by Bram Teitelman | Nov 13, 2017 | Politics
Any idea who Vlaidislav Surkov is? We didn’t know who he was either, but he’s a top adviser to Vladimir Putin. Why are we writing about him on Metal Insider? Well, apparently, he’s enough of a Five Finger Death Punch fan to have quoted them more than...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 13, 2017 | News, Podcasts
Back in 2015, Mastodon guitarist/singer Brent Hinds found himself in a weird place by stating that he really wasn’t a fan of metal. Stating that metal was a phase he went through in his 20’s during an interview with Guitar Player Magazine, he stated...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 20, 2017 | New Music, News, Releases, Updates, Video
Old school death metal band Memoriam formed in early 2016 with Bolt Thrower vocalist Karl Willetts and Benediction bassist Frank Healy. The band have unveiled information about their forthcoming debut album, For The Fallen out on March 24 via Nuclear Blast....
by Metal Insider | Dec 12, 2016 | Editorials
In late September, Montreal’s respected underground black metal festival Messe des Morts (MDM) announced that the Polish Pagan black metal band Graveland would appear at this years’ event. The band, who is touring for the first time in their twenty five year...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 28, 2016 | Video
What is punk? That’s a question that’s been asked since the 70s when the Sex Pistols burst onto the scene. The beauty of a question like that is that it never goes away. In fact, Slayer wrote Undisputed Attitude in response to Green Day and The...