by Seth Werkheiser | Apr 30, 2015 | Controversy, News
If you’re in a band these days it’s a bad idea to write, “Michael Brown died… And probably deserved it.” Also, don’t call people involved in the Baltimore, MD uprising, “dumb ass monkeys.” Even if you’re not in a band,...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 29, 2015 | Controversy, News
California metalcore band Lionfight are about to hit the road in support of an EP they just finished up. And while the tour doesn’t have a date in Baltimore, they might not want to go there after the racist comments bassist Bryan Patrick Cole made online. In a...
by Metal Insider | Apr 27, 2015 | Controversy, Festivals, News
A hot topic for op-ed discussion recently has been the lack of female performers booked at music festivals. Various examples have been specifically called out in these ongoing debates, including the 2015 installment of the This Is Hardcore fest, which is gearing up...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 24, 2015 | Controversy, News
Every Summer, an Adam Sandler movie comes out, and pretty much every Summer, they inexplicably make money. What was funny 20 years ago (we’re looking at you, Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore) is formulaic, generally devoid of laughs, and targeted to the lowest...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 9, 2015 | Controversy, Metal Musical Chairs, News, Updates
The whole event in recent weeks with Terror Universal, a masked band said to include members of Ill Nino, and Otep, has been pretty uncomfortable. To recap, Otep dropped off the Civil Unrest tour because she claimed that the singer of Terror Universal groped her...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 6, 2015 | Controversy, News
It’s arbitrary, it’s subjective, and it’s gotten to the point to where it’s no surprise when it happens, but once again, Disney has brought down the banhammer on a metal band. This time, it’s Warbringer, who was to have supported...