by Seth Werkheiser | May 11, 2015 | News
American Idol is finally coming to an end. The once mega-popular show began in 2002, and the final season will start in January of 2016. In recent years, its ratings have declined significantly, and while there were a decent amount of stars minted from the show (Kelly...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 20, 2015 | News, Touring
Arizona thrash band Flotsam and Jetsam are in the process of recording their 12th album, and first with Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner. Bittner has finished tracking drums, and they’re now working on guitars for the album. The band plan on heading to Europe...
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 Seth Werkheiser | Dec 22, 2014 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
Last week, in response to our interview with 36 Crazyfists’ Brock Lindow, Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner reached out to tell us that the band wasn’t broken up, just on hiatus, and that we’d be hearing from their members shortly. It didn’t...
by Seth Werkheiser | Nov 26, 2014 | News, Splits
Flotsam and Jetsam are losing drummer Kelly Smith. Smith, the lone remaining founding member of the Phoenix, AZ thrash band, left in 1997 and was replaced by Craig Nielsen, but would rejoin the band in 2011. Kelly Smith released the following statement: “As of...