by Metal Insider | Sep 14, 2021 | Photos, Reviews
The Bouncing Souls hold an annual hometown show at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey. For the most part, this year was no different as the event kicked off on September 5th, 2021. Metal Insider contributing photographer Melinda Oswandel was...
by Mark Smitty Neal | Sep 13, 2021 | Reviews
On September 1st, as the entire Tri-State area braced itself for the remnants of Hurricane Ida, Soulfly fans braved their way to New York City’s Gramercy Theatre. Unfortunately, Mother Nature got her show started early, with heavy rainfall coming before...
by Jeff Podoshen | Sep 13, 2021 | Reviews
The Metal Gods are back!!! Metal Insider was thrilled to be at the first stop of the ’50 Metal Years’ tour by living legends Judas Priest this past Wednesday, September 8, 2021. The show kicked off in Reading, PA, a region still reeling from the...
by Jeff Podoshen | Sep 13, 2021 | Reviews
Sweden’s Sabaton, “weapons” in tow, rolled into Reading’s Santander Arena in Eastern Pennsylvania this past September 8, 2021 as the opener for Judas Priest. This was the band’s first North American show in a long time and it was...
by Siegfried Samer | Sep 10, 2021 | Reviews
Being in a metal band (or any band, for that matter) has not been easy in 2020 and 2021. Many industries were hit hard in the past two years marred by the Covid-19 pandemic. But, I daresay few as hard as the music industry, in a time when physical and even digital...
by Siegfried Samer | Aug 26, 2021 | Reviews
It’s a tough year for metal festivals worldwide, and European festivals are no exception. Numerous festivals had to be postponed yet another year to 2022, including the world-famous Wacken Open Air in Germany, their downsized spinoff “Bullhead...