by Metal Insider | Jun 6, 2016 | Lists, News
Are you listening to Slayer today? You should be! It’s 6/6/16, which is the 11th Anniversary of the International Day of Slayer. What is the International Day of Slayer? Well, it encourages Slayer fans to come together and listen to Slayer. That’s...
by Metal Insider | May 26, 2016 | Lists, News
Tomorrow, comedian Jim Breuer will release his debut music album, Songs From the Garage, on Metal Blade Records. As we’ve mentioned before, the album, which was produced and features guitar from Volbeat/Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, has now-former AC/DC...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 28, 2016 | Lists, News
Back in the ’90s and early aughts, the nu-metal explosion found bands, some of which had no reasons being signed, thrust upon us in the wake of Korn, Deftones and Limp Bizkit’s success. Granted, some of those bands were great, and others not so much. What...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 12, 2016 | Lists, News
Today Rolling Stone, a magazine that recently had boy band 5 Seconds of Summer pose naked for their cover, came out with their list of the 25 most-anticipated metal albums of the year. What would you expect a list like that to have on it? If you’d guess it was...
by Metal Insider | Jan 5, 2016 | Columns, Lists, News
Another year has passed and we’ve got at least 300 days or so before everyone starts talking about what the best albums of 2016 will be. Some people don’t really see the beginning of a new year as something truly significant, and others see ist as the...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 14, 2015 | Best of 2015, Lists, Top 10
It’s pretty insane to think that 2015 is pretty much almost over, and as we look back, it’s hard to argue that it was anything but a great thing for metal. Heritage bands like Slayer, Lamb of God and Iron Maiden debuted in the top 5, and Five Finger Death...