by Mark Zapata | Mar 13, 2019 | Editorials, News
The latest in the ongoing digital music streaming discussion has to do with artist compensation. Some headlines falsely accuse Sweden’s music streaming giant Spotify of “Suing songwriters” along with Amazon, Pandora and Google as the four leading...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 19, 2018 | Editorials
Another week, another senseless gun massacre. While last week’s Florida school shooting killed 17, and caught the attention of the world, it sadly will likely be forgotten as soon as the next shooting happens. There are multiple reactions to the tragedy, with...
by Zach Shaw | Jan 23, 2018 | Columns, Editorials
There’s a reason why most of the Metal Insider crew was taken aback when Slayer revealed their next tour would be their last. Whatever your thoughts are about their catalogue or wherever you’d rank them amongst the Big 4, Slayer is truly a larger than life band....
by Jeff Podoshen | Dec 19, 2017 | Editorials
Is there anyone in metal who gets more unbridled disdain on social media than Glenn Danzig? Short of the egotistical capitalist parading as socialist Tom “Do you know who I am?!” Morello, I don’t think there is. And granted Danzig says some absurd statements, produces...
by Alexander Stafford | Aug 29, 2017 | Editorials
The Black Dahlia Murder just wrapped up their headlining slot on this year’s Summer Slaughter tour. BDM celebrated the tenth anniversary of their breakthrough album, Nocturnal, by playing it in it’s entirety. This last Tuesday, BDM announced their new...
by Metal Insider | Dec 12, 2016 | Editorials
In late September, Montreal’s respected underground black metal festival Messe des Morts (MDM) announced that the Polish Pagan black metal band Graveland would appear at this years’ event. The band, who is touring for the first time in their twenty five year...