Posted by Zach Fehl on March 6, 2020
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new music from Body Count, Silverstein, and more. For last week’s new releases you can check out the last New & Noteworthy, and for the latest sales numbers Metal […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 31, 2017
Clearly, nothing and no one can or will ever replace the late Peter Steele who died in April 2010. The singer/bassist is most recognized as the mastermind behind the gothic metal band Type O Negative. However, he founded the Brooklyn based crossover thrash act Carnivore. Following the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Retaliation this […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 24, 2015
Every now and then, something happens on social media that you see too much of not to react to. Browsing Facebook in the past day or so, we saw that a lot of our metal friends had a video of a King Diamond burlesque show. It being work, it was something we marked in the back of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 14, 2014
Note: this was originally published in 2014 on the anniversary of Peter Steele’s death It was four years ago today that Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele passed away due to sudden heart failure at the age of 48. For a band whose imagery, lyrics and songs were full of a dark, gothic macabre sense of […]
Posted by Tiffany Bentley on August 15, 2013
Roadrunner is celebrating more than 30 years of music with the release of a box set, XXX: Three Decades of Roadrunner Records, hitting the market October 1. The set, to be released in America and abroad, is a pretty good summation of the label’s beginnings as an underground label, their rise to one of America’s premier […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 21, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. With yesterday’s passing of The Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek, it got us thinking about the most maligned instrument in metal: the keyboard. While synths and keyboards aren’t the core part of a stereotypical “metal” band, there are definitely a decent […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on November 23, 2011
Most fans remember the late Peter Steele, who passed away over a year ago, as the voice of Type O Negative and Carnivore. However, many may not realize that the vocalist/bassist was a nature lover. In fact, Steele actually worked for the Parks Department as a supervisor before Type O Negative took off. And it’s […]
Posted by Metal Insider on October 11, 2011
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Drinking and metal have gone hand in hand since before Steppenwolf coined the term “heavy metal” in “Born to be Wild.” There’s nothing like putting on something heavy and downing some adult beverages of your choice while doing so. And […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on April 26, 2011
Metal Underground’s All For None, None For All: A Tribute to Peter Steele is now available for $3 online.
Posted by Zach Shaw on April 14, 2011
Today is the one year anniversary of Type O Negative singer/bassist Peter Steele’s death. He was only 48 years old when he passed away from heart failure. In remembrance, Steele’s family has released the following joint statement: “It is with great emotion, continued heartache and collective sorrow that the family of Peter Ratajczyk (Steele) remembers that on […]
