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Tag Archives: Craft

Headbangers Brawl: Metal Insider’s Quarantine Playlist

Posted by on April 1, 2020

  2020 certainly feels like the plague, and it all started with Neil Peart’s passing. Over the last few months alone, many went from laughing at Corona beer memes to no longer taking any of this as a joke. The COVID-19 outbreak feels like a disaster film, and sadly, it has become our reality. While […]

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Nineteen debut metal albums turning 20 in 2020

Posted by on February 8, 2020

  2000, the beginning of a brand new century struck fear in many as the Y2K panic spread. Luckily, no computers burst into flames, and it wasn’t the end of the world. It’s hard to believe Wilson, the Volleyball from the movie Cast Away, is turning twenty this year. 2000 was an era when illegal […]

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Guitarist Joakim Karlsson quits Bloodbath

Posted by on April 30, 2019

Guitarist Joakim Karlsson announced his departure from Bloodbath. In Karlsson’s farewell post, he mentioned how he never viewed himself as a guitarist and plans on focusing on his other band Craft. Tomas Åkvik of LIK will be replacing Karlsson on tour. “I am putting away my Bloodbath vest for good. To be honest, I’ve never […]

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Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 20 Metal Albums of 2018

Posted by on December 24, 2018

This was a tough year to choose from as I decided to break the rules and expand to a Top 20 best metal albums of 2018 instead of 10. If you read through it all, you will discover a diverse set of honorable mentions at the end followed by an awesome playlist. Personally, 2018 has […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/18: DevilDriver are outlaws on the charts

Posted by on July 18, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I know that country is usually regarded with disdain, and in the case of modern country there’s good reason for that. Bo Burnham pretty much hit the nail on the head regarding why it’s […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/11: The gravity of album sales

Posted by on July 11, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The list of debuts this week isn’t as lengthy compared to previous editions, but the coming weeks will see big names like Immortal, Between the Buried and Me (for the second time this year!), […]

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Metal By Numbers 7/4: Charts and stripes forever

Posted by on July 4, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Happy 4th. Whether you’re eager to celebrate the ol’ red, white, and blue or you think this country could be doing, I dunno, just a little bit better, I hope you get all the […]

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Recap: Maryland Deathfest 2016 – Part 2

Posted by on June 3, 2016

The last few days of this year’s Maryland Deathfest were filled by many different emotions expected at the end of such a celebration but the question regarding how the festival is evolving from previous festival remains. You can read the first part of our recap/analysis right here. Day three. After an intense night of partying at […]

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More bands announced for Maryland Deathfest 2016

Posted by on July 6, 2015

The first round of bands playing the 14th installment of Maryland Deathfest were announced in late June, and now a new wave of bands have been announced for next years event, taking place in May 2016. The rest of the bands will be announced in the coming weeks, according to an update from the official […]

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New & Noteworthy, October 25th – Names Mean Nothing

Posted by on October 25, 2011

With Halloween approaching, today’s title is only fitting, given that names are ideally kept hidden on the holiday of hidden identities. It also fits because there is a very strong likelihood that most of the bands on today’s list will not be recognized by most readers. It’s another day dedicated to the underground before the […]

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