by Zenae Zukowski | May 30, 2024 | Interviews
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Lynx guitarist Blade as his cat purrs to hair metal. Tell us more...
by Zenae Zukowski | May 21, 2024 | Interviews
Crownshift officially formed and signed with Nuclear Blast Records in late 2023, featuring members from some of Finland’s finest bands, including Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Wintersun, and Finntroll. The initial announcement of the band’s formation...
by Zenae Zukowski | May 20, 2024 | Interviews
Legendary Living Colour vocalist Corey Glover joined forces with Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob) one day, embarking on the ShipRocked cruise and deciding to form a new project, Sonic Universe. Moving forward, the two recruited bassist Booker King and drummer Taykwuan...
by Zenae Zukowski | May 20, 2024 | Interviews
Ater is the black metal project founded in Chile in 2010 by Fernando “Feroz” Bühring. Initially named “Aeons Collide,” they became Ater in 2013. The original lineup included drummer Matias Acuña (now of Follakzoid) and guitarist Yeray Santos....
by Jillian Drachman | May 14, 2024 | Interviews, Metal on Metal
Spirit Tomb, the one-man project of Norway’s Leon Kristoffer amazed us last year with his debut EP, The Lotus of Dahlia, and the album Spiritus Lacrimarum: Dolorem in Lacrimas Efundere. Conceived in 2020, Spirit Tomb reflects Leon Kristoffer’s wholly individualistic...
by Jillian Drachman | May 14, 2024 | Interviews
The legendary Scott Conner, the mastermind behind Xasthur, is widely regarded as a musical genius. Formed in 1995 in California, Xasthur is revered as a pioneering black metal institution. Scott has collaborated with a variety of other artists over the years both...