by Metal Insider | Aug 5, 2013 | Top 5
If anyone can be considered an expert of weed-inspired music, it’s Brant Bjork. Not only was he the time keeper behind seminal stoner rockers Kyuss, but continues the tradition with Visto Chino (also featuring his Kyuss bandmate John Garcia). In anticipation of the...
by Metal Insider | Jul 29, 2013 | Top 5
Norway’s Spirits Of The Dead makes an odd combination as psychedelic-stoner-folk-rock sound epic on its most recent album, Rumours Of A Presence. So obviously HBO’s television adaptation of the medieval fantasy Game Of Thrones would be right up the band’s alley. With...
by Metal Insider | Jul 22, 2013 | Top 5
Comedian Brian Posehn is a well-known metalhead. Hell, if the fact he released two albums via Relapse Records wasn’t enough, he also working on a metal comedy album with Scott Ian of Anthrax! So considering how big of a presence metal has in Posehn’s life, we thought...
by Metal Insider | Jul 15, 2013 | Top 5
God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle has been keeping busy as of late playing most Wednesdays at NYC’s Tammany Hall with his cover project Paradise City. You can learn more about the group (also featuring Tommy Vext and his God Forbid bandmate Matt Wicklund) from our recent...
by Zach Shaw | Jul 8, 2013 | Festivals, Top 5
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 summer is packed with other treks like the Summer Slaughter Tour, the...
by Metal Insider | Jul 1, 2013 | Top 5
Say what you will about Attila (we know the Westboro Baptist Church will), but they’ve constantly made it clear that they like to party. And that point has been made even more clear with the Atlanta deathcore group’s new album About That Life (available now). With...