by Bram Teitelman | Apr 18, 2017 | Touring
One of our favorite albums from last year was Zeal & Ardor’s Devil is Fine. The brainchild of Swiss musician, Manuel Gagneux, the album blended black metal, negro spirituals and even electronic music into an intoxicating blend unlike anything we’d...
by Matt Brown | Mar 8, 2017 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We have twenty debuts listed here, making it the biggest week so far for metal in 2017. Spearheading it is Suicide Silence, and though they’re still the top...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 2, 2017 | New Music, Video
Last year, Zeal and Ardor’s debut album, Devil is Fine, wound up on quite a few year-end lists, this author’s included. Now it’s going to be getting a physical release worldwide via UK label MVKA on February 24th, and the brainchild of Swiss...
by Metal Insider | Dec 27, 2016 | Interviews
Recently, Zeal & Ardor, my pick for best metal album of the year, released a video for his single “Devil Is Fine,” directed by award winning Swiss filmmaker Samuel Morris. It is a deeply hued and daringly colorful video that, while very little...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 19, 2016 | Festivals
After three years as a destination fest in Southern California, the Psycho California Fest became Psycho Las Vegas earlier this year. Giving attendees everyone from stoner legends like Boris and Yob to cool uncle music like Alice Cooper and Blue Oyster Cult in Sin...