by Bram Teitelman | Dec 27, 2011 | News Ticker
Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert, who most recently has dabbled in creating comic series’ ‘Crawl To Me’ and ‘Wire Hangers,’ will be the focus of the second season premiere of NY Ink. The show premieres on Thursday (29) at 9pmEST on...
by Kodi McKinney | Dec 27, 2011 | Interviews
In 1988, New York City-based speedsters Riot released their definitive mission statement, the tempo-pushing cult classic Thundersteel, with then-new vocalist Tony Moore at the front. Moore and Riot followed that up with 1990’s The Privilege of Power before parting...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 26, 2011 | Jump...To Conclusions, Touring, Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL7kp2zzcs4[/youtube] While it’s not the new album announcement that everyone’s waiting for, visitors to Van Halen’s website will find the above video, announcing that the band will be on tour next year, with...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 23, 2011 | Holiday Season In The Abyss
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifGkCN93Fxg[/youtube] With the year just about over and the music industry taking a break, Metal Insider is going to slow down a bit next week. We’ll still be posting semi-regularly, and covering breaking news, but...
by Metal Insider | Dec 23, 2011 | 2012 Predictions
And just like that, another year has almost passed. Who knows what 2012 brings? We can’t predict the future, but the least we could do is ask some people in the metal community what they think might happen, as well as what they’re looking forward to in the coming...