by Zach Fehl | Oct 2, 2015 | News
Building up for the release of their new album Ghostlights, out January 29th via Nuclear Blast Records, Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia has slowly been releasing its cast of characters. The newest vocalist to be announced was none other than Twisted Sister’s Dee...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 9, 2014 | New Music, News, Premieres, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/92_XyoAGprc[/youtube] What do you get when you cross two former members of Helloween’s golden age (vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist Kai Hansen), the rhythm section of Pink Cream 69 (bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou) and...
by Anthony Maisano | Jul 8, 2014 | Today In Metal
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw8tR6tFxJQ[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 20 years ago today, Andi Deris joined Helloween for Master of the Rings,...
by Metal Insider | Jul 12, 2013 | Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Late last night, Slayer’s returning drummer Paul Bostaph...
by Bram Teitelman | May 30, 2012 | Metal By Numbers, Metal on Metal
Chew on this: While Slash has kept himself extremely busy after leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, it took him until 2010 to release his first solo album. That’s almost as much time as it took for Axl and friends to record Chinese Democracy, which came out in...