by Metal Insider | Jul 31, 2012 | New Music
How has thrash survived for over three decades? By being one of the easiest genres of metal to appreciate, that’s how. The diversity of thrash allows for speed, groove, technicality, and ambience to varying degrees, and metalheads around the world know it and...
by Metal Insider | Jun 26, 2012 | Festivals
This past weekend, Metallica presented the inaugural Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, NJ. Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman, Zach Shaw and Kodi McKinney were there, as was MI contributor Alex Rudisill. We’ll be bringing you plenty of interviews from the show...
by Zach Shaw | May 15, 2012 | In Memoriam
In a Facebook post made yesterday (May 15), Season Of Mist revealed that Urgehal singer and guitarist Trondr Nefas has passed away. Exact details regarding his death have not been revealed yet, though Urgehal have confirmed the news themselves via a separate post. He...
by Metal Insider | Mar 27, 2012 | Releases
Behold what is likely to be one of the biggest, most talked-about weeks on the metal release calendar for all of 2012! Technically, most of these albums were actually released yesterday, March 26, but that’s not the point. Today’s list reads like a who’s...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 25, 2012 | Live Music
Seeing Lamb of God is a lot like seeing Slayer. Their fans are among the most passionate in metal, they bring it live, and you pretty much know exactly what you’re going to get. In the case of the band’s first show in support of their new album Resolution,...