by Metal Insider | Jan 23, 2012 | Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Van Halen turned a few heads earlier this year when announcing that Kool and the Gang would be opening for them on their upcoming tour. While they’re a great way to...
by Zach Shaw | Oct 26, 2011 | News Ticker
Voivod is streaming the song “Iron Gang,” off of To The Death 84, at Alternative Tentacles’ Soundcloud page. To The Death 84, featuring demos of songs that would later appear on the band’s debut album War And Pain and additional covers, will be...
by Zach Shaw | Oct 25, 2011 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nYlKj3BuLs[/youtube] We all know the story of Jason Newsted’s departure from Metallica (if you don’t, then watch Some Kind Of Monster, that should catch you up to date). Since then, the bassist has played with Voivod, had a...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 30, 2011 | Interviews, Metal on Metal
For anyone that watched the 13th incarnation of CBS reality show Big Brother this past Summer, Adam Poch was a revelation. The 39 year-old music industry executive was a huge metalhead whose signature growl was heard quite a bit in the early phases of the game. It was...
by Metal Insider | Jun 21, 2011 | Releases
Lasting success is hard to come by in the modern music industry. All too often, artists are compromising their integrity and standards for the sake of gaining fans and attracting attention. It takes a truly remarkable talent to achieve lasting success in the music...