by Jeff Podoshen | Sep 19, 2017 | Festivals, Reviews
Today marks the last post of my wrap up from Beyond the Gates 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was an overall incredible festival that went amazingly well. My highlights of Mayhem’s performance can be found here as well as Enslaved and Denner/Sherman. The final...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 8, 2017 | Touring, Updates
Earlier this week, Swedish post-metal giants Cult of Luna teased a Mariner tour with Julie Christmas. Considering that the two entities had collaborated on one of last year’s best-reviewed albums, many fans of the Swedish band and Christmas, who sang in...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 6, 2017 | News, Touring
Swedish post-metal standard-bearers Cult of Luna don’t tour the United States that much. In fact, the last time they were going to, the tour dates were canceled and rescheduled, and they only played nine dates. We saw them back then, and it was incredible. So it...
by Metal Insider | Dec 16, 2016 | Best Of 2016, Top 10
It’s December, which means that everyone’s starting to look back at the year that was, even though we’re not quite through it yet. Over the next several weeks, Metal Insider will be bringing you our picks for the best albums of the year, as well as those from some of...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 9, 2016 | Lists, News
Rolling Stone gave a hint as to what their list of the best metal of the year might look like last week when they named Cobalt’s “Beast Whip” one of the 50 best songs of the year. In fact, that was the only metal song on the list. No...