by Metal Insider | Feb 5, 2013 | New Music
Today is a day to celebrate longevity, and I anticipate that such celebrations will be occurring quite often during this decade. As we begin the celebrations of bands that have been around for 30 years or more, it is vital for all of us to band together as a community...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 8, 2012 | Collaborations, In The Studio
While America has the Big 4, Germany essentially has the Big 3 of Teutonic thrash. Those three bands, of course, would be Kreator, Destruction and Sodom. So hearing that Destruction’s new album Spiritual Genocide (due out in November) will feature Sodom’s Tom...
by Metal Insider | Dec 20, 2011 | Lists
Here we are again, at the end of another year, and a list has to be made. And what do I do? I spend so much time deliberating and being indecisive that I’m late sending it in. Apologies to my MetalInsider colleagues for my lack of expediency. That said, this...
by Zach Shaw | Nov 23, 2011 | Interviews
There truly was no better way to celebrate 11/11/11 than by seeing Anthrax, Testament and Death Angel at the Palladium Theatre in Worcester, MA. It was worth standing outside in the frigid New England weather just for the chance to see these three thrash legends on...
by Metal Insider | Mar 16, 2011 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week we see multiple new metal and hard rock debuts, four of which made it into the top 200. The top selling new release comes from Children Of Bodom. Though the...