by Metal Insider | Feb 21, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
Earlier this week, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival announced the dates and venues of its seventh annual tour. And although we know when and where the fest will be playing this Summer, they’re waiting until March 31st to unveil the actual lineup. And while...
by Zach Shaw | Jan 20, 2014 | Columns, Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, our buds at Metal Sucks and Noisey debated whether or not the reunited At The Gates should make their way back into the studio and record a new album. Then this...
by Zach Shaw | Jan 3, 2014 | Festivals, News
How could this year’s 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise (featuring Carcass, The Haunted, Death Angel, Fear Factory, Overkill, Symphony X, Obituary and many others) get any better? Well even though the metal festival cruise is less than a month away from setting sail, it...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 3, 2014 | Collaborations, Events, News
[youtube]http://youtu.be/yINsMlqYamA[/youtube] One of the perks of having your own festival is that you can pretty much do whatever you want at it. That seems to be what Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet is doing with his inaugural “Kirk von Hammett’s Fear...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 26, 2013 | News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/HIJPxxoF7dw[/youtube] The internet works in mysterious ways. This stunning version of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” comes courtesy of Ukranian pianist Vika Yermolyeva. We’ve written about her before, a few years ago...