by Metal Insider | Dec 31, 2018 | Lists, Top 10
2018 has been one strange year filled with conspiracies, farewell tours, and a few bold statements. While we’ve shared a few of our favorite concerts, as well as Bram’s, Zach’s, Matt’s, Jeff’s, Josh’s, Joe’s, and Zenae’s favorite metal albums of 2018; it’s now time to...
by Zach Fehl | Dec 26, 2018 | Lists, Top 10
2018 was a wild year. I moved and got one of those fancy adult jobs with benefits and everything. That in turn led to me being able to go to a whole mess of awesome shows, including traveling for Rock on the Range, ProgPowerUSA Rock & Shock without breaking the...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 21, 2018 | Lists, Top 10
2018 was a hell of year. As a handful of you might have noticed, I’ve been doing a lot less writing for Metal Insider, mainly because I left my job at The Syndicate, MI’s parent company. Don’t worry, this site still has a place in my heart and I’ll never...
by Joe Koza | Dec 20, 2018 | Lists, Top 10
2018 has been a solid year for heavy music. Seasoned artists continued to hone their signature sounds and expand on what has shaped them thus far while newer acts have taken the opportunity to lay their foundations to build upon as they head into the new year. I...
by Metal Insider | Dec 19, 2018 | Lists, Top 10
Metal Insider’s Josh Musto reveals his top ten metal albums of 2018. 10) Galactic Empire, Episode II (Rise Records) After their 2017 debut, which mainly covered material from Star Wars’ original trilogy, Philadelphia’s Galactic Empire have proven...
by Matt Brown | Dec 19, 2018 | Lists, Top 10
I went through something of a musical depression this year. There was a lot of great music that came out, music that I recognized was good but for some reason just didn’t connect with me. For a long time, mostly in the middle of the year, there just wasn’t anything...