by Bram Teitelman | Feb 14, 2018 | Contests, Interviews
Next Thursday (22), Exodus and Municipal Waste will kick off the Mr. Pickles Thrashtacular tour, which might be the most metal tour ever sponsored by an animated show. However, Mr. Pickles isn’t just any animated show. Inspired by Lassie, it’s a...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 12, 2018 | Interviews
It’s no surprise that metal has a respect problem. While the format still sells a solid amount of physical product, we’re running out of places to buy it. And on streaming services, there’s plenty of well-curated metal, but hip-hop and Top 40 get a...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 2, 2018 | Interviews
Yes, you read that headline correctly, Tobias Forge gave an interview to Revolver about the new Ghost album, which will be the band’s fourth. Not Papa Emeritus, or what will undoubtedly be Papa Emeritus IV, he gave an interview as the mastermind of Ghost,...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 30, 2018 | Interviews, News
Symphony X bassist Michael LePond just released the second studio effort from his solo project, Michael LePond’s Silent Assassins. Pawn and Prophecy was released on January 26th via Frontiers, and we were lucky enough to talk to the bassist about the album, the future...
by Metal Insider | Jan 22, 2018 | Interviews, Touring
Nobody takes pictures of the drummer, unless of course you’re Mike Portnoy. It’s not the norm for the percussion section to be the face of the band however since breaking onto the progressive metal scene with Dream Theater that’s the role Portnoy assumed, and...
by Chris Annunziata | Jan 10, 2018 | Interviews, News, Video
A new clip has surfaced of drummer Lars Ulrich discussing the early influences of Metallica in the new documentary, The Rise of LA Thrash Metal. Ulrich discusses the “kinship” between the punk and metal scenes and how Metallica nested between them....