by Bram Teitelman | Jan 24, 2017 | Interviews
While UK quintet As Lions is a new project that just released their debut full length, Selfish Age, on Friday, it’s not like they haven’t paid their dues. They had an EP come out last year, and three-fifths of the band spent time together as the band Rise...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 19, 2017 | News, Touring
When Iron Maiden finally hit the road in support of 2015’s The Book of Souls last year, they did it in typical Maiden fashion – larger than life. Using Ed Force One, the tour hit six of seven continents (sorry Antarctica!), and was a huge success....
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 27, 2016 | Record Store Day
Although there’s starting to be a bit of a backlash against Record Store Day, it’s still essentially Christmas for independent record stores and a great way to pick up unique vinyl or stuff that had been long out of print elsewhere. As we know,...
by Metal Insider | Oct 25, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
Heavy metal is in fashion. In case you haven’t already noticed it in the streets, there’s plenty of coverage out there in the metal blogosphere. If you followed all those links then you’ll know the subject of heavy music aesthetics being co-opted by mainstream fashion...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 27, 2016 | Halloween
We’re a little more than a month away from the most metal holiday of them all, Halloween. Any holiday in which you’re encouraged to scare the shit out of people, celebrate horror and dress up like a serial killer is ok by us. And while there’s going...