by Nick DeSimone | Dec 19, 2014 | Amplified, Columns
Who doesn’t love a little shred? There’s such a cool intensity to watch a really incredible player rip through a sick guitar solo; if I hadn’t spent so much of my adolescence trying to explain my friends why Buckethead was the coolest guitar player...
by Nick DeSimone | Dec 12, 2014 | Amplified, Columns, News
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. When it comes to Amplified, we work with all sorts. The band’s “size” isn’t normally anything we’ll make...
by Nick DeSimone | Dec 5, 2014 | Amplified, Columns
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. We’ll contend that it’s easy to write good sludge metal. Play a blues riff slow and low enough, and anyone can make it...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 26, 2014 | Amplified, Columns
[youtube]http://youtu.be/7w9zsouCCXo[/youtube] Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. While Behemoth is likely the most popular Polish extreme metal band, there’s a...
by Nick DeSimone | Nov 21, 2014 | Amplified, Columns
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Gothenberg’s Despite present some interesting paradoxes in what they do, and while they’re walking some well-trodden ground...
by Nick DeSimone | Nov 18, 2014 | Amplified, Columns
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Although Greece has brought us the likes of Septicflesh, Italy is a bit shorter on more over-the-top metal. The modern rock world...