Metal Injection

2012 has been a strange old year for metal in the UK. It saw the dissolution of our much treasured Roadrunner Records UK as an independent label and the shocking cancellation of one of the country's fastest growing metal weekenders, Sonisphere Festival UK. Talk about 'bummer'. Now, if all of this wasn't terrible enough, lest [...]

Before you read the recap, browse the massive photo gallery from Bloodstock This being my third Bloodstock in a row, it felt much more like a yearly traditional visit with an old friend than it did “work”. Boasting what was described by many as being their “best line-up yet” and also the best weather I’d [...]

Late last week, while promoting Cannibal Corpse's upcoming headlining tour, co-founding member Paul Mazurkiewicz gave an interview to Billboard and was asked about the Big 4 of Death Metal, an obvious play on the Big 4 of Thrash, that have been selling out stadiums worldwide. To his credit, Mazurkiewicz seemed all for it, saying:

In the searing heat of English summer approximately 15,000 people flooded a tiny patch of field to wreak chaos, drink too much beer and be part of the UK’s biggest independent music festival. The usual mix of mankini wearing drunkards, corpse painted serious people and average joe metal fans partied from Thursday to Sunday in [...]

We asked Metal Injection Photographer Aline Miladinovich to reflect on her Top 5 Shows in 2011. You can check out some of her favorites, as well as all her other photos in our gallery section. Whittling all the epic shows I was fortunate enough to see in 2011 into only five choices, then prioritizing them [...]

Think of the new Megadeth album like this: take Endgame and add a large dose of Youthanasia and Countdown to Extinction, then mix it all in a blender and you’ll get a good idea of how it sounds. For die-hard Megadeth fans (like me), the album is a catchy, solid slice of good metal. Much [...]

Periphery have been pretty busy as of late. They just wrapped up a tour of Australia, have a huge North American headlining tour coming up, and the band has been working on a ton of music. So much so, that they have decided to put all of it out as two separate releases next year.

Metal Injection sent roving reporter Chloe Scannapieco to Sonisphere UK last weekend, and she came back full of great memories of seeing Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Mastodon, In Flames, Slipknot, Volbeat, and others. We asked Chloe to write a blog about her journey and here is her recap of her expereinces in a field in [...]

The bummer news this weekend goes to the passing of former Motorhead guitarist "Wurzel" who suffered heart disease at age 61. Michael "Wurzel" Burston left behind a decades worth of music with Motorhead, a couple solo records, and was reportedly in the middle of creating a record with his new band Leader of Down. Motorhead [...]

Well it's all come down to this! We've covered all the drama in the Slipknot camp since the passing of Paul Gray last year. We knew the band decided to recruit fromer Slipknot guitarist Donnie Steele to play bass during these shows. Corey Taylor has explicitly said these shows will determine if he will continue [...]

Slipknot have posted this touching tribute to Paul Gray today, on what would have been his 39th birthday. The footage is compiled from various live clips and an interview conducted for the 10th anniversay of their debut Roadrunner release. Gray tragically passed away on May 24th of last year from an overdose. Slipknot have not [...]

In a desolate, windswept region of north-west Wales lies a sheep strewn sea-side town named Prestatyn. Within its bowels is a dinky holiday village that goes by the name of Pontins. Amidst the out of date 1950s chalet glamour (malfunctioning showers, flushing toilets and horrifically stained duvets) several thousand metallers ran, stumbled and fell over [...]

We knew Slipknot had a bunch of dates scheduled this Summer and one of the big questions was who would be playing bass for the band? Well, that question has been answered. Former 'knot guitarist Donnie Steele will be stepping in to help out on the low-end, according to a posting on the band's official [...]

We've been covering the back and forth between Joey Jordison and Corey Taylor for a while now. It's getting a bit ridiculous at this point. When we last left the story, Joey was hyping up the maggots saying everything is on the up-and-up. Anybody who has read the comments frontman Corey Taylor has made in [...]

The Big 4 of thrash metal aren't done yet. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax recently announced that the package will be doing one and only one show in the US, titled the Big Four Festival in California but that doesn't mean they are done. Today, Metallica announced that the 4 bands have been locked in [...]