by Sean Matthews | Oct 22, 2014 | Interviews, News
You can count the number of big breakout rock and metal successes of the last five years on one hand (more about that here), and Volbeat is certainly one of them. Both their current album, 2013’s Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies and their last, Beyond...
by Zach Fehl | Jun 20, 2014 | Interviews, New Music, News
Per Fredrik “PelleK” Åsly is a singer/songwriter from Norway, best known for his solo band PelleK, as well as the symphonic power metal band Damnation Angels. He is also known for covering his many power metal influences as well as metalizing mainstream and Disney...
by Metal Insider | May 30, 2014 | Festivals, News, Reunions, Touring
If Hellfest 2014 in France couldn’t get any MORE stacked with amazing bands, it just got one more. Dark Angel’s masterful drummer Gene Hoglan just confirmed on both his Facebook and via Twitter that Dark Angel will be performing at Hellfest 2014. Black...
by Metal Insider | May 9, 2014 | In Defense of Their Good Name
After last week’s In Defense Of was published, I got to thinking, and I realized that a lot of the bigger bands have periods in their discography that are nearly universally hated by metal fans at large. Iron Maiden has the Blaze Bayley era, which we discussed...
by Matt Brown | Apr 21, 2014 | Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. This past weekend, April 17-19, the 16th annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival took place at The Palladium in Worcester, MA. Once again, bands ranging from...