by Bram Teitelman | Feb 12, 2018 | Metal Musical Chairs, Touring
If there’s one thing Melvins have done continually, it’s release albums. If there’s another thing they’ve done continually, it’s experimenting with their sound. For a while last decade, two-man band Big Business joined their lineup,...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 8, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs
While there have been enough magazine articles and blog posts for many metal fans to know that Orange is the New Black star Jessica Pimentel is also an accomplished singer, it’s been common knowledge around New York City for a while now. The singer fronts...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 24, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs
It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for Marilyn Manson. Just before Heaven Upside Down was released, a prop fell on him and broke his fibula, forcing him to cancel tour dates. Several days ago, his onetime guitarist Scott Putesky died. In between those...
by Zenae Zukowski | Sep 19, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
It’s no secret that bands are like family, sibling rivalry is definitely part of any family with multiple children. Back in 2004, we learned Metallica were on the brink of calling it quits when they shared their therapy-like documentary Some Kind of Monster. We have...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 9, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs, New Music, Video
Of all the bands leading the nu-metal revival, Islander has probably made the most noise. In their six years as a band, they signed to Victory, put out two albums in 2014 and 2016, and toured pretty extensively. However, change is inevitable, and the band have...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jul 5, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
It has been over two years since Children of Bodom parted ways with rhythm guitarist Roope Latvala. He replaced Alexander Kuoppala back in 2003, just in time to record 2005’s Are You Dead Yet? and worked up until 2013’s Halo of Blood. Ultimately, he left the group...