by Metal Insider | Jun 27, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is usually calm, cool and collected, but when talking to The Guardian earlier this week with punk/folk singer Frank Turner, he went off on a bit of a rant about punk music, calling it ‘rubbish.’ Was Dickinson’s rant just, or has his...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 13, 2014 | Metal on Metal, News, Touring, Updates
A few weeks ago, website Priceonomics did some number crunching and found out what it would cost to book a number of bands. At the time, we noted that the math was a little bit off, due to the fact that it was through a third party booking agent. We also noted...
by Bram Teitelman | May 23, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. It’s been a pretty insane week for comebacks. The first new music...
by Matt Brown | May 13, 2014 | New Music, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/FI0gLlILxAc[/youtube] Say what you will about Metallica’s material in recent years, but they’ve delivered some solid covers throughout their career. Last night, the band performed at the MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert in Los...
by Metal Insider | Apr 25, 2014 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
And just like that, the 6th Annual Revolver Magazine Golden Gods Awards are in the books. And yeah, it almost seems like they’re engineered just to troll metal fans and appeal to the lowest common denominator of metal fan. However, they’re good for debating, so with...