Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 26, 2018
On August 17th, Black Tusk’s new album T.C.B.T will arrive via Season of Mist. Today (26th), the group unveiled the new song “Burn the Stars,” as well as announcing a North American trek with WhiteNails and Whores. The tour kicks off on August 9th in Atlanta, GA and runs through September 2nd at the […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on July 27, 2017
The second annual Chicago Open Air Festival took place this past July 14th-16th at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. Metal Insider was on site to take in all the music, food, and experiences. Friday Arriving Friday afternoon, the sounds of Failure/Anthem rang out as they opened the second stage to a crowd who was still […]
Posted by Dan Kozuh on May 15, 2017
Located next to a tattoo parlor, across the street from another tattoo parlor, and just around the corner from Atlanta’s infamous Clermont Lounge is the venue The Drunken Unicorn. The Drunken Unicorn is perhaps the city’s best spot for up & coming metal acts and also the perfect pick for hometown boys whores. to kick off […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 27, 2017
whores. finally put out a full length album last year, and Gold delivered on all fronts. Their tour with Red Fang and Torche found them hanging in with the other bands, who have far more touring experience than them. And while the band’s abrasive and aggressive grooves reminded us a lot of something that would’ve come […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on January 17, 2017
Some big names are taking over Chicago this July, as the 2nd annual Chicago Open Air Festival was announced today. After a monstrous first year that saw Rammstein’s only US appearance, the group behind Chicago Open Air “cranked it up to 11” this year by announcing KISS, Korn and the godfather of metal Ozzy Osbourne, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 15, 2016
It’s December, which means that everyone’s starting to look back at the year that was, even though we’re not quite through it yet. Over the next several weeks, Metal Insider will be bringing you our picks for the best albums of the year, as well as those from some of the artists that made some […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 9, 2016
Rolling Stone gave a hint as to what their list of the best metal of the year might look like last week when they named Cobalt’s “Beast Whip” one of the 50 best songs of the year. In fact, that was the only metal song on the list. No Metallica, no Deftones, no anything […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 17, 2016
One of this year’s biggest trends is adult coloring books. Why? Well, why not? The world’s a tough place, and if you can do something that reminds you of being a kid when you didn’t have to worry about a job, who your president was or terrorism, then you should by all means do it. […]
Posted by Matt Brown on November 9, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s the morning after Election Day in the United States and, well, things happened. Relax, I’m not going to go on a big political rant here; you get enough of that from social media […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on October 28, 2016
Let me start out this week by saying that very little surprises me in the world of new releases. The amount of advance research and preparation that goes into this column on a weekly basis is considerable, and because of it, I not only know what is coming out each week, but also what is […]
