by Metal Insider | Jan 7, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists, Top 5
Sabaton are one of the hardest working bands around, and recently, these Swedish power metal historians were featured in The Guardian. The group has been promoting their latest effort, The Great War, which was released in July 2019 via Nuclear Blast....
by Jeff Podoshen | Jan 31, 2019 | Lists, Top 5
This coming March, Youth of Today featuring their We’re Not in This Alone lineup, plays a one-off show at the Brooklyn Bazaar. While Youth of Today had many iterations, all lineups are truly considered classic. The impact of bands like Youth of Today and other acts on...
by Jeff Podoshen | Jan 31, 2019 | News, Top 5
With the recent release of King Diamond’s Live DVD, Songs For the Dead Live (read our review), we thought it was an appropriate time to revisit some of King Diamond’s most celebrated work in his vast catalog. Though all of King’s 12 studio...
by Zenae Zukowski | May 22, 2018 | Columns, Top 5
Nu metal exploded back in the mid-late nineties when bands such as KoRn and Slipknot formed. Many of us are guilty of owning Limp Bizkit’s debut album 1997’s Three Dollar Bill, Y’all$ as well as singing along to their cover of “Faith.” While we can laugh at many...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 3, 2017 | Columns, Lists, Top 5
In just two weeks, Cavalera Conspiracy will be releasing their fourth studio album, Psychosis, marking the band’s tenth year as a project. Of course Max Cavalera and his brother Iggor may be best known for Sepultura, the band they formed as teenagers back...
by Metal Insider | Apr 17, 2017 | Columns, Top 5
The very idea of a rock opera was a bit antiquated when Paul O’Neill helped take the reins of a Florida metal band named Savatage in 1987. Long gone were the days when kids flocked to record stores to pick up The Who’s Tommy or Pink Floyd’s The Wall, but this was the...