Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. By now, you’ve hopefully recovered from St. Patrick’s Day, or, as I like to call it, Every One Is Suddenly A Dropkick Murphys Fan Day. You also might have done something stupid this past [...]
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. No, I’m not going to go into some kind of rant about illegal downloading as the title might suggest. It just happened to fit nicely with the top debut and album of the week, [...]
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Well okay, the charts aren’t actually ruined (except for the fact that the soundtrack to Twilight is on it). There have been various boosts to certain albums this week and we’ve got some debuts from [...]
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
After a jam-packed list of new releases last week, we get a bit of a breather with a short list today. However, as I promised, this week’s list has some bands on it that could turn into serious heavy hitters with solid album sales. So if you want to see one of these bands go [...]
Monday, December 10, 2012
Philip Anselmo and Bruce Corbitt’s contributions to metal are unprecedented. While Anselmo helped bring heavier genres to the mainstream as part of Pantera and Down, Corbitt served as an early influence in the underground thrash scene as the voice of Rigor Mortis. Yet despite already leaving a major footprint in metal music, both singers are [...]
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Continuing with March is Metal month, we face a contrast from last week’s spartan list to an overwhelming amount of releases this week. Adding to the contrast this week is that we have many big names with new albums today. Last year didn’t have many weeks like this, where the new release list is glutted [...]
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
It’s well known that alt country singer/songwriter Ryan Adams is a (not so) secret metal head, having performed an acoustic cover of Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years,” putting out a hardcore album and apparently even getting his popstar girlfriend Mandy Moore hooked on Voivod. And he obviously knows that his love for metal is turning a few [...]
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
We are halfway through autumn, mere weeks away from the holiday season, and the Christmas music is already starting to play in some stores. Personally, I’m rather irritated by this – not because of the music itself, but because of the choice in Christmas songs. Why is nobody playing anything from the We Wish You [...]
Thursday, April 15, 2010
By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college a and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, [...]
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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