by Bram Teitelman | Aug 23, 2016 | Covers, Video
The metal cover. It used to be pretty much a pre-requisite in the nu-metal days, and plenty of bands, from Anthrax to Between the Buried and Me, have released albums of nothing but their takes of songs by other bands. You can’t blame a band for wanting to...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 17, 2016 | Covers, News
On September 16th, Magnetic Eye will be releasing Meantime [Redux], a tribute to Helmet’s classic second album, Meantime. In addition to the 10 songs covered from the 1992 album, there are also six more Helmet jams like “Milquetoast” and...
by Alix Vallecillo | Jul 25, 2016 | Covers, Metal on Metal
51 years ago, Bob Dylan freaked out attendees at the Newport Folk Festival by plugging in and playing an electric guitar. And while Ryan Adams busting out covers of Slayer and Sabbath at the same festival over the weekend isn’t quite the same, his unorthodox...
by Alix Vallecillo | May 24, 2016 | Covers, News, Video
At this point, it is very naive to assume every metal musician is only willing to do metal music and won’t have any other sort of affinity for a different style. As we’ve seen with former Morbid Angel’s frontman David Vincent who’s been rocking...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 18, 2016 | Covers, News, Video
If you listen to music outside of metal (like you probably should, at least a little), you might be familiar with indie rock artist Father John Misty. The singer-songwriter’s 2015 album I Love You Honeybear, was one of our favorite non-metal albums of last year....
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 14, 2016 | Covers, News, Video
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Finnish goth rockers HIM, and while there’s no word on when the band’s follow-up to 2013’s Tears on Tape will be out, but if you’re looking for a fix, UK guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite, or...