by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 28, 2023 | Festivals, News
Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Ne Obliviscaris, and many more have been confirmed for the 2024 edition of Hellfest, scheduled for June 27 to 30 in Clisson, France. Several more artists have been added to the lineup, including Fear Factory, Saxon, Mr. Bungle,...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 8, 2017 | Touring, Updates
Earlier this week, Swedish post-metal giants Cult of Luna teased a Mariner tour with Julie Christmas. Considering that the two entities had collaborated on one of last year’s best-reviewed albums, many fans of the Swedish band and Christmas, who sang in...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 6, 2017 | News, Touring
Swedish post-metal standard-bearers Cult of Luna don’t tour the United States that much. In fact, the last time they were going to, the tour dates were canceled and rescheduled, and they only played nine dates. We saw them back then, and it was incredible. So it...
by Chip McCabe | Dec 16, 2016 | Best Of 2016, Top 10
It’s December, which means that everyone’s starting to look back at the year that was, even though we’re not quite through it yet. Over the next several weeks, Metal Insider will be bringing you our picks for the best albums of the year, as well as those from some of...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 9, 2016 | Lists, News
Rolling Stone gave a hint as to what their list of the best metal of the year might look like last week when they named Cobalt’s “Beast Whip” one of the 50 best songs of the year. In fact, that was the only metal song on the list. No...