Posted by Siegfried Samer on October 15, 2021
While we are still a few months away from the end of 2021, this time of the year is usually for retrospectives. However, instead of (already) looking at the best that this year had to offer in terms of metal music, I will be going a bit further back. Here is a look […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 30, 2020
We are saddened to report original Riot guitarist Lou “L.A.” Kouvaris has passed away. He was 66 years old. The news arrived over the weekend as the band confirmed his death on social media with the following statement: “Lou (LA) Kouvaris (RIP) RIOT has lost another brother. Lou played on the very […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 23, 2015
We’ve dug Long Island band Moon Tooth for a while now. Technical, melodic and shreddy without being wanky, we were more than happy to catch up with guitarist Nick Lee, who also finds time to play in Riot as their newest guitarist, as well as talk about their tour with Godmaker last month. The band’s debut full-length, […]
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 Bram Teitelman on July 7, 2015
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. We are in summer now and that means a tons of news on the festival side of the metal scene, particularly in Europe who are about to go full-steam with their amazing fests all over the continent, but the US […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 7, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/dyxhcNsjWKI[/youtube] Los Angeles-based production house and restoration specialist Cinelicious has launched a distribution company, Cinelicious Pics. One of the first films they picked up to distribute in the states is Metalhead, an Icelandic drama inspired in part by the Norwegian black metal church burnings in the 1990s. Actress Thora Bjorg Helga won best actress at the Icelandic […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on November 22, 2013
Riot’s comeback hit a roadblock last year after guitarist/founding member Mark Reale passed away from complications of Crohn’s disease. While the group continued to perform a handful of shows shortly after the death, Riot’s future seemed unclear. Last night, though, Riot announced plans to continue on with “phase five.” While they won’t be replacing Reale […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 12, 2013
Already a successful comedian and actor before his first album was released, Brian Posehn embraced his status as a metal comedian by signing with Relapse Records, who released Live In: Nerd Rage and Fart and Weiner Jokes. While he switched to New Wave Dynamics for his current DVD, The Fartist, he’s far from renouncing metal. We caught up […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on March 29, 2013
You ever have one of those days? The kind of days where the only color you see is red. The kind of days where the blood is constantly boiling like some primordial stew. The kind of days where, by the end of it all, you are ready to rip someone’s throat out with your bare […]
Posted by Metal Insider on December 21, 2012
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been celebrating the best albums that came out in 2012. However, while the past year was packed with great music, 2012 also had its fair share of unbelievable moments. Some were joyous surprises, while others were downright horrifying. All in all, though, each moment resonated throughout the metal community. […]
