by Zach Shaw | Aug 22, 2016 | Columns, Remember When
It’s not that often when metal creeps its way into mainstream pop culture. So when metal/hard rock acts do actually pop up in beloved sitcoms, dramatic films, cartoons or even reality series, it’s kind of awesome. So in the weekly column Remember When, Metal Insider...
by Alix Vallecillo | Aug 12, 2016 | Album Anniversary
Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most important metal albums ever made. Sure, it can and should be argued that it’s not Metallica’s best album. And hell, when you really break it down, it’s more of a rock album than anything else, but...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 16, 2016 | News, Top 5
Today, Heart released the title track of their forthcoming album, Beautiful Broken, via Rolling Stone. What makes it worthy of being written about here is that the upbeat, riffy rock song, originally released as a bonus track on the band’s 2012 album, features...
by Zach Shaw | May 16, 2016 | News, Video
James Hetfield (and Metallica in general, for that matter) is no stranger to performing the odd cover acoustically for special occasions. During last night’s annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure benefit in San Francisco, though, Papa Het treated fans to a stripped down version of...
by Bram Teitelman | May 4, 2016 | News
It’s hard to imagine Metallica without James Hetfield as their frontman. While they were able to move on following the death of Cliff Burton, Hetfield, Hammett and Ulrich fit their parts in so well that it’s next to impossible to think about anyone singing...