Posted by Sean Matthews on July 27, 2017
The second annual Chicago Open Air Festival took place this past July 14th-16th at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. Metal Insider was on site to take in all the music, food, and experiences. Friday Arriving Friday afternoon, the sounds of Failure/Anthem rang out as they opened the second stage to a crowd who was still […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 27, 2017
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We’re still operating with only partial information for the charts, but this week didn’t have any huge debuts anyway, at least relative to the past few weeks. However, I did come across […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 20, 2017
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Blah blah happy 4/20 bro blah blah. We don’t have a whole bunch of doom/stoner bands on the debut list this week, though the two that are present are particularly good […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 12, 2017
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Mastodon have been a cornerstone for modern metal for years now, so to see them take the top spot makes my day. In a time where many metal bands that reigned in […]
Posted by D. Zachary Fehl on March 31, 2017
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new releases from Mastodon, Body Count, Demon Hunter, as well as a live album from Arch Enemy, and a Death vinyl reissue. If you want to check out last week’s […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 17, 2017
Demon Hunter have a new album, Outlive, coming on March 31st. While you may have already heard “Dead Winter Sun” from the album, they’ve returned with a new video, “Died In My Sleep,” that premiered on Loudwire today. The song is certainly in keeping with the band’s sound, which is at times thrashy and heavy, but […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on January 17, 2017
Some big names are taking over Chicago this July, as the 2nd annual Chicago Open Air Festival was announced today. After a monstrous first year that saw Rammstein’s only US appearance, the group behind Chicago Open Air “cranked it up to 11” this year by announcing KISS, Korn and the godfather of metal Ozzy Osbourne, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 12, 2016
Next Wednesday (21) is the first day of Winter, and the shortest day of the year. However, Demon Hunter isn’t waiting that long to release a new song that could become a Winter anthem, or at least something to be included on a playlist about the season. “Dead Winter Sun,” taken from their forthcoming album Outlive, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 15, 2016
Demon Hunter have released seven albums since their formation in 2002, and they’re a band that keeps getting better with age. Their last album, Extremist, was their highest charting album, landing in Billboard‘s top 20, and it was also one of their heaviest. They’ve always been able to combine heaviness with an active rock sensibility, and […]
Posted by D. Zachary Fehl on June 16, 2016
Heavy metal iPhone users unite, Keyluminati presents the Heavy Metal Emoji Keyboard. The HMEK is exactly what it sounds like, a emoji keyboard designed specifically for the most metal of texting needs, like responding to your religious aunt’s Easter invitation with a pentagram and 666 emoji. The set of 175 images was created by Nashville […]
