by Bram Teitelman | Oct 31, 2014 | Amplified, Columns, New Music
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. We get a fair amount of submissions to Amplified or to our “tips” email. And we try to listen to everything we get, but...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 31, 2014 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
Today on their Facebook page, Refused guitarist Jon Brännström, released a statement saying that he’s been fired from the band. Yes, that Refused, the hardcore band that put out The Shape of Punk to Come in 1998, then broke up, reformed and went dormant again....
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 31, 2014 | New Music, News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/JoShkvJsPHw[/youtube] It was revealed earlier this week that Slayer have teamed up with Scion to record a new track to be given out via Scion A/V. In a trio of videos, Slayer’s Tom Araya and Kerry King were shown in the studio working...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 31, 2014 | Crime, In Memoriam, News
A 21 year-old Stillwater, OK man has been charged with first degree murder in the death of a college student, who he nearly decapitated. Why are we writing about Isaiah Zoar Marin, 21, who hacked up Jacob Andrew Crockett, 19? Well, Crockett’s brother said that...
by Chip McCabe | Oct 31, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
What exactly is in the water up in Portland, Oregon? The sheer volume, not to mention the high quality, of heavy music acts that have been pouring out of an otherwise bucolic, little city has been quite impressive for quite some time now. Is Portland, OR the most...