Metal Insider’s top 20 stories of 2013

As we close the books on the first Friday of 2014, we thought it might be fun to take a look back at the biggest stories on Metal Insider that ran in 2013. Sure, some of them are closely related to each other, others are huge and exclusive stories, others are gossipy...

The Most Metal Cake Ever? (Spoiler Alert, No)

If there’s one thing we like almost as much as metal, it’s cake. If you combine the two, that’s gold. So our interest was piqued when we saw a tweet from Metal Hammer reading “Most. Metal. Cake. Ever.” It turns out it’s just a cake...

Maiden, Slipknot Clean Up At Golden Gods Awards

While America is still getting used to the idea of a metal awards show following Revolver’s foray into the Golden Gods earlier this year, the UK and Metal Hammer have been doing it for years. Their seventh annual event found Iron Maiden and Slipknot the big...