by Bram Teitelman | Jul 15, 2014 | Metal Memes, News, Updates
[youtube]http://youtu.be/WIKqgE4BwAY[/youtube] If we’re going by hype alone, one of the biggest metal stories of the year is Babymetal, the J-pop-meets-metal Japanese band fronted by three teenage girls. Their debut album, despite not being on an American...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 17, 2014 | News, Touring
Japanese act Babymetal made some waves earlier this year when their debut album, which combines J-Pop and metal in a way that we’re not sure whether is amazing or just cofusing, debuted not only in their native land, but also sold 1,000 copies its first week in...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 12, 2014 | Secret Metalhead, SXSW
Until yesterday, instrumental thrash/jazz trio Lazer/Wulf could have qualified as one of our top five unsigned bands to watch at SXSW. However, yesterday was also the day they signed a deal with Kylesa’s Retro Futurist label. And they can already claim a...
by Metal Insider | Jul 15, 2013 | Top 5
God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle has been keeping busy as of late playing most Wednesdays at NYC’s Tammany Hall with his cover project Paradise City. You can learn more about the group (also featuring Tommy Vext and his God Forbid bandmate Matt Wicklund) from our recent...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 25, 2013 | New Music
It was way back in 2011 that Limp Bizkit announced that their new album would be called Stampede of the Disco Elephants. Of course, they were still on Interscope Records back then, who’d released their underwhelming sixth album, Gold Cobra. Since then, the band...