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Sabaton’s Pär Sundström’s Top Five metal albums of the decade (2010-2019)

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....

Markus Vanhala’s (Insomnium/Omnium Gatherum) Top Ten Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)

by Metal Insider | Jan 7, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists, Top 10

Between Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum, we’ve been wondering how guitarist Markus Vanhala sleeps. Omnium Gatherum’s latest effort, The Burning Cold, landed on #1 on one of our year-end lists for 2018, and Insomnium’s Heart Like a Grave reached #1 for 2019. This...

KISS Pinball: A machine for rock fans and pinball collectors

by Metal Insider | Aug 17, 2017 | Gaming, Guest Blog

There is something about hard rock music and pinball that go hand in hand. Pinball games used to be considered gambling machines and were frowned upon by normal society. You could find pinball in shady bars in the back rooms. It actually was not until the flipper was...

Run To The Grills: Behind the kitchen doors of Blastfest 2016

by Metal Insider | Aug 3, 2016 | Columns, Guest Blog, Run To The Grills

Big festivals are a big task to put together and make sure things run smoothly. While most people can only imagine the work involved on the stage production, band accommodation and venue arrangements, there’s the riders that need to be addressed and that...

Top 5: California bands you need to know according to Wovoka’s Cody Schneiders

by Alix Vallecillo | Aug 2, 2016 | Columns, Guest Blog, Top 5

California is hot, dry and sunny which means many people either decide to go out and enjoy the weather or remain indoors writing music or rehearsing with their bands. That automatically implies that there are a large amount of quality metal bands at every corner of...

Run To The Grills: Meet our new chef Heather Feher of Black Cat Culinary

by Metal Insider | Jul 15, 2016 | Columns, Guest Blog, Run To The Grills

If you’re in a touring band or have simply reached adulthood, you should have an idea or two about food and cooking in order to survive the real world. It’s often that many people suffer from a lack of skills in the kitchen and are forced to live...

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