by Bram Teitelman | Jan 24, 2017 | Tool Insider
Some say the end is near. Some say we’ll see Armageddon soon. Among those is Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, who sang those words back in 1996. 21 years later, the vocalist is sounding the same note in an interview with The Guardian. Keenan, who moved from...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 24, 2017 | In The Studio, Tool Insider, Updates
Being a Tool fan is an exercise in frustration. It’s been an extremely long time (coming on 11 years) since the band released their last album, three years ago they resurfaced to say that legal issues kept them from working on the follow-up until then, and even...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 9, 2017 | News, Touring
It’s been six years since A Perfect Circle toured, and fourteen years since the band’s last proper album, Thirteenth Step (they released a covers album, eMOTIVe, the following year). And while the group had already announced that they’d be...
by Zach Shaw | Jan 9, 2017 | 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...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 30, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
It’s been a while since we’ve had a lot of metal to peruse on Billboard Magazine’s Boxscore, but they appear to be making up for it with this installment. The reunion of Temple of the Dog, Black Sabbath’s last-ever Los Angeles show, some Five...