by Metal Insider | Dec 27, 2016 | Interviews
Recently, Zeal & Ardor, my pick for best metal album of the year, released a video for his single “Devil Is Fine,” directed by award winning Swiss filmmaker Samuel Morris. It is a deeply hued and daringly colorful video that, while very little...
by Metal Insider | Dec 21, 2016 | In The Studio, Interviews
In early November of 2016, Metal Insider contributor Schuler Benson paid a visit to 7over8 Studios in Myrtle Beach to join Byzantine’s Chris Ojeda and Brian Henderson as they laid down guitar tracks for the band’s forthcoming album and Metal Blade Records debut, The...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 9, 2016 | Interviews, News, Updates
On Slipknot/Stone Sour’s frontman Corey Taylor’s 43rd birthday, Metal Hammer posted an interview they had with him discussing, among other things, how he got kicked out of high school, being homeless, and how he joined Slipknot. For those that know Taylor, he has no...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 8, 2016 | Interviews, News, Updates
Many have wondered why Kirk Hammett had no writing involvement in Metallica’s latest Hardwired…To Self-Destruct release. For over a year now, it has been no secret that Hammett lost his iPhone that had about 250 song ideas. Shortly after Metallica’s...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 7, 2016 | Exclusive, Interviews
Yesterday, Metal Insider sat in on our sister site, The Laugh Button’s podcast. We’ve sat in on the news before, generally because someone’s on vacation and we think we’re funnier than we actually are. Yesterday was different though, as the...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 6, 2016 | Interviews
You’re not going to have to wait long into 2017 before getting one of the most furious albums. Code Orange’s third album and Roadrunner debut, Forever, will be released on January 13th. And while the intensity of the Pittsburgh hardcore band never wavers,...