Attika7 Adds Former Kyuss, Nonpoint, UPO Members
With the release of their debut album still a bit over three weeks away, new forces have joined the ranks of Los Angeles-based band and motorcycle enthusiasts Attika7. Leading man Evan Seinfeld (former...
View ArticleWayne Static Announces New Static-X Lineup, New Tour Dates With Prong Scheduled
Out with the old, in with the new…ish. We previously reported about Static-X sort of returning, but at the time, the only thing that was known about the new lineup was that Wayne Static would be the...
View ArticleStatic-X, Mushroomhead, P.O.D. And Others Confirmed For Gathering Of The...
Recently, Soulfly and Fear Factory confirmed that they would be performing at the Insane Clown Posse’s Gathering Of The Juggalos this year. And this past weekend, it was revealed that those two won’t...
View ArticleTony Campos “Not Interested” In Working With Static-X
As you read last week, Static-X has reunited. But it’s more like The Smashing Pumpkins reuniting than, say, Refused, since Wayne Static is the only original member of the band (and also, because both...
View ArticleStatic-X Officially Announces Tour With Emmure And Ill Nino
Tony Campos may not want to tour with Wayne Static, but apparently Emmure and Ill Nino sure do. Though dates started to leak out a while ago, the “reunited” Static-X have confirmed that they will...
View ArticleNew Version Of Static-X Already Goes Through First Lineup Change
Well that was fast. Roughly two months after Wayne Static announced he was “reforming” Static-X, it’s been revealed that they’ve already parted ways with bassist Brent Ashley. According to The...
View ArticleStatic-X Pulls Out Of Remaining Tour Dates
Did you see Static-X play in Flint, MI this past Saturday? If so, you didn’t know it at the time, but you saw one of the band’s last shows of 2012. The band have pulled out of the last six dates of...
View ArticleMetal Insider’s Top 5: Most Bizarre Reunions
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Crazy to think how within a few hours, we suddenly had TWO Black Flag reunions to choose from. Hell, even...
View ArticleStatic-X Is Finished… Again
Last year, Wayne Static announced that he was reforming Static-X two years after initially putting the band on ice. And after a few tours and lineup changes, Static is once again claiming the band is...
View ArticleMinistry Have Gone To The Dogs For New Album
It was only last year that Ministry released Relapse, but their 13th album, From Beer to Eternity, will be coming out in September on their own 13th Planet Records. “But wait,” you might be thinking,...
View ArticleMetal Insider’s Top 5: Defunct Touring Festivals
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, Gigantour kicked off its fifth installment and Mayhem Fest is well into gear. And while the...
View ArticleSoulfly streaming new album ‘Savages’ ahead of release date
The official release date for Soulfly’s forthcoming album Savages is quickly approaching but Nuclear Blast just couldn’t wait until October 1 to get the material out there. They are streaming the...
View ArticleMetal Insider’s top 5: Bands that continued despite legal issues with members
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. When As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis was arrested on suspicion of hiring a hitman to kill his wife last...
View ArticleRogue Records looking to crowdfund supergroup compilation album
Metal label Rogue Records doesn’t have a particularly large or well-known roster (Synthetic Breed, Means End, Humanity’s Last Breath and Dischordia are a few of it’s bands), but what they lack in size,...
View ArticleStatic-X frontman Wayne Static dead at 48
While details are still scarce, Static-X frontman Wayne Static has passed away. He was 48. “Wayne Static was the enigmatic former frontman and namesake of Static-X, who later forged a successful solo...
View ArticleMetal community reacts to Wayne Static’s passing
With the sudden untimely passing of Wayne Static yesterday, the hard rock and metal community are coming to grips with the loss of the Static-X frontman, which happened just days before his 49th...
View ArticleStatement: Wayne Static’s death not drug-related
Following the passing of Static-X frontman Wayne Static on Saturday, tributes began pouring in. And while there’s been no official cause of death, some, including Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix,...
View ArticleTony Campos comments on Wayne Static’s death
In the wake of Wayne Static’s passing, many have offered condolences and shared memories, but perhaps none as important as one of his fellow band members. Tony Campos, who played with Static-X from...
View ArticlePowerman 5000 and American Head Charge tour to continue without Wayne Static
The sad and unfortunate passing of Wayne Static this past weekend impacted many, and aside from his immediate friends and family, Powerman 5000, who’d been set to start co-headlining with Static...
View ArticleWayne Static’s widow Tera Wray issues statement
Since Wayne Static’s sudden death, many in the metal community have shared their condolences and memories of the Static-X frontman, as well as even his former bandmates. Now Static’s widow, Tera Wray,...
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