by Metal Insider | Jul 3, 2012 | New Music
Young bands need to make their mark early to withstand the pressures of the challenging music industry today, and as time goes on, fewer and fewer bands are making the cut. Only the best have survived the tumult of the past few years. Maintaining that quality of music...
by Metal Insider | Jun 19, 2012 | Interviews
As one of the biggest bands in metalcore right now, Knoxville, TN-based Whitechapel keeps doing things to defy genre pigeonholing. Their fourth album Whitechapel is arguably their heaviest, most death metal-sounding release yet, and with a high-profile stint on the...
by Metal Insider | Jun 15, 2012 | Headbangers Brawl
Back in January when New & Noteworthy writer Chris Colgan wrote his list of the most anticipated albums of 2012, we only had an inkling of what to expect from the new release calendar this year. Of course there are gems, some surprises, and some flops, but with...
by Metal Insider | Jun 15, 2012 | Radio Spotlight
Believe it or not, metal still gets played on the radio! In addition to channels like SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal and nationally syndicated shows like Full Metal Jackie, there are still hundreds of outlets for heavy music in the United States. Most college radio stations...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 5, 2012 | Interviews, Metal on Metal
30 years ago, record store employee Brian Slagel put out a compilation of local bands called The New Heavy Metal Revue presents Metal Massacre. That compilation, the first release on Metal Blade Records, included a little band called Metallica, as well as Ratt, Black...