Metal Insider’s Top 5: Defunct Touring Festivals

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, Gigantour kicked off its fifth installment and Mayhem Fest is well into gear. And while the summer is packed with other treks like the Summer Slaughter Tour, the...

New & Noteworthy, April 2nd – Starting Over

The greatest display of how metal bands differ from the rest of the musical world occurs when a former member is welcomed back into the fold with open arms and no questions asked. In so many other genres, band members that leave are ostracized and are barely ever...

Adema Bassist Arrested For Past DUI Charge

As if things couldn’t get worst for Adema. Just last week, the recently reunited nu-metal group Adema parted ways (again) with vocalist Mark Chavez. They were planning to continue their tour with their guitarist Tim Fluckey and bassist Dave DeRoo swapping vocal...