by Metal Insider | Jan 22, 2018 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
It’s hard to shock the jaded metal industry, but earlier today, Slayer, the heaviest of the Big Four bands, did just that by announcing via a 30 second video clip that they’d be touring the world one last time. While details are still somewhat scarce, this...
by Metal Insider | Jan 22, 2018 | Interviews, Touring
Nobody takes pictures of the drummer, unless of course you’re Mike Portnoy. It’s not the norm for the percussion section to be the face of the band however since breaking onto the progressive metal scene with Dream Theater that’s the role Portnoy assumed, and...
by Metal Insider | Jan 8, 2018 | Video
A behind-the-scenes video of a 2012 KISS interview for the Argentinean YouTube channel Vorterix recently went viral. In the clip, the musicians required the interviewer to take off his Iron Maiden T-shirt. Later, a KISS shirt was made available for the journalist to...
by Metal Insider | Jan 4, 2018 | Metal By Numbers
It should surprise no one that streaming is surpassing sales as the medium of choice for people buying albums. Yet as evidenced by the list below, people are still buying music, too. Nielsen just released their year-end report that found that streaming grew...
by Metal Insider | Dec 20, 2017 | Lists
For a while now, we’ve been recapping the year in metal by looking at some of the most surprising, sad, ridiculous or generally WTF moments that have taken place over the prior 12 months. With things like Tim Lambesis’ and Randy Blythe’s brushes with...