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Headbangers Brawl: Which newly broken-up band will you miss the most?

by Bram Teitelman | Sep 5, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl, News

Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. After the sudden departure of… well, everyone but Mark Hunter,...

Headbangers Brawl: What tour are you looking most forward to?

by Bram Teitelman | Aug 15, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

Usually, for Headbanger’s Brawl, we’ll pick a topic that might lead to some general disagreement of opinions. This week, what we’ll be arguing about is purely subjective, and there isn’t really a wrong answer. It’s been a busy few weeks, with plenty of fall and winter...

Headbangers Brawl: How accountable should Dragonforce be for their former band’s lyrics?

by Bram Teitelman | Aug 8, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

It’s been quite a week for Dragonforce. With their new album about to come out, they unveiled their Johnny Cash cover and hoped to build up buzz. However, that got a bit derailed by an interview on Noisey, which instead chose to focus on a long-defunct band called...

Headbangers Brawl: Are reissues of albums a ripoff?

by Metal Insider | Jul 3, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

This week’s Headbangers Brawl come from a Facebook post from freelance writer Phil Freeman that we saw last week. It was a bit of a rant talking about Mastodon. Not Once More ‘Round the Sun, but the fact that the same week that album was released, Relapse announced...

Headbangers Brawl: Is punk “rubbish?”

by Metal Insider | Jun 27, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is usually calm, cool and collected, but when talking to The Guardian earlier this week with punk/folk singer Frank Turner, he went off on a bit of a rant about punk music, calling it ‘rubbish.’ Was Dickinson’s rant just, or has his...

Headbangers Brawl: What’s your can’t-miss summer show?

by Bram Teitelman | Jun 20, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl

Hard to believe, but it’s not officially summer until tomorrow. With Memorial Day in the books and most kids already out of school, it’s about to kick into high gear. Along with beaches, barbeques, ice cream and all the other accoutrements of summer comes the summer...
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Puscifer have released a visualizer for their latest single, “ImpetuoUs.” The track is the third single taken from their upcoming album, Normal Isn’t, scheduled to arrive on February 6 via Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG. The visualizer also highlights a...

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