ways with vocalist Anette Olzon. Olzon was a controversial replacement, as I've heard both sides of the coin. They preferred her to original vocalist Tarja Turunen, or some preferred Tarja. Tarja left the band in 2005 over "creative differences." Shockingly [...]

Huge news behind the scenes in the metal world today! A few weeks ago, we reported that amass the huge Roadrunner layoffs a few months ago, one of the more shocking names was Senior Vice President of Artists and Relations, Monte Connor. Connor was at Roadrunner for the majority of their successes, having signed all [...]

I'm not in the mood for witty anecdotal introductions this week. But I am in the mood to be mean. Check below for some relatively harsh thoughts on the new Burzum and Firewind albums, while releases from Diablo Swing Orchestra and TesseracT are spared my wrath (and even earn some praise). Here are the new [...]

Woah, 70,000 Tons of Metal just got a notch more extreeeeeme as they have announced Cannibal Corpse will be performing on the second voyage made by the ship, which will set sail from Miami, Florida to Cayman Islands on January 23, 2012 and return four days later. While 40 bands will be performing on the [...]

Welcome to an indepth interview with Timo Kotipelto, lead vocalist of Stratovarius. We discuss lots of great metal topics including touring, the brand new album, his solo career and even get into the topic of of old guitarist, Timo Tolkki. We also play some new music from the new album, Elysium, some musical choices from [...]

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While this may not be my cup of tea, I know a lot of you (Noa included) would totally be into this! I just got a press release with full details for this year's ProgPower happening in Atlanta from September 8th to the 11th. The show will feature headliners Kamelot, Accept and Hammerfall, along with [...]

Concerned you're not up to the minute with your favorite bands' tour dates, special appearances, doc trailers and latest rumors? Don't worry. I got you today. 3/25 @ 7pm, Anvil speaks at Soho Apple Store Zoroaster and The Gates of Slumber are going on tour Cobalt's Gin drops on Tuesday (with the rest of the [...]

Our bro-bros over at MetalSucks just posted an interview they conduction with Marten Hagstrom of MESHUGGAHHHHHHH. During the interview, Marten is a cool dude and opens up about touring and possibly writing new material this year, but it seems once MetalSucks writer Vince Neilstien asks him about melodic death metal, that's when the shit really [...]

Vader – As Heavens Collide
Lamb of God – Redneck
Fall of Serenity – Dead Eyes
Zyklon – Vile Ritual
Deicide – Not of This Earth
Mastodon – Crystal Skull
Napalm Death – In Deference
Ensiferum – Windrider (live)
Nightwish – Wishmaster (live)
Length: 40:35
Size: 27.9MB
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