Posted by Metal Insider on February 28, 2020
Although college is supposed to be such a carefree life, it also brings in a lot of pressure. Students start their independent lives and have to take on new responsibilities. Many of them juggle studies, work, and social matters, constantly thinking of an opportunity to free some time and relax. One of the ways to […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 21, 2018
We were crushed when we found out hip-hop surpassed rock music, which was based off of Nielsen Music’s 2017 year-end report. However, based on a recent poll from an online casino operator, bgo.com has revealed heavy metal is the most popular genre in the UK. The poll states that 20% of the UK population favors […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 6, 2017
If you thought being a Nameless Ghoul in Ghost was a thankless job, try being a Japanese cartoon mascot in a band. This dude (or lady) playing at a mall is crushing it in every way, playing blast beats along to a jaunty flute-led song. Is this the guy from Babymetal playing an off-date? Who […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 29, 2016
There has been quite a bit of activity happening with Swedish metallers In Flames after the release of their twelfth studio album Battles less than a month ago. They embarked a co-headlining tour with Hellyeah that we were able to document earlier this month, and Battles became their highest-charting record yet. While things have been […]
Posted by Chris Butera on August 19, 2015
Between playing festivals in Barcelona with the legendary Riot to opening up for Dillinger Escape Plan with his band Moon Tooth, one could say Nick Lee is more than just an “up and coming” guitar player. While one would never know Lee’s talents from looking at the quiet Long Island native, there is definitely an “it […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 17, 2014
You might have seen certain maps like this before, but here’s the latest one. Movoto have made this interactive map of the United States that shows where certain music genres are most popular. To create the map, the data was collected from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Bureau of […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 14, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/5ujpe7wcV78[/youtube] Why should major label bands be the only ones who get love? Unsigned & Streamed is a column where we stream a song from an unsigned band we at Metal Insider really dig. This week, we dig into a band from Cincinnati, Ohio dubbed Allies Aside. When it comes to bands of the metalcore/post-hardcore subgenre, it can be […]
Posted by Daniel Cordova on March 20, 2013
6. Howl MetalSucks presents South By South Death at the Dirty Dog Prior to this performance I was only casually acquainted with the band’s fifth full length Full of Hell, which is quite solid. Since then, Vincent Hausman dropped the guitar to focus fully on vocals which seems to have been beneficial for the band. his performance […]
Posted by Daniel Cordova on January 25, 2013
Following the arrest of Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe last year, and the subsequent cancellation of the band’s tour with Dethklok, it was unclear how long it would be until the tour’s opener, Gojira, would return to North America on such a full scale tour. It was a pleasant surprise to find Gojira casting the opener role aside […]
Posted by Metal Insider on December 10, 2012
With the year in music just about over, Metal Insider‘s staff and contributors are taking a look back and naming their top ten albums of 2012. This next list comes courtesy of Metal Insider contributor Chip McCabe. We’re also including a Spotify playlists with a song from each album, if available. We’ll also be sprinkling […]
