by Bram Teitelman | Jan 6, 2015 | Collaborations, News
Are you a fan of the prog metal band Dream Theater or the more straight-ahead metal of Avenged Sevenfold? According to Mike Portnoy, the longtime drummer of Dream Theater and the fill-in drummer for A7X’s Nightmare, neither of those were metal bands. We’re...
by Metal Insider | Dec 22, 2014 | Best of 2014, Lists, Top 10
2014 was filled with lots of great new albums (as you likely noticed from our Top 10 list). Yet like every year, 2014 had plenty of shocking moments; incidents and events that took the metal community by complete surprise. With that in mind, the Metal Insider crew...
by Zach Shaw | Dec 18, 2014 | Metal Musical Chairs, News, Updates
Fans were already shocked when drummer Shawn Drover announced his departure from Megadeth. That’s why the amazement was doubled when guitarist Chris Broderick jumped ship roughly a day later. And last night, the guitarist not only spoke out for the first time about...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 12, 2014 | Metal Musical Chairs, News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/ae0iRUAZi68[/youtube] Yesterday, some guy uploaded some footage of a drummer with a caption claiming it was the “new drummer of Megadeth.” It probably isn’t the first person to upload a video to say they were replacing Shawn...
by Metal Insider | Dec 10, 2014 | News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Cs724_h0IsE[/youtube] This past Friday (5), magazine-turned media behemoth Vice turned 20 in style, renting out the spacious Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a star-studded anniversary concert. Hosted by Andrew WK, the entire...