by Bram Teitelman | Jan 31, 2017 | News, Updates
If you’re reading this in the United States and you’re not a Native America, congratulations, you’re an immigrant. And whether you’re for or against President Donald Trump’s suddenly-enacted executive order suspending immigrants,...
by Metal Insider | Feb 10, 2016 | News
It’s no shock that being a metal musician is hard. It’s also not hard to imagine that being a metal musician from the Middle East is unbelievably difficult. In most of the western world, (mainly the US and Europe), metal gets a few dirty looks and some...
by Seth Werkheiser | Jan 2, 2015 | Crowdfunding, New Music, News
Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda moved to the US in 2008, put out an EP, and then last year launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the recording of a full-length album. The campaign goal was met, and the band surpassed their goal of $33,000. With that...
by Metal Insider | Dec 10, 2014 | News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Cs724_h0IsE[/youtube] This past Friday (5), magazine-turned media behemoth Vice turned 20 in style, renting out the spacious Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a star-studded anniversary concert. Hosted by Andrew WK, the entire...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 5, 2014 | Events, News
20 years ago, Vice Magazine launched in Montreal as Voice of Montreal. Two years later, they changed their name to Vice, then moved to New York City. Since then, to say it’s grown would be an understatement. Much more than just a magazine, it’s now an...