by Metal Insider | Jul 29, 2014 | Cover Artwork, New Music
It’s been awhile since we heard news from Swedish melodic metallers Scar Symmetry. The group has taken their time writing the follow-up to 2011’s The Unseen Empire, all while dealing with external complications, including a cancelled North American tour in...
by Matt Brown | May 13, 2014 | News, Stupid, That's Unfortunate
Last week, Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert of Cynic publicly came out as gay and the majority of the metal world’s reaction was basically “That’s cool man, now come play (insert name of city here).” Of course, you knew that someone was going to...
by Metal Insider | Jul 20, 2012 | Unsigned & Streamed
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’re proud to present Costa Rica’s Sight Of Emptiness. Despite being unsigned, this...
by Metal Insider | Dec 20, 2011 | Lists
Here we are again, at the end of another year, and a list has to be made. And what do I do? I spend so much time deliberating and being indecisive that I’m late sending it in. Apologies to my MetalInsider colleagues for my lack of expediency. That said, this...
by Metal Insider | Jun 15, 2011 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week sees nine new metal/hard rock related releases debuting on the charts (four of them appearing in the top 200). But it’s just our luck that out of the nine,...