by Metal Insider | Oct 31, 2014 | Columns, Metal Power Rankings
Welcome to the first edition of Metal Power Rankings, a weekly look at the movers and shakers in the metal world. Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre....
by Zach Shaw | Oct 28, 2014 | News, Splits
We knew Dez Fafara would be spending a considerable amount of time on Coal Chamber’s reunion album. However, it looks like now he’ll also be spending that time looking for a new guitarist and drummer for his other band DevilDriver. Just a few days after playing...
by Seth Werkheiser | Sep 9, 2014 | News
Doc Coyle, the co-founding guitarist of New Jersey’s now-deceased God Forbid, shared his thoughts on the recent break-ups of Bleeding Through, Shadows Fall, and recently Chimaira via his Rebel Noise blog. He includes God Forbid in what he calls the “Big 4 of...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 12, 2014 | News, We're Getting The Band Back Together
If it wasn’t apparent enough from bands like Emmure, Islander and Stray From the Path, there’s a legitimate nu-metal revival going on. And if you didn’t think that before, the revival of Dez Fafara’s pre-Devildriver band Coal Chamber proves...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 11, 2014 | Touring, Updates
The second American Knotfest, which was announced earlier this year, isn’t until the end of October, but things appear to be going pretty well for it. Things have to be for them to have added a fifth stage. Fear Factory, Napalm Death, Satyricon, Amen, Otep,...