by Metal Insider | Dec 10, 2014 | Best of 2014, Lists, Metal on Metal, News, Top 10
It’s that time of year again. As 2014 draws to a close, we check in with the Metal Insider staff to see what new albums got them the most excited. For the past year, Anthony Maisano has been sporadically posting his “Today in Metal,” spotlighting an album...
by Metal Insider | Sep 12, 2014 | Dissident Aggression, New Music
You can always tell when a sub-genre of metal is growing in popularity. The pretenders and bandwagon riders start to come out in full force. We saw it with thrash, death metal, black metal, etc. You name it there have been instances when a genre’s rise in popularity...
by Metal Insider | May 30, 2014 | Festivals, Recaps
If you ignored the lineup of this years Maryland Deathfest that just passed, you missed one hell of a stacked lineup. With headliners like At the Gates, Dark Angel and Candlemass, and three venues for three days, (four if you bought a ticket for the pre-event on...
by Bram Teitelman | May 23, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. It’s been a pretty insane week for comebacks. The first new music...
by Metal Insider | Apr 25, 2014 | Today In Metal
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIF26Ml3aI[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 34 years ago today, Ronnie James Dio saved Black Sabbath with the release...