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Headbangers Brawl: How bad is Marilyn Manson on this tour?

by Metal Insider | Aug 2, 2016 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

As this week’s Remember When points out, Marilyn Manson has come across as a bit of a mess on stage lately. More specifically, video of Manson’s set in Heresy, PA last month has made many question just how drunk or high the shock rocker has been while on tour with...

Headbangers Brawl: Did Linkin Park keep metal alive?

by Alix Vallecillo | Jul 22, 2016 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

Linkin Park’s debut album, Hybrid Theory, was released in 2000, and it instantly took off. Because of songs like “One Step Closer” and “In The End,” the album eventually sold 10 million copies. Their follow-up, Meteora, was nearly as...

Headbangers Brawl: How much should metal embrace streaming?

by Metal Insider | Jul 12, 2016 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

If you’re a regular reader of Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn’s “The General’s Journals,” you know pretty much all of his thoughts, since it’s pretty much unfiltered musings from one of the more outspoken vocalists in metal. For...

Headbangers Brawl: What metal band could surprise-release an album?

by Metal Insider | Jun 28, 2016 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

This year has been a busy one for surprise releases. Radiohead released A Moon Shaped Pool with one day’s notice, Beyonce’s Lemonade was released following the airing of a special on HBO, Drake’s Views, which has been #1 for eight weeks in a row, was...

Headbangers Brawl: Is there really an SJW problem in extreme music?

by Alix Vallecillo | Jun 22, 2016 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

A few days ago, Decibel Magazine posted a guest column discussing the social effects within the metal community of those who called themselves “social justice warriors” after a self-proclaimed member of the anti-fascist movement Antifa pepper-sprayed a...

Headbangers Brawl: Would you attend an Iron Maiden concert featuring all three vocalists?

by Metal Insider | Jun 14, 2016 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

Throughout Iron Maiden’s legendary 40 year career, they have had three vocalists that have all left their impact on the band. Paul Di’Anno who was on the first first two albums, Iron Maiden and Killers, Blaze Bayley who performed on The X Factor and...

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