Posted by Metal Insider on January 9, 2020
Witherfall have been busy working on their follow-up to 2018’s A Prelude To Sorrow, which landed on our top 225 albums of the decade. From 2017’s Nocturnes and Requiems followed by their latest effort along with making a killer Helloween cover, we wanted to know more about their musical world. Masterminds Joseph Michael and Jake […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 8, 2020
Between touring and giving “acting” lessons, Archspire were busy in 2019. Somehow, the Canadian technical death metal outfit found time to start working on the follow-up to 2017’s Relentless Mutation. For 2020, it looks like album number four will be their primary focus. We were curious about the group’s overall taste in music as guitarist […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 8, 2020
2019 was a phenomenal year for Jinjer. Especially with their new album, Macro. You can see a massive shift in the band towards the end of the decade as they went from booking their first-ever North American tour to their first-ever headlining trek within two years. We are looking forward to seeing where they’re […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 8, 2020
Whether it was celebrating the tenth anniversary of 2009’s Köld or giving a taste of Iceland, Sólstafir had a busy 2019. They’ve also spent a decent amount of time touring all over the world in support of their sixth studio effort, 2017’s Berdreyminn. And now, the Icelandic post-metal outfit will spend 2020 working on […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 7, 2020
Cloak impressed us in 2019, and we are looking forward to seeing where 2020 and beyond will take them. The Atlanta black metal project’s new album, The Burning Dawn, has landed on a few of our year-end lists, and if you haven’t listened to it yet, read our review. While we are waiting until […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 7, 2020
Sabaton are one of the hardest working bands around, and recently, these Swedish power metal historians were featured in The Guardian. The group has been promoting their latest effort, The Great War, which was released in July 2019 via Nuclear Blast. Additionally, Sabaton had the honor to perform the last metal show at New York City’s […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 7, 2020
Between Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum, we’ve been wondering how guitarist Markus Vanhala sleeps. Omnium Gatherum’s latest effort, The Burning Cold, landed on #1 on one of our year-end lists for 2018, and Insomnium’s Heart Like a Grave reached #1 for 2019. This spring, both groups will embark on a North American tour as Omnium […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 31, 2019
The metal community has been slammed with ups and downs over the last ten years. The death toll alone requires its own column. We’ve had significant losses throughout the decade, including Peter Steele, Ronnie James Dio, Wayne Static, Lemmy Kilmister, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington, Oli Herbert, Jill Janus, and many more. We’ve seen bands […]
Posted by Jeff Podoshen on December 26, 2019
2010-2019 was an amazing decade for black metal. Tons of great records by some incredible bands. And while black metal has become a bit commoditized as of late, here’s a nod to the five best records of the decade who are keeping the tradition alive: 05) Shining, Redefining Darkness (Spinefarm – 2012) You’re probably scared of […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 23, 2019
Many events that have occurred within the last ten years have been both exciting and sad. We hit significant losses in the metal community including Lemmy Kilmister, Peter Steele, Ronnie James Dio, Jill Janus, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Warrel Dane, Scott Weiland, Vinnie Paul, Paul O’ Neil, Keith Flint, Kyle Pavone, Jon Schnepp, Dolores […]
