Tag Archives: Oranssi Pazuzu

Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Posted by on December 24, 2020

    2020 kicked off with a bang. Beginning with another successful year at 70000tons of Metal to seeing Heilung, Vader, and Opeth live, what could go wrong? The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the music industry to the point that I don’t know where things will stand in a post-pandemic world. This year felt like […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/27: Alexandria is burning down the house

Posted by on May 27, 2020

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day Weekend. I live in Massachusetts, and it finally feels like someone flipped a switch and made it summertime outside. In turn, I had to flip […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/20: Your fake name is good enough for sales

Posted by on May 20, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Do I have any Iron & Wine fans in the house who caught my reference in the article title? No? Ah, oh well then. There’s a handful of new albums on the charts […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/13: Killswitch Engage charts for charity

Posted by on May 13, 2020

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Killswitch Engage is just one of many bands that were forced to cancel their touring plans in the wake of the pandemic. Now, as previously reported, they’ve released an EP where 100% […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/6: Dance to dead men

Posted by on May 6, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   There’s 17 albums on the debuts list this week, and a lot of them have gotten heaps of praise. A few of our contributors have written-up some reviews as well, including the new […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/29: Victorious verminous

Posted by on April 29, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   I’ve seen some talk regarding artists delaying releases due to the current pandemic vs. releasing music anyway. Perhaps the most notable delay in the world of metal is Lamb of God’s self-titled album, […]

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Ten debut metal albums that came out in 2009

Posted by on February 1, 2019

Serious question: did anything super important happen in 2009? Seeing as how I was 12, I really wasn’t in-the-know with a lot of the grown-up things happening at the time — but, more importantly, Apparently, I hadn’t yet been introduced to “devil music,” so I initially missed out on all of the celebrated releases like […]

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First wave of bands revealed for Psycho Las Vegas 2019

Posted by on November 29, 2018

The first wave of bands have been revealed for 2019’s Psycho Las Vegas, which will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino from August 16th – 18th. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, High on Fire, Glassjaw, Yob, Perturbator, Kadavar, Oranssi Pazuzu are currently booked for next year’s run as early bird + tier […]

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Mainstream outlets single put Vektor, Deftones, Kvelertak, Cobalt as best of year so far [Updated]

Posted by on June 27, 2016

For the most part, metal can’t catch a break when it comes to mainstream media. Whether it’s indie rock purists with outdated ideas of what “metal” is, or others that just don’t take it seriously, even though it’s a banner year for metal and hard rock already, you’d be hard-pressed to find metal getting a […]

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Five bands to watch for at Inferno Fest

Posted by on April 15, 2014

As we mentioned, Metal Insider is going to be attending Norway’s Inferno Fest this week. We’re extremely excited to make our presence known in a country so well known for it’s metal presence. 53 bands will be playing the festival over four days, which is a nicely manageable amount without being too overwhelming. And while a handful of […]

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