by Nick DeSimone | Mar 14, 2016 | Amplified
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. The first thing I thought in checking out France’s Praetoria and their debut album, Mirror of Modernity was “these guys need...
by Zach Fehl | Dec 7, 2015 | News
For the first time since the tragic attack on the Bataclan theater in Paris, France back in November, vocalist/guitarist of the band Eagles of Death Metal, Jesse Hughes, has returned to the city according to DailyMail.co.uk, which also has photos of him arriving at...
by Chip McCabe | Aug 28, 2015 | Dissident Aggression
There is a very distinct possibility that when we look backwards upon this era of metal music that we may be looking at something of a golden age. Certainly the internet and various technological advances of our times has allowed a ton of bands to saturate our ears...
by Zach Fehl | Jul 24, 2015 | News, Video
Yes. You read that title correctly, and no it wasn’t meant to mislead you. Devin Townsend, the strange bald-headed Canadian who masterminded Strapping Young Lad, Ziltoid the Omnicient, and Casualties of Cool has teamed up with a local French air conditioner to...
by Chip McCabe | Feb 28, 2014 | Dissident Aggression
We should all know by now where metal gets it’s lineage from. The well-documented tales of the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Blue Cheer, Rainbow and a host of others are aplenty. But the tales of those who carry the proto-metal, psych rock torch are...