Tag Archives: The Answer

Metal By Numbers 11/9: All the world’s a stage…for sales

Posted by on November 9, 2016

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s the morning after Election Day in the United States and, well, things happened. Relax, I’m not going to go on a big political rant here; you get enough of that from social media […]

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Scene Report: The Answer’s Cormac Neeson talks about Belfast’s rock and metal scene

Posted by on October 25, 2016

Usually when Metal Insider does Scene Reports, they’re about a specific town or scene in the United States. This time, however, we turned the column over to Irish rockers The Answer, who’s forthcoming album, Solas, is out this coming Friday (28). When we asked the band’s Cormac Neeson what the Irish music scene was like, he […]

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Metal Insider Top 5: Videos of the week, 10/7

Posted by on October 7, 2016

Whether you are looking to awaken your spiritual self, walk through a land of the strange or just to headbang, well, this week’s music videos captures all of the above. You will notice a mix of hard rock elements, gothic undertones, and bizarre animations. Here are this week’s top five music videos.   5)  MAMMOTH […]

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The Answer talk touring the States, opening for AC/DC & Whitesnake

Posted by on July 30, 2015

The last time Irish rockers The Answer were in the United States, they were on tour opening for AC/DC. That’s a lot to live up to, but this run they just wrapped up was with Whitesnake, another heritage band. You might have caught the the early part of the tour via their tour diary they contributed […]

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Tour Diary – The Answer, day 4 and 5

Posted by on July 1, 2015

Northern Ireland hard rock band The Answer don’t hit the States all that often, but when they do, it’s in style. Six years ago, the band were the opening act for AC/DC. They’re back again in support of their fifth album, Raise a Little Hell, and this time, the’re opening up for Whitesnake. The band have […]

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Tour diary – The Answer, day 3

Posted by on June 26, 2015

Northern Ireland hard rock band The Answer don’t hit the States all that often, but when they do, it’s in style. Six years ago, the band were the opening act for AC/DC. They’re back again in support of their fifth album, Raise a Little Hell, and this time, the’re opening up for Whitesnake. The band have […]

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Tour diary – The Answer, days 1 and 2

Posted by on June 24, 2015

Northern Ireland hard rock band The Answer don’t hit the States all that often, but when they do, it’s in style. Six years ago, the band were the opening act for AC/DC. They’re back again in support of their fifth album, Raise a Little Hell, and this time, the’re opening up for Whitesnake. The band have […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/25: This is madness

Posted by on March 25, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. About two weeks ago I mentioned how inclusive we are on this column. I bring this up again because I went to listen to a sample of Sleeping With Sirens’s new album out of curiosity […]

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Top 10s of the year from Broken Hope, Eyehategod, Fear Factory, Armed for Apocalypse and more

Posted by on December 6, 2013

As 2013 ticks down, it’s time for everyone to take stock of what they’ve been listening to for last 11 months or so. Metal Insider and its contributors will start releasing it’s contributors’ lists starting later today, but we’ve also gotten lists from some of the artists themselves. In the latest installment, members of Eyehategodand, Fear Factory, […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/16: The Charts Are Getting Korny

Posted by on October 16, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s that time again: the charts are topped  by a band that many people consider to be A. Past their prime, B. Not actually metal, C. Are just not good, or D. All of […]

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