by Zach Shaw | Sep 28, 2011 | Label Moves
After lots of speculation, it was finally confirmed that Rex Brown was no longer in Down. And now, thanks to another announcement made today, we see that Kill Devil Hill, the band also featuring drummer Vinny Appice, guitarist Mark Zavon (Ratt, W.A.S.P., 40 Cycle Hum)...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 26, 2011 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2gwPhPEpcg&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube] Given that their last album (Reinventing The Steel) came out 11 years ago and they’re one of the more influential metal bands of the last 20 years, it’s not really...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 13, 2011 | Hell Bent For Greatest Hits
While we love Judas Priest, normally we wouldn’t get too excited over another greatest hits package from the metal gods. They’ve already officially released five compilation albums or packages since 1993. So what makes their sixth compilation The Chosen Few so...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 13, 2011 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjsXXneD4g[/youtube] Right before Anthrax took the stage at the Best Buy Theater in NYC last night, Slayer’s Kerry King, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Megadeth’s David Ellefson, and Mike Portnoy took part in the...
by Metal Insider | Aug 22, 2011 | Lists, Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Other than Satan and colors (generally black or white), a lot of metal bands look to the animal kingdom when they’re trying to pick out a name. There are plenty of...