by Metal Insider | Mar 17, 2014 | Columns, Top 5
Most know Kari Rueslåtten as the founding frontwoman of Norwegian metal band The 3rd and the Mortal as well as her catalog of solo work. However, since the beginning of Kari’s solo career in 1997, she has released 5 albums as a singer/songwriter. And her first album...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 10, 2014 | Cancelations, Festivals
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Oha0Evvc_EI[/youtube] For once, a Guns N’ Roses show isn’t happening and it’s not the band’s fault. The Hell and Heaven Metal Fest, which was set to take place this coming weekend just east of Mexico City, has been...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 5, 2014 | Books
If you’re not familiar with them, the 33 1/3 series of books is a stellar way to read about an album. Each book of 30,000 words is written about a particular album. Some of them are actually about the album, others are written from the point of view of the...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 3, 2014 | Columns, Top 5
As we mentioned before, Destrage find an interesting and fun way to blend Protest The Hero’s offbeat technicality with Every Time I Die’s grittiness. Hell, the group’s new album Are You Kidding Me? No (out today via Metal Blade Records) features a guest appearance...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 28, 2014 | Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/KKuXKuQ0b88[/youtube] It’s our belief that every song in the history of of music can be made better by adding the chugging riff of Down’s “Bury Me In Smoke” to it. The song that closes Nola is as sludgy as an oil spill...