by Metal Insider | Jan 31, 2015 | Columns, Metal Power Rankings
Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 30, 2015 | Columns, Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. By now everyone’s caught up to date regarding Megadeth’s...
by Nick DeSimone | Jan 30, 2015 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Although Metal Insider HQ managed to go unburied in this week’s blizzard, some of you further into the deep, grim North...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 30, 2015 | News, Video
If you haven’t seen “Newborns,” or “Benjamin Butthole Surfers,” the video with Job For A Cowboy bassist Nick Schendzielos and Dave Davidson from Revocation, then consider yourself slightly lucky. It’s very disturbing and creepy. You...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 30, 2015 | News
As metal fans, we’re always somewhere between protective of our favorite bands and proud when they get well-deserved recognition. But when the New York Times crossword puzzle name-checks one of metal’s biggest bands in the paper of record, it’s hard...