by Metal Insider | Jan 8, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists, Top 10
Whether it was celebrating the tenth anniversary of 2009’s Köld or giving a taste of Iceland, Sólstafir had a busy 2019. They’ve also spent a decent amount of time touring all over the world in support of their sixth studio effort, 2017’s...
by Metal Insider | Jan 7, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists, Top 10
Cloak impressed us in 2019, and we are looking forward to seeing where 2020 and beyond will take them. The Atlanta black metal project’s new album, The Burning Dawn, has landed on a few of our year-end lists, and if you haven’t listened to it yet, read our...
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....
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...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 2, 2020 | Lists, News, Releases, Top 5, Video
We’ve officially entered not only a new year but a brand new decade. It feels like it was just yesterday when Periphery released their debut album and now, the group’s latest effort IV: Hail Stan has landed on quite a few of our year-end lists. While we’ve reflected...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 31, 2019 | Lists, Top 10
The metal community has been slammed with ups and downs over the last ten years. The death toll alone requires its own column. We’ve had significant losses throughout the decade, including Peter Steele, Ronnie James Dio, Wayne Static, Lemmy Kilmister, Chris...