by Bram Teitelman | Apr 10, 2012 | Interviews
Attendees to this year’s Paganfest have been pleasantly surprised by opening act, Huntress. While the band’s debut album, Eight of Swords (Napalm) doesn’t get its national release until May 8, their blend of traditional metal and thrash has...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 30, 2012 | Interviews
Even with a slight uptick in sales for 2011, it’s no secret that the record industry has seen better days. But despite the gloom and doom, publicist Josh Eldridge earlier this week announced the formation of a new metal label, Gravedancer Records. With support...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 28, 2012 | Interviews
As the most recognizable face of Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy was synonymous with the band for a quarter century. When he left, many wondered what he would do to pass the time. He quickly answered that by playing with Avenged Sevenfold for an album (Nightmare) and tour...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 22, 2012 | Interviews
How does an Australian wind up running the American arm of influential UK metal label Earache? It’s kind of a long story, but Al Dawson was more than happy to oblige. Starting out as a tape trader in the ’80s (he was thanked on a 1984 compilation by...
by Metal Insider | Mar 20, 2012 | Events, Interviews, Releases, World Premiere
Formed in 1986 in New York City, Prong started out as a thrash band before evolving into one of the godfathers of modern groove and industrial metal. Hugely influential with milestones such as Beg to Differ and The Cleansing to its name, Prong isn’t resting easy;...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 13, 2012 | Interviews
This past weekend, Symphony X’s co-headlining North American tour with Iced Earth came to an end. However, things won’t be slowing down for singer Russell Allen anytime soon. That’s because his other group Adrenaline Mob, also featuring Mike Portnoy, John Moyer and...