by Zach Shaw | Dec 8, 2015 | Best of 2015, News, Top 10
It’s that time of year again. As 2015 draws to a close, we check in with the Metal Insider staff to see what new albums got them the most excited. Ok, so this is the part of the Top 10 list where you’re supposed to say “Oh boy, what a great year for new music!” or...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 20, 2015 | News, Oops, Streaming Music, Stupid
From producing albums by Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks and U2 to co-founding Interscope Records to co-founding Beats By Dre, it can’t be denied that Jimmy Iovine is one of the most successful businessmen not only in music, but overall business. Now one of the...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 17, 2015 | News, Updates
The answer to a question Slayer singer/bassist Tom Araya was asked during an interview is about to be as criticized as Kevin Lyman’s “metal got gray bald and fat” comment was earlier this year. During an interview with Germany’s Rock Hard...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 26, 2015 | In The Studio, News
If you haven’t listened to “Brought to the Ocean,” the first taste of Deafheaven’s New Bermuda, you should probably do that now. It’s an ass-kicker of a song, and riffier than anything that was on their breakthrough album, Sunbather. And...
by Alix Vallecillo | Aug 24, 2015 | Columns, In Defense of Their Good Name
It’s been a while since we put on the cape to defend what many consider to be outrageously wrong in the annals of metal history. We’ve talked about some infamous releases like Iron Maiden’s X-factor or the time Judas Priest was Halford-less and had...